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Oscars 2021: ‘The White Tiger’ in race for Best Adapted Screenplay

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<strong>Writer-director Ramin Bahrani has been nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, for the Adarsh Gourav-starrer "The White Tiger". The Oscar nominations were announced by Gourav's co-star in the film, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and her husband, actor-singer Nick Jonas, on Monday evening (India time).</strong></p>
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"Mank", with 10 nominations, has garnered the highest number of nominations this year. The black and white biopic, based on the life of "Citizen Kane" co-screenplay writer Herman J. Mankiewicz, garnered nominations in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director (for David Fincher), Best Actor (Gary Oldman) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Amanda Seyfried).<br />
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Other notable films that won multiple nominations include "The Trial Of The Chicago 7" (six nominations), "Judas And The Black Messiah" (six), "The Father" (six) and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (five).<br />
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The late Chadwick Boseman is a contender in the Best Actor category for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".<br />
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The Oscars will be held on April 25 (early hours of April 26 in India). The show will blend virtual and live action presentation, and the host is yet to be officially announced.<br />
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<strong>Here is the list of nominations at the Oscars 2021:<br />
</strong><br />
<u><strong>Best Picture<br />
</strong></u><br />
The Father<br />
Judas And The Black Messiah<br />
Mank<br />
Nomadland<br />
Promising Young Woman<br />
Sound Of Metal<br />
The Trial Of The Chicago 7<br />
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<u><strong>Actor In A Leading Role<br />
</strong></u><br />
Riz Ahmed: Sound Of Metal<br />
Chadwick Boseman: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom<br />
Anthony Hopkins: The Father<br />
Gary Oldman: Mank<br />
Steven Yeun: Minari<br />
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<u><strong>Actress In A Leading Role<br />
</strong></u><br />
Viola Davis: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom<br />
Andra Day: The United States Vs. Billie Holiday<br />
Vanessa Kirby: Pieces Of A Woman<br />
Frances Mcdormand: Nomadland<br />
Carey Mulligan: Promising Young Woman<br />
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<u><strong>Direction<br />
</strong></u><br />
Another Round: Thomas Vinterberg<br />
Mank: David Fincher<br />
Minari: Lee Isaac Chung<br />
Nomadland: Chloe Zhao<br />
Promising Young Woman: Emerald Fennell<br />
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<u><strong>Actor In A Supporting Role<br />
</strong></u><br />
Sacha Baron Cohen: The Trial Of The Chicago 7<br />
Daniel Kaluuya: Judas And The Black Messiah<br />
Leslie Odom, Jr.: One Night In Miami<br />
Paul Raci: Sound Of Metal<br />
Lakeith Stanfield: Judas And The Black Messiah<br />
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<u><strong>Actress In A Supporting Role<br />
</strong></u><br />
Maria Bakalova: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm<br />
Glenn Close: Hillbilly Elegy<br />
Olivia Colman: The Father<br />
Amanda Seyfried: Mank<br />
Yuh-Jung Youn: Minari<br />
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<u><strong>Writing (Adapted Screenplay)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm<br />
The Father<br />
Nomadland<br />
One Night In Miami<br />
The White Tiger<br />
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<u><strong>Writing (Original Screenplay)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Judas And The Black Messiah<br />
Promising Young Woman<br />
Sound Of Metal<br />
The Trial Of The Chicago 7<br />
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<u><strong>Animated Feature Film<br />
</strong></u><br />
Onward<br />
Over The Moon<br />
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon<br />
Soul<br />
Wolfwalkers<br />
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<u><strong>Foreign Feature Film<br />
</strong></u><br />
Another Round: Denmark<br />
Better Days: Hong Kong<br />
Collective: Romania<br />
The Man Who Sold His Skin: Tunisia<br />
Quo Vadis, Aida?: Bosnia And Herzegovina<br />
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<u><strong>Cinematography<br />
</strong></u><br />
Judas And The Black Messiah: Sean Bobbitt<br />
Mank: Erik Messerschmidt<br />
News Of The World: Dariusz Wolski<br />
Nomadland: Joshua James Richards<br />
The Trial Of The Chicago 7: Phedon Papamichael<br />
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<u><strong>Costume Design<br />
</strong></u><br />
Emma: Alexandra Byrne<br />
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Ann Roth<br />
Mank: Trish Summerville<br />
Mulan: Bina Daigeler<br />
Pinocchio: Massimo Cantini Parrini<br />
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<u><strong>Documentary (Feature)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Collective<br />
Crip Camp<br />
The Mole Agent<br />
My Octopus Teacher<br />
Time<br />
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<u><strong>Documentary (Short Subject)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Colette<br />
A Concerto Is A Conversation<br />
Do Not Split<br />
Hunger Ward<br />
A Love Song For Latasha<br />
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<u><strong>Film Editing<br />
</strong></u><br />
The Father: Yorgos Lamprinos<br />
Nomadland: Chloe Zhao<br />
Promising Young Woman: Frédéric Thoraval<br />
Sound Of Metal: Mikkel E. G. Nielsen<br />
The Trial Of The Chicago 7: Alan Baumgarten<br />
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<u><strong>Makeup And Hairstyling<br />
</strong></u><br />
Emma: Marese Langan, Laura Allen And Claudia Stolze<br />
Hillbilly Elegy: Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle And Patricia Dehaney<br />
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal And Jamika Wilson<br />
Mank: Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri And Colleen Labaff<br />
Pinocchio: Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli And Francesco Pegoretti<br />
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<u><strong>Music (Original Score)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Da 5 Bloods: Terence Blanchard<br />
Mank: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross<br />
Minari: Emile Mosseri<br />
News Of The World: James Newton Howard<br />
Soul: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste<br />
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<u><strong>Music (Original Song)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Fight For You: Judas And The Black Messiah<br />
Hear My Voice: The Trial Of The Chicago 7<br />
Io Sì (Seen): The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti A Se)<br />
Speak Now: One Night In Miami…<br />
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<u><strong>Production Design<br />
</strong></u><br />
The Father<br />
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom<br />
Mank<br />
News Of The World<br />
Tenet<br />
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<u><strong>Short Film (Animated)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Burrow: Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat<br />
Genius Loci: Adrien Merigeau and Amaury Ovise<br />
If Anything Happens I Love You: Will Mccormack and Michael Govier<br />
Opera: Erick Oh<br />
Yes-People: Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson<br />
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<u><strong>Short Film (Live Action)<br />
</strong></u><br />
Feeling Through<br />
The Letter Room<br />
The Present<br />
Two Distant Strangers<br />
White Eye<br />
<br />
<u><strong>Sound<br />
</strong></u><br />
Greyhound: Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman<br />
Mank: Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin<br />
News Of The World: Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett<br />
Soul: Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker<br />
Sound Of Metal: Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes and Phillip Bladh<br />
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<u><strong>Visual Effects<br />
</strong></u><br />
Love And Monsters<br />
The Midnight Sky<br />
Mulan<br />
The One And Only Ivan<br />
Tenet<br />
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