With just a few days left for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Rediff's critics -- Raja Sen, Sukanya Verma, Aseem Chhabra and Arthur J Pais -- tried a bit of Oscar soothsaying in the major categories.
We start with the Best Picture category, and the nominees are Django Unchained, Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Amour, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Life Of Pi, Les Miserables
Image: Steven Spielberg, Benh Zeitlin, Michael Haneke
Nominees for the Best Director are Michael Haneke for Amour, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Ang Lee for Life Of Pi andDavid O Russell for Silver Linings Playbook
Raja Sen: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln
Sukanya Verma: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
Nominees for Best Actor are Joaquin Phoenix for The Master, Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln, Denzel Washington for Flight, Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook and Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables
Image: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour
Nominees for Best Actress are Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Emmanuelle Rive for Amour, Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty, Naomi Watts for The Impossible andJennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook.
Image: Alan Arkin in Argo, Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained, Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master, Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained, Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln, Alan Arkin for Argo and Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook
Raja Sen: Alan Arkin for Argo
Sukanya Verma: Christopher Waltz for Django Unchained
Aseem Chhabra: Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook
Nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Amy Adams for The Master, Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, Helen Hunt for The Sessions, Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook and Sally Field for Lincoln
