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Stills from 'Homebound' and 'Sabar Bonda'
Columns

Lights, Camera, Scoop: How 'Homebound' Won September Oscar Submission Race; Into 'Sabar Bonda's Big Marketing Swing

The Hollywood Reporter India's weekly column 'Lights, Camera, Scoop' unravels the behind-the-scenes madness of the big Bollywood machinery.

BY Justin Rao
Hamdan Ballal
News

‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Beaten and Detained, Claims Co-Director and Activist Group

Yuval Abraham posted on social media that his Oscar-winning colleague had sustained injuries to his head and stomach in a West Bank conflict that took place Monday night.

BY Katie Kilkenny
Namit Malhotra, CEO of Double Negative, that garnered an Academy Award for 'Dune: Part Two'
Interviews

Namit Malhotra: 'The Ramayana' Belongs to The World—No One Person or Entity Owns It

The VFX veteran and CEO of Double Negative (DNEG) talks about the company's eighth Academy Award for 'Dune: Part Two' and working on Nitesh Tiwari's upcoming adaptation of the 'Ramayana'

BY Anushka Halve
Mikey Madison won Best Actress at the 2025 Oscars for 'Anora'.
Insight

Oscars 2025: Mikey Madison Wins Best Actress for 'Anora'

The 25-year-old actor won her first Academy Award, leading 'Anora' to a triumphant five wins at the Oscar ceremony

BY Team THR India
Cast and crew accept the Best Picture award for "Anora"
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Oscars 2025: Sean Baker's 'Anora' Wins Best Picture, Sweeps the Academy Awards

'Anora' emerged as the evening’s biggest winner, securing five awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing for Baker, along with Best Actress for Mikey Madison.

BY Team THR India
Adrien Brody accepts the Best Actor In A Leading Role award for "The Brutalist"
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Oscars 2025: Adrien Brody Wins Best Actor for 'The Brutalist'

This was Brody's second Best Actor Oscar win after the Roman Polanski-directed feature 'The Pianist' in 2003, when he became the youngest ever winner of the same award

BY Team THR India
Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, and Yuval Abraham accept the Documentary Feature Film award "No Other Land"
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Oscars 2025: ‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Documentary, Filmmakers Call for Political Solution in Gaza

The Palestinian-Israeli documentary chronicles the struggle against forced expulsions in Masafer Yatta and delivers a powerful message

BY Team THR India
Zoe Saldana accepts the Best Actress In A Supporting Role award for "Emilia Pérez"
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Oscars 2025: Zoe Saldaña Wins Best Supporting Actress for 'Emilia Pérez'

With her first Oscar nomination and win for 'Emilia Pérez', the actress makes history while celebrating her roots.

BY Team THR India
Kieran Culkin wins Best Supporting Actor at the 2025 Oscars.
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Oscars 2025: Kieran Culkin Wins Best Supporting Actor

After almost turning down 'A Real Pain', the actor has finally won his first Academy Award for the Jesse Eisenberg-directed drama

BY Team THR India
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Oscars 2025 | Here is the Full List of Winners

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, the ongoing 97th Academy Awards has films like 'Anora,' 'Conclave' and 'Emilia Pérez' vying for top honours — here is the full list of winners (updating)

BY Team THR India
'The French Connection'
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Gene Hackman, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘The French Connection,’ Dies at 95

His superb body of work includes 'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'I Never Sang for My Father,' 'The Conversation,' 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven.'

BY Mike Barnes +1 More
Stills from 'Emilia Peréz', 'Conclave' and 'The Brutalist'.
Insight

Oscars 2025: A Dummy’s Guide To the Show and the Scandals

Here’s everything you need to know about the scandals, campaigns and films that are turning heads at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards this year.

BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Filmmaker Smriti Mundhra.
Interviews

'I Am Ready, Warden': Smriti Mundhra on Her Second Oscar Nomination and Telling Stories That Matter

From ‘Indian Matchmaking’ to ‘I Am Ready, Warden’, the award-winning filmmaker discusses what unites her diverse body of work and what’s next on her plate.

BY Ananya Shankar
A still from 'Anuja'.
Streaming

‘Anuja’ Short Film Review: Classic Oscar Bait, Little Substance

The Oscar-nominated live action short film greedily panders to the western gaze.

BY Rahul Desai
A still from 'Emilia Pérez'.
Insight

Oscars 2025 | The Real Problem With 'Emilia Pérez' Is Its Form — The Musical

A favourite in the Oscar race, Jacques Audiard’s 'Emilia Pérez' is nominated for 12 Cesar Awards and 13 nods for the Academy Awards — the highest for any film this year, with Karla Sofía Gascón as the first openly transgender actor nominated for an Oscar.

BY Prathyush Parasuraman
Smriti Mundhra is known for titles like 'Indian Matchmaking' and 'The Romantics'
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Oscars 2025: Indian-American Filmmaker Smriti Mundhra's 'I Am Ready, Warden' Nominated For Best Documentary Short Film

Mundhra's popular works also include two major Netflix titles: reality TV series 'Indian Matchmaking' and documentary series 'The Romantics'

BY Team THR India
From left: 'Emilia Pérez,' 'The Brutalist' and 'Wicked'.
News

Oscars: Full List of Nominees

'Emilia Pérez' leads the nominations with 13, followed by 'The Brutalist' and 'Wicked' with 10 apiece.

BY Hilary Lewis +1 More
A still from 'Anuja'
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Oscars 2025: Netflix’s 'Anuja' Nominated For Best Live Action Short Film

Backed by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling and Guneet Monga Kapoor, a story about sisterhood and resilience makes it to the Oscars.

BY Team THR India
A still from 'All We Imagine As Light'
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Oscars 2025: Payal Kapadia's 'All We Imagine As Light' Misses Out, 'Emilia Pérez' Picks Up 13 Nominations

There is going to be Indian representation at the Oscars 2025 as 'Anuja,' a film backed by Guneet Monga and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, has garnered a nomination in the Best Live Action Short Film category.

BY Team THR India
'Laapataa Ladies' is out of the Oscars race
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Team 'Laapataa Ladies' On Oscars Disappointment: This is Not The End, But A Step Forward

Though 'Laapataa Ladies' crashed out of the Oscars race, filmmaker Sandhya Suri’s 'Santosh' made it to the shortlist as the UK's official entry for Best International Feature

BY Team THR India