Eesha Kulkarni

SS Rajamouli’s RRR may have earned just one nomination at the Oscars, but its lead actors and the film are now competing with Hollywood’s best at the Critics Choice Super Awards.

The magnum opus has been nominated in the Critics Choice Super Awards in the Best Action Movie category, along with Top Gun: Maverick, Bullet Train, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and The Woman King.

Both Ram Charan and Jr NTR are competing against each other for Best Actor in an Action Film category. They are also going head to head with Hollywood bigwigs including Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Nicolas Cage.

RRR has been earning accolades ever since it was released in the US last year. The film is a period drama that features Jr NTR and Ram Charan as the tribal leader Komaram Bheem, and the revolutionary Alluri Sita Rama Raju, respectively. The fictional saga, set in pre-independence India, explores their friendship and highlights their fight against oppression.

The cast includes Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn, Samuthirakani, and Ray Stevenson. It was released in theatres on March 25, 2022 and collected nearly Rs 1,200 crore worldwide, and is also being re-released in 200 theatres in the US ahead of Oscars 2023.

The 3rd Annual Critics Choice Super Awards winners will be revealed via a press release on March 16, 2023.

The full list of nominations in the film category is as follows.

Best Action Movie

Bullet Train (Sony Pictures)

RRR (Variance Films)

Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate)

The Woman King (Sony Pictures)

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Nicolas Cage, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Ram Charan, RRR

Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick

Brad Pitt, Bullet Train

N.T. Rama Rao Jr, RRR

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Sandra Bullock, The Lost City

Jennifer Connelly, Top Gun: Maverick

Viola Davis, The Woman King

Joey King, Bullet Train

Joey King, The Princess

Best Superhero Movie

The Batman (Warner Bros.)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)

DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros.)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel Studios)

Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios)

Best Actor in a Superhero Movie

Benedict Cumberbatch, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Paul Dano, The Batman

Colin Farrell, The Batman

Tenoch Huerta, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Robert Pattinson, The Batman

Best Actress in a Superhero Movie

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Zoe Kravitz, The Batman

Elizabeth Olsen, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Natalie Portman, Thor: Love and Thunder

Letitia Wright, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Horror Movie

Barbarian

The Black Phone

Pearl

Smile

Speak No Evil

X

Best Actor in a Horror Movie

Ethan Hawke, The Black Phone

Fedja van Huêt, Speak No Evil

Ralph Fiennes, The Menu

Rory Kinnear, Men

Justin Long, Barbarian

Best Actress in a Horror Movie

Jessie Buckley, Men

Aisha Dee, Sissy

Anna Diop, Nanny

Mia Goth, Pearl

Rebecca Hall, Resurrection

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

Avatar: The Way of Water

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nope

The Northman

Prey

Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

Colin Farrell, After Yang

Daniel Kaluuya, Nope

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Ryan Reynolds, The Adam Project

Alexander Skarsgård, The Northman

Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie

Karen Gillan, Dual

Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Amber Midthunder, Prey

Keke Palmer, Nope

Zoe Saldana, Avatar: The Way of Water

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Villain in a Movie

Paul Dano, The Batman

Mia Goth, Pearl

Tenoch Huerta, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Joey King, Bullet Train

Elizabeth Olsen, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Mark Rylance, Bones and All