Oscars 2022 : Yes, India did get a mention. Read here if you missed it
Highlights:
- Namit Malhotra, the VFX pro of Dune
- Writing with Fire, lost the golden statue but wins many hearts
- Megan Thee Stallion turns head in Gaurav Gupta’s couture
- Oscar failed to honour Indian legends; netizens say ‘Coloniaslim rocks!’
Every artist once dreams to lift one of the prestigious Academy awards popularly known as Oscars. Therefore, all the eyes are now glued to the ongoing 94th Academy awards in Los Angeles, California. Notably, most of the cinephiles are excited for the best, we are cheering for India at Oscars 2022.
Therefore, here are all the incidents where India at Oscars 2022 got acknowledged
India at Oscars 2022: Namit Malhotra, the VFX pro of Dune
Namit Malhotra is India’s man of the hour at the 2022 Oscars is making headlines all for good reasons. From the third generation of a filmmaking family, Namit Malhotra, Chairman and CEO of DNEG, the VFX pro is the man behind the Oscar-winning film ‘Dune’ at the 94th Academy Awards. His company DNEG won an Oscar in the Best Visual Effects category for its incredible work on Denis Villeneuve’s directed ‘Dune.’
The films managed to lift the trophy amid competitors like Shang-Chi, Free Guy, the Legend of the Ten Rings, and even Spider-Man: No Way Home, & and No Time to Die. DNEG had also done visual effects for ‘No Time to Die.’
India at Oscars 2022: Writing with Fire, lost the golden statue but wins many hearts
Writing with Fire becomes the first Indian-made entry nominated for Best Documentary Features at the Oscars. Directed, edited, and produced by filmmaker duo Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh documents the story of Khabar Lahariya, a newspaper run by Dalit women journalists in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Shot for over five years, Writing with Fire was well received by the film festival circuit. However, it lost the battle in Oscars to Summer of Soul but still claimed a slew of prizes, including a Special Jury Award and the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Two entries set in India – Period: End of Sentence and Smile Pinki, previously won Oscars for Best Documentary Short.
India at Oscars 2022: Megan Thee Stallion turns head in Gaurav Gupta’s couture
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The 94th Academy Awards saw some great fashion moments from the best stars in Hollywood as they walked the red carpet in eye-catching gowns. However, American rapper Megan Thee Stallion took our breath away and even delighted many of her desi fans. Megan dressed in a sparkling mermaid blue gown graced Oscar’s red carpet. Well, we are proud to announce that the outfit’s credit goes to Indian designer Gaurav Gupta.
Stallion’s Oscar dress listed itself in the best-dressed category of many fashion critiques. The strapless ensemble with a plunging sweetheart neckline, side cutouts, and a risqué thigh-high side slit baring her legs, and a larger-than-life ruffled train dazzled the Academy Awards Carpet.
India at Oscars 2022: Oscar failed to honour Indian legends; netizens say ‘Communalism rocks!’
The 'In Memoriam' segment really should have featured these two legends. Inexcusable omission. #TheOscars pic.twitter.com/QmoKrOTs4p
— Raja Sen (@RajaSen) March 28, 2022
‘In Memoriam’ is a tradition at every Oscar ceremony, in which the Academy pays tribute to all of the film personalities we have lost across the globe. Those remembered by the Academy this year began with Sidney Poitier, William Hurt, Ivan Reitman, Sally Kellerman, Betty White, Dean Stockwell, Ned Beatty, and many more. However, Netizens were furious over the Academy as they omitted names of Indian legendary superstars Lata Mangeshkar, as well as Dilip Kumar. The Indian nightingale breathed her last this year whereas Kumar passed away in the year 2021.
However, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards, (BAFTA) 2022 had paid respect to both Kumar and Mangeshkar when it ceremony took place earlier this month.
