....for Slumdog Millionaire in 9 categories (2 in the best original song category). I can hardly wait for 23rd Feb to come. I was expecting 7 nods (hadn’t accounted for sound mixing and sound effects editing). Though I’m bursting with a lot of adrenaline and a whole lot of things to say, I’ll reserve comment till D-day. But here are my Oscar predictions anyway. I haven’t seen any nominated movie save The Dark Knight, WALL-E, Kung fu Panda, Wanted and will soon watch Slumdog. These are based on other awards received and the award buzz. Can’t predict the technical awards for same reasons.
Best Director: Danny Boyle; David Fincher might spoil the party though.
Best Actor in a leading role: would be a face off between Mickey Rourke & Sean Penn. I would say Mickey Rourke.
Best Actress in a leading role: Wide open field. The one sure thing-Angelina ain’t getting it. Kate Winslet would’ve been my bet if she were nominated for Revolutionary Road but with The Reader can’t be too sure. Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway would be strong contenders.
Best Actor in a supporting role: Heath Ledger. If not for his demise, I would’ve said Josh Brolin.
Best Actress in a supporting role: Penelope Cruz. This one's the toughest category this year.
Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Original Score: A.R. Rahman. But i have a niggling feeling that Thomas Newman for WALL-E might just stop Rahman.
Best Original Song: Jai ho. (If it does, Rahman gets 2 plus one for Gulzar). Then again Slumdog's got 2 nods in this category- so, by default, the award might fo to Down to Earth from WALL-E. I’m surprised there are just 3 nominees. But I am pleasantly surprised to see O Saaya among the nominees. When I first heard it, I thought now this feels like a song made just for the movie with the train-moving-on –tracks like beat. It would be great to see Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh and others performing them come Oscar night- another thing to look forward to.
Best Animated Feature: This one’s a no brainer- WALL-E
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