: What are LA punters betting on? Naatu Naatu and The Elephant Whisperers #IndiaNEWS #Entertainment <br>And both have given their votes in favour of Naatu Naatu, the M. M. Keeravani-composed

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What are LA punters betting on? Naatu Naatu and The Elephant Whisperers #IndiaNEWS #Entertainment
<br>And both have given their votes in favour of Naatu Naatu, the M. M. Keeravani-composed hit number from RRR, for Best Original Song and Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalvess Netflix production, The Elephant Whisperers, for the Best Documentary Short.
Whereas LAT is categorical in its thumbs up for Naatu Naatu, Variety hedges its bet. The divas (in other words, Rihanna and Lady Gaga) dont have much of a chance against RRR and its joyous dance, LAT proclaims.
Variety, however, points to an imponderable: the effect of Rihannas spellbinding performance at Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on this past February 12.
This race is closer than people may be aware of, writes Variety. Naatu Naatu from RRR is still considered the favourite, but Rihannas Super Bowl performance helped the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever campaign. Also, I think many ballots with Angela Bassett as supporting actress are likely to have a Lift Me Up as well.
Variety added: The same could be said for Lady Gaga with Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, which has been nominated for best picture. Lady Gaga, whos not performing, could also factor into a down-the-line vote for Top Gun: Maverick and David Byrne for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Still, it concludes with a Will Win and Should Win for Naatu Naatu, compared with the Could Win for Lift Me Up.
On The Elephant Whisperers, the jury is still out because of the lobbying by Malala Yusufzai, Taliban victim, human rights campaigner and film producer, in favour of Stranger at the Gate, the story of an Afghan refugee named Bibi Bahrami and members of her little Indiana mosque, who come face to face with Richard Mac McKinney, a US Marine who has secret plans to bomb their community centre.
First rule of Oscar prognostication: Dont pick against a movie about orphaned elephants, says LAT. Variety is more careful before also voting in favour of The Elephant Whisperers.
Predicting the shorts is always very unpredictable, but this year is in overdrive, Variety notes. Netflix has two movies in the running The Elephant Whisperers and The Martha Mitchell Effect with the former tracking very well with voters.
We doubt if the story of the wife of Richard Nixons Attorney General, John Mitchell, who is remembered for her frank public comments and interviews at the peak of the Watergate scandal, get past a heart-warming tale of an indigenous couple named Bomman and Belli, who are entrusted with raising an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, and their adorable relationship in the majestic setting of the Mudumalai National Park, Tamil Nadu.
But Stranger at the Gate has formidable backing. Malala, who, incidentally, now counts Meghan Markle and Priyanka Chopra among her friends, was on the circuit in a big way for Stranger at the Gate, which could be the one that pushes it forward, Variety points out, adding: The heartwarming feelings from How Do You Measure a Year (which is about a father-daughter relationship) also struck a few chords.

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