
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.
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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.
Congratulations to the Critics Choice Super Awards Nominees for BEST ACTION MOVIE:@BulletTrain@RRRMovie@TopGunMovie@NickCageMovie@WomanKingMovie
— Critics Choice Awards (@CriticsChoice) February 22, 2023
The 3rd Annual #CriticsChoice#SuperAwards winners will be announced on March 16
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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