Who goes home with the Oscar?

MUMBAI:
A day ahead of the 87th Academy Awards, directors and critics predict their Oscar winners.

• Gurinder Chadha:

Best Film: "Boyhood"/Richard Linklater, Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice"), Best Actor: Michael Keaton ("Birdman").

• Tigmanshu Dhulia:

Best Film: "Birdman", Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Birdman"), Best Actor: Michael Keaton ("Birdman").

• Kunal Deshmukh:

Best Film: "Birdman", "Boyhood"; Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Birdman"), Best Actor: Eddy Redmayne ("The Theory Of Everything"), Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice").

• Mrig Lamba:

Best Film: "Birdman", Best Director: Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Best Actor: Eddy Redmayne ("The Theory Of Everything"), Best Actress: Marion Cotillard ("Two Days, One Night")

• Manish Gupta:

Best Film: "The Theory Of Everything", Best Actor: Eddie Redmayne ("The Theory Of Everything"), Best Actress: Rosemund Pike ("Gone Girl"), Best Director: Morten Tyldum ("The Imitation Game").


• Vijay Krishna Acharya:

Best Film: "The Grand Budapest Hotel", Best Director: Wes Anderson ("The Grand Budapest Hotel"), Best Actor: Eddy Redmayne ("The Theory Of Everything").

• Ken Ghosh:

Best Film: "Birdman", Best Actor: Eddy Redymayne ("The Theory Of Everything"), Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice").

• Aseem Chhabra:

Best Actor: Michael Keaton ("Birdman"), Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice"), Best Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Birdman"), Best Film: "Boyhood".

• Raja Sen:

Best Film: "Birdman", Best Director: Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Best Actor: Michael Keaton ("Birdman"), Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice").

• Rajeev Masand:

Best Film: "Birdman", Best Director: Richard Linklater ("Boyhood"), Best Actor: Eddy Redmayne ("The Theory Of Everything"), Best Actress: Julianne Moore("Still Alice").

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