Fans of the popular Bollywood action movie, RRR, have been shocked and upset by the fact that the movie wasn’t nominated for an Oscar this year! Many of these fans ended up taking to Twitter to complain about the fact that their favourite movie of the year hadn’t been nominated for Best Picture.
It has to be said that RRR is easily one of the best movies to have been released in 2022. However, the movie wasn’t actually put up for consideration by India, which is a bit of a shock in itself.
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SS Rajamouli’s work did get a nod for Best Original Song, and it’s up against some strong contenders in that particular category. However, at least it means that the movie will have some sort of presence on the night.
As far as the best Best Picture nominees are concerned, the Academy ended up going for All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking.
However, even though the movie didn’t end up getting a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, the film’s popularity has been huge. The movie’s been so popular, in fact, that a sequel has been announced.
RRR’s sequel is already in development
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RRR being left out of beat picture is a tragedy it’s not a snub. It’s the only film I gave 5 stars to and I wish it got in but I’m not upset everything nominated deserved to be
— MuslimNProud🇱🇧🇵🇸 (@Leban3seJesus) January 24, 2023
RRR deserved more love at the Oscars!
-NOPE, RRR*, and DECISION TO LEAVE all snubbed 🙁
-THE BATMAN got crafts attention!
-Animated Feature went about as well as it could’ve
-doesn’t Editing usually make more interesting choices?
-BABYLON and EMPIRE OF LIGHT did better than i thought
-lotta pundit Doc Feature snubs— Ryan Lee (@ryanjlee7) January 24, 2023
RRR should have got all the Oscars!
SNUBS:
No RRR sweep. pic.twitter.com/tR9Lq0Bj39— Matthew (@pranaINDIE) January 24, 2023
So, as you can tell, there are a lot of people out there who feel very passionately about this movie. Not only that, these people were really under the impression that The Academy was going to show the movie some love at this year’s ceremony by nominating it for some of their biggest awards.
Well, I wasn’t so convinced. I loved the movie, and I would have loved to have seen it get a nomination, but it’s very hard for movies not in the English language to get any real consideration at the Oscars.
Some have made it in the past, and some, such as Parasite, even won the biggest award the Academy has to offer: Best Picture. However, something told me that RRR wasn’t the kind of movie that would get a lot of attention from many of the members of The Academy.
What do you make of this news? Do you think, as many people do, that the Indian movie was snubbed by the Oscars? Can you think of any other big snubs at this year’s Academy Awards? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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