Oscar 2021 nominations: Riz Ahmed makes history as first Muslim Best Actor nominee

David Finchers blackandwhite biographical drama Mank bagged the most Academy Awards nominations for its upcoming 93rd edition scoring a perfect 10 also in categories such as best picture actor for Gary Oldman and director The film was followed by Minari Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago 7 Judas and the Black Messiah Sound of Metal and The Father which landed six nods eachCelebrity couple actorproducer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singeractor Nick Jonas announced the nominations on Monday from London in a livestream event via the Oscars official YouTube pageEmerald Fennels directorial debut Promising Young Woman and Ma Raineys Black Bottom scooped five nods eachLee Isaac Chungs Minari predominantly in the Korean language scored six nods including the top honours best film best leading actor for Steven Yeun and best supporting actress for YuhJung Youn The films exclusion in main categories at the Golden Globes had sparked a huge controversyThe best picture category also boasts of titles like The Father Judas and the Black Messiah Nomadland Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal and The Trial of the Chicago 7Yeun will compete with award season favourites Riz Ahmed for The Sound of Metal late Chadwick Boseman for Ma Raineys Black Bottom and previously Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins The Father and Gary Oldman MankAhmed who played the role of a drummer who begins to lose his hearing charted history by becoming the first Muslim to be nominated in the leading actor category at the Academy Awards This is a first Oscar nod for Boseman and YeunThis is also for the first time that two Asian actors have been nominated in the best actor categoryIn the best actress category the top five names are Frances McDormand Nomadland Viola Davis Ma Raineys Black Bottom Vanessa Kirby Pieces of a Woman Andra Day The Unites States Vs Billie Holiday and Carey Mulligan Promising Young WomanThis is the first nomination for The Crown star Kirby and Grammynominated DayVeteran Korean actor Youns fellow nominees are Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Glenn Close Hillbilly Elegy Olivia Colman The Father and Amanda Seyfried MankNominations for Minari were reminiscent of the triumph that South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho had with Parasite at the Oscars last yearJudas and the Black Messiah costars Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield have both been nominated in the best supporting actor segment Sasha Baron Cohen Borat 2 Paul Raci The Sound of Metal and Leslie Odom Jr One Night in Miami are also part of the categoryThe awards given away by the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences also tried to level the playing field by acknowledging the work of a more people of colour and womenFor her road movie Nomadland Chloe Zhao became the first woman of Asian descent and sixth woman ever to be nominated in the best director categoryShe is joined by Chung Fennell Promising Young Woman David Fincher Mank and Thomas Vinterberg for the Danish film Another Round For the first time two women have been nominated in the best director categoryMads Mikkelsenstarrer Another Round scored another nomination in the best international feature category alongside Hong Kongs Better Days Romanias Collective Tunisias The Man Who Sold His Skin and Quo Vadis Aida from Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe White Tiger starring Chopra Jonas Borat Subsequent Moviefilm The Father Nomadland and One Night in Miami are the final nominees in the best adapted screenplay listIndian director Karishma Dev Dubedirected Bittu failed to make the cut in the best live action short film categoryFeeling Through The Letter Room The Present Two Distant Strangers and White Eye reached the final five in the segmentHowever India remains in the challenge with My Octopus Teacher nominated in the best documentary feature category Indias Swati Thiyagarajan has served as a production manager on the documentary by Pippa Ehrlich and James ReedThe nominees for best original screenplay are Judas and the Black Messiah Minari Promising Young Woman Sound of Metal and Trial of the Chicago 7Onward Over the Moon Shaun the Sheep Movie Farmageddon Soul and Wolfwalkers are nominated in the best animated feature film category Da 5 Bloods Mank Minari News of the World and Soul made it to the best original song shortlistThe Academy Awards which were postponed from their usual February date due to the coronavirus pandemic will be held inperson from multiple locations including the Dolby Theatre on April 25This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever