Oscars 2017: Dev Patel Loses Oscar Battle To Mahershala Ali From Moonlight
Dev Patel loses his Oscar for the Best Supporting Actor to Mahershala Ali from Moonlight.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
Celebrated
British
actor
of
Indian-origin
loses
the
Oscar
battle
for
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
to
the
talented
American
actor
Mahershala
Ali
for
his
film
Moonlight.
Dev
was
in
the
hunt
for
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
with
other
contenders
like
Jeff
Bridges
from
Hell
or
High
Water,
Michael
Shannon
from
Nocturnal
Animals,
Lucas
Hedges
from
Manchester
by
the
Sea,
and
Mahershala
Ali
from
Moonlight.
Dev,
who
lost
the
award
to
Ali,
was
seen
cheering
for
the
actor.
Dev
came
all
the
way
to
Oscars
with
his
mother
to
experience
this
greatest
award
extravaganza.
The
award
for
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
has
been
presented
to
the
Moonlight
actor
by
another
talented
actor
Alicia
Vikander
at
the
89th
Annual
Oscars
held
at
the
Dolby
Theater,
Los
Angeles.
With
this
Oscar
win,
Mahershala
Ali
becomes
the
first
Muslim
actor
to
have
won
an
Oscar
ever.
He
became
bit
little
emotional
after
having
his
hand
at
the
golden
statue.
"I
want
to
thank
my
teachers
...
I
have
so
many
wonderful
teachers," said
Mahershala
Ali.
"My
teachers
told
me
that
'it
wasn't
about
you
but
these
characters'.
It
is
service
to
these
stories
and
characters.
I
would
also
thank
the
cast
and
crew
for
the
wonderful
experience,"
Ali
added.
"I
would
thank
my
wife
who
was
in
her
third
trimester.
We
just
had
a
daughter
three
days
ago.
Thank
you
for
being
a
soldier
through
this
process,"
Ali
stated
further.