CODA wins Best Film at Oscars 2022

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The 94th Academy Awards ceremony or Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honoured the best films released between March 1 and December 31, 2021, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022.

Winners List -

• Best picture - CODA. This is the first movie made by a streaming service (APPLE) to win Best Picture Oscar

• Best actress - Jessica Chastain. She got the award for acting in the film The Eyes of Tammy Faye

• Best actor - Will Smith. He got the award for acting in the film King Richard

• Best director - The Power of the Dog. She got the award for directing the film Jane Campion

• Best original song - Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell. They got the award for the title track of the film “No Time to Die”

• Best adapted screenplay - CODA

• Best original screenplay - Belfast 

• Best international feature - Drive My Car (Japan)

• Best supporting actress - Ariana DeBose. She got the award for acting in the film West Side Story

• Best supporting actor - Troy Kotsur. He got the award for acting in the film CODA

• Best animated feature - Encanto

• Best original score - Hans Zimmer. He got the award for the film Dune

Tamil film, Pebbles, directed by P S Vinothraj, was sent as India’s Official Entry at the 94th Academy Awards.

Indian Oscar winners till date-

• Bhanu Athaiya in 1982 received the Oscars for the “Best Costume Design” for the movie “Gandhi”

• Satyajit Ray received an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992

• A R Rahman won two Oscars in 2009 for the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” in the category of “Best Original Score” and “Best Original Song for Jai Ho”

• Resul Pookutty in 2009 won the Oscars for “Best Sound Mixing” for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”

• Gulzar in 2009 won the Oscars for “Best Original Song for Jai Ho” for the film “Slumdog Millionaire”