India wins big at Oscar 2019

By
Harshita Sehgal
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The 91st Academy Awards took place in Los Angeles yesterday, the show opened with a performance by Queen and Adam Lambert. The Oscars this year has been led by a number of controversies most of which rose from the Academy announcing various decisions and going back on them immediately. First, it was the Best Popular Film category, which many thought was formed so that the Academy would not have to give Best Picture to Black Panther. After the backlash, the Academy’s response was quick and the category was removed. After so many controversies finally, the award show happened.

And this year India won the award for Best Documentary (Short subject) with: Period. End of Sentence. Award-winning filmmaker Rayka Zehtabchi has directed the short film, while Indian producer Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment has produced it.

It is a film based on menstruation, set in rural India.  The film came into being as a part of The Pad Project, started by students at the Oakwood School in Los Angeles and their teacher Melissa Berton.

Zehtabchi after winning the award said: “I am not crying because I am on my period or anything. I can’t believe a film on menstruation won an Oscar.”

Best Picture, the biggest award in Oscar was taken home by Green Book. Which was also the biggest surprise of the night. Rami Malek, won The Best Actor award while Best Actress was bagged by Olivia Colman.

Here is the complete winner’s list:

Best Film
Best Film

BEST PICTURE – Green Book

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Actor
Best Actor

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – Olivia Colman, The Favorite

 

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Olivia Colman’s Best Actress win at the #Oscars for #TheFavourite came as somewhat of a surprise. Perhaps to herself, most of all, as she appears to have been among those expecting Glenn Close to finally win. Close has earned seven nominations for an Academy Award, either for Best Supporting Actress or Best Actress, throughout her career, but no wins yet. Colman’s sheer joy and awe at winning was infectious. “This is hilarious,” she told the audience. “I’ve got an Oscar.” Still, she recognized Close: “You’ve been my idol for so long. This is not how I wanted it to be.” Among other winners of the night: @ramimalek, Best Actor for #BohemianRhapsody; @iamreginaking, Best Supporting Actress for If #BealeStreet Could Talk; and @mahershalaali, Best Supporting Actor for #GreenBook. See the full list of winners at the link in bio. Photographs by @cpizzello—Invision/@apnews (Malek); Kevin Winter—@gettyimages

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DIRECTING – Alfonso Cuarón, Roma

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Mahershala Ali, Green Book

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING – Vice | Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Roma | Mexico; Alfonso Cuarón

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) – Black Panther, Ludwig Goransson

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) – “Shallow” | Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT) – Period. End Of Sentence. | Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) – Bao | Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) – Skin | Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE) – Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes, and Shannon Dill