Life of Pi wins Best Original Score award

Los Angeles: Music director Mychael Danna won an Oscar in the Best Original Score category for his work in Ang Lee's Life Of Pi. With this award, the film has so far bagged three  Oscars.

It registered early wins at the 85th Academy awards by taking home the trophies for the best
cinematography and visual effects.

Claudio Miranda won the best cinematography trophy for his stunning camera work in the 3D movie.

While  Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White took home the golden statuette for  visual effects.
 

Danna has had a very close collaboration with Lee as they have worked together in the past for films like The Ice Storm and Ride with the Devil.

Life Of Pi, which is based in India and stars Bollywood actors Irrfan Khan and Tabu, follows the story of a young boy who is lost in the ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger for some 200-odd days.

Danna, who is married to Indian origin Aparna Dana, spent more than a year working on the music for the film with Lee, at first discussing the philosophical elements of Yann Martels novel, on which the movie is based.

The orchestra was recorded in LA on the 20th Century Fox lot, while various other elements were recorded around the world.

The first composed piece for the film was the song Pis Lullaby, which he wrote with the South Indian singer Bombay Jayashri.

Danna, who is known for creating distinctive and layered musical palettes, has had a longtime fascination with India as he has previously worked with Indian origin filmmakers Deepa Mehta for Water and Mira Nair for Monsoon Wedding.

Danna recently won a Golden Globe for his Life Of Pi score.

Anne Hathaway wins Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Los Angeles: Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role of a mother-turned-prostitute, Fantine, in Tom Hoopers musical Les Miserables.

The 30-year-old was a favourite to win the trophy for the difficult role, which saw her chopping off her tresses and losing about 25lb.

This is Hathaways first Academy Award, she was previously nominated for her 2008 movie Rachel Getting Married.

Her award was announced by last years best supporting Oscar winner Christopher Plummer. Looking stunning in a baby pink gown, Hathaway thanked her husband Adam Shulman, director Tom Hooper, fellow nominees and made a special mention of co-star Hugh Jackman in her speech.

"It came true... I hope sometime in near future. The misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and not in real life," Hathaway said.

She beat actresses Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Helen Hunt (The Sessions) and Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) to take home the trophy. The musical drama, based on Victor Hugos French historical novel, saw Hathaway play a mother who is fired from her workplace and is later forced into prostitution in order to take care of her daughter.

Interestingly, Hathaways own mother played the role in the past on Broadway but quit acting to devote herself to parenting.

The actress previously won Golden Globes, BAFTA and a SAG Award for her performance before taking home the coveted golden statuette.

Oscars 2013: Anna Karenina wins best costume, Les Miserables best makeup

Joe Wright's Anna Karenina won the Oscar for the best costume while the award for best makeup and hairstyling went to musical Les Miserables. Anna Karenina is a epic adaption of Leo Tolstoy's novel
of the same name. The best costume Oscar was won by Jacqueline Durran.

Les Miserables, the Top Hooper directed musical, again an adaptation of Victor Hugo's French novel, registered an early win in the makeup and hairstyling category for Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell.

The musical saw its starcast of Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Sacha Baron Cohen. Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Redmayne performing live on the Oscar stage.

Amour wins Oscar for Best Foreign Film

Los Angeles:Austrian Amour (Love), a poignant drama about a retired music teacher's desire to die as she struggles with old age, won the best foreign film trophy at the 85th Academy Awards.

The Michael Haneke directed movie, also nominated for the best picture and director, was a strong favourite to win the foreign film Oscar.

The story revolves around a retired music teacher and her husband of 60 years as they struggle with the debilitating effects of two strokes on both her health and her quality of life.

As Georges cares for the increasingly unhappy Anne, the pair finds the nature of their life together irrevocably changed.

Amour saw off competition from Norway's Kon-Tiki, Chile's No, Denmark's A Royal Affair and War Witch from Canada.

The film has had an extraordinary run this award season. It was first screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or. Emmanuelle Riva, the lead actress of the movie, became the oldest person to win a BAFTA at the age of 85.

The French actress, who is nominated in the best actress category, turned 86 on February 24

Oscars: Life of Pi wins Best Cinematography & Visual Effects

Los Angeles: Ang Lee's Life of Pi, about a shipwrecked Indian boy, registered early wins at the 85th Academy Awards by taking home the trophies for the best cinematography and visual effects.

Claudio Miranda won the best cinematography trophy for his stunning camera work in the 3D movie.

A nervous Miranda said the film, which was largely shot in a huge water tank, was "quite a piece" to make.

"Wow, this movie was quite a piece to make. We did it.... I can't even speak," said a nervous Miranda before ending his speech by thanking director Lee, his wife and daughter.

The film also won in the visual effects category with Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White taking home the golden statuette.

The team paid tribute to the Rhythm & Hues, the company behind the VFX, which has filed for bankruptcy.

The awards were presented by The Avengers team Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L Jackson.

Oscars 2013: List of winners

Here's the list of Oscar winners so far:

Best Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained 

Best Short Film (animated): Paperman

Best Feature Film (animated): Brave

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi

Best Documentary Short: Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R Christopher White received the award

Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Miserables

Best Live Action Short Film: Shawn Christensen, Curfew

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour from Austria

Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man; Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn received the award

Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables

Best Sound Editing: Zero Dark Thirty and Skyfall

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

 Best Film Editing: Argo

Best Production Design: Lincoln

Best Original Score: Life Of Pi

Best Director: Ang Lee, Life Of Pi

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Best Picture: Argo

Best Documentary Feature: Searching For Sugar Man

Best Sound Mixing: Les Miserables

Shahid Kapoor returns with Kaminey 2

Vishal Bharadwaj was very keen on casting Imran Khan as the lead actor in Kaminey 2, as he thought Imran was a crowd puller. However, after his last disastrous flick Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mondala, Vishal changed his mind. Now, the director is ready to retain the original actor Shahid Kapoor in the sequel of the film.

The filmmaker was asked to confirm the hero of the film ‘Kaminey 2′, to which he said,“Certainly, certainly it will be Shahid Kapoor.”

During the promotions of ‘Matru Ki Bijli ka Mandola’, buzz were doing rounds that Imran Khan was confirmed as the main lead in Kaminey 2.

Imran Khan said, “If the story is good, I would really love to do it. I have seriously enjoyed working with Vishal in his movies. I would love to do another film with him, having said that, I would like to be honest and tell you that we haven’t really spoken about working together in ‘Kaminey 2′. If he would like to work with me, I am happy to work with him.”

However, Vishal rubbished all such rumors saying Imran Khan was never considered for the role and that Shahid was always on his mind to play the lead.

“It is not true at all that Imran was considered. Like most rumours, this one is also not true,” says Vishal.

Kaminey was a super hit and so, Shahid does have a genuine claim to do the sequel as well.