Like yearly, the Oscars 2021 ‘In Memoriam’ part paid tributes to filmmakers and artists who left the world in 2020 and Irrfan Khan and Bhanu Athaiya have been the Indian movie personalities honoured within the video montage showcased on the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony on early Monday morning in accordance with India time.
Hollywood actors Sean Connery and Chadwick Boseman have been additionally amongst many others that the Academy remembered within the particular tribute section. Oscar nominee Angela Bassett gave a speech with the tribute, which was proven within the type of a video clip and was a homage to achievers the world of display screen misplaced over the previous 12 months, together with actors, writers, administrators, and technicians.
Soon after the video featured on web, Bollywood followers observed that late Rishi Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput have been absent from the listing, and their followers on social media expressed displeasure on their absence.
However, each the late Bollywood stars have been remembered on the web site of the Academy Awards in a particular In Memoriam part. Late Sushant’s brother-in-law, Vishal Kirti took to twitter to share a display screen shot of the web site’s gallery that includes the ‘Kedarnath’ actor.
Meanwhile, veteran actor Anthony Hopkins, who portrayed an ageing man battling dementia in The Father”, won the Best Actor award. The octogenarian was not present at the ceremony or on video, and his award was accepted by the Academy on his behalf. Others nominated in the category were the late Chadwick Boseman,Mads Mikkelsen, Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun and Gary Oldman.
“Nomadland” actress Frances McDormand won Best Actress. She was competing against Viola Davis, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby and Carey Mulligan.
Oscars 2021 were held from two locations in Los Angeles — Union Station and Dolby Theatre. Dolby Theatre has been a venue for Oscars since 2001. However, this year, the live audience capacity was limited to 170 people and the guests were rotating in and out of the ceremony.
