James Franco, 127 Hours predicted as Oscar winners

The Annual Academy Award, which is informally known as the Oscar Awards, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. It is one of the most prominent and oldest award ceremonies in the world, which will be aired live on TV in more than 200 countries annually.

Many Hollywood celebrities are now all excited to receive the highest honour given by the 83rd Annual Academy Award, which is being held on this Sunday on 27th February. Movie buffs across the globe are eagerly looking forward to know whether their favourite stars/movies will win the Oscar awards. Oneindia.in, a leading portal in India, conducted a survey and gave a chance to its readers to predict the possible winner of Oscar gong.

Oneindia held five polls on five top most categories of Oscars, Best Motion Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Original Score. The names of the contestants were picked from the nomination list. The polls started on 4th February and ended on 25th. More than a thousand readers have cast their in different categories in a period of 22 days and predicted the winners of Oscars.

The following are results of the polls:

Which movie deserves the Oscars in Best Motion Picture category?

1 127 Hours 40.7%

2 Inception 27.4%

3 The Social Network 9.7%

4 The King's Speech 8.4%

5 Black Swan 4.9%

6 Toy Story 3.4%

7 The Fighter 2.2%

8 The Kids Are All Right 1.8%

9 True Grit 0.9%

10 Winter's Bone 0%

Who deserves the Oscars in Best Director category?

1 David Fincher - The Social Network 52.2%

2 Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan 17.6%

3 Tom Hooper - The King's SPeech 13.8%

4 David O Russell - The Fighter 11.3%

5 Coen Brothers - True Grit 5%

Who deserves the Oscars in Best Actor category?

1 James Franco - 127 Hours 59.2%

2 Colin Firth - The King's Speech 16.8%

3 Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network 14%

4 Javier Bardem - Biutiful 5.6%

5 Jeff Bridges - True Grit 4.5%

Who deserves the Oscars in Best Actress category?

1 Natalie Portman - Black Swan 46.9%

2 Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole 20.4%

3 Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine 13.6%

4 Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone 11.7%

5 Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right 7.4%

Which movie deserves the Oscars in Best Original Score category?

1 127 Hours - A R Rahman 80.8%

2 Inception - Hans Zimmer 11.3%

3 How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell 3.3%

4 The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 2.5%

5 The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat 2.1%