Jr. NTR In Best Actor List As Oscars 2023 Prediction Game Begins

Besides Jr. NTR, SS Rajamouli also contends as best director in the unranked category and also his film 'RRR' in the best picture in the same category. 

New Delhi: After 'RRR' received the second prize at the Hollywood Critics Association Awards 2022 besides much applause from the international audiences, many directors-screenwriters and film technicians from Hollywood, 'RRR' has gathered some serious Oscars potential. In a recently released Oscars 2023 prediction list by Variety.com, the best actor list for the Oscars includes N.T. Rama Rao Jr. for 'RRR' in the unranked category. Besides Jr. NTR, SS Rajamouli also contends as best director in the unranked category and also his film 'RRR' in the best picture in the same category. 

'RRR' also was nominated in three categories in the Saturn Film Awards. The film received nominations for Best Action/Adventure Film, Best Direction & Best International Film categories. In the category of Best Action/ Adventure Film, 'RRR' is competing with the likes of Vin Diesel starrer 'Fast & Furious 9' aka F9, Tom Cruise’s global blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick', James Bond film 'No Time To Die', 'Death on the Nile' that also features Ali Fazal & Steven Spielberg’s 'West Side Story'.  

In the Best Direction category, SS Rajamouli is competing with filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro, Steven Spielberg, Matt Reeves for The Batman, Jon Watts, Joseph Kosinski, among others.

And, now with Variety predicting a possible Oscar nomination for Jr. NTR for 'RRR', it looks like 'RRR's fans and Jr. NTR fans have all the more reasons to rejoice. Besides Jr. NTR, SS Rajamouli and 'RRR' are also there on the Variety's Oscars 2023 prediction list in the best director and film category.

Many are anticipating at least one nomination for 'RRR' in the Academy Awards. Nevertheless, it will be a big moment for Telugu cinema in case that happens.

‘RRR’ has been directed by SS Rajamouli and stars Ram Charan and Jr. NTR in the lead. The film fictionalized the historical lives of two freedom fighters, Alluri Sitarama Raju and Komaram Bheem at the time when the two disappeared from public record for quite some time and returned to revolt in their own ways against colonial rule.