Rediff's Oscars 2013 Predictions!

Image: Scenes from Lincoln and Argo

With just a few days left for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Rediff's critics -- Raja Sen, Sukanya Verma, Aseem Chhabra and Arthur J Pais -- tried a bit of Oscar soothsaying in the major categories.

We start with the Best Picture category, and the nominees are Django Unchained, Argo, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Amour, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Life Of Pi, Les Miserables

Raja Sen predicts: Lincoln

Sukanya Verma predicts: Argo

Aseem Chhabra predicts: Argo

Arthur J Pais predicts: Argo

Click through the slide show, and do make your own predictions as well!

Tags: Arthur J Pais , Aseem Chhabra , Lincoln , Silver Linings Playbook , Life Of Pi

Best Director

Image: Steven Spielberg, Benh Zeitlin, Michael Haneke

Nominees for the Best Director are Michael Haneke for Amour, Benh Zeitlin for Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Steven Spielberg for Lincoln, Ang Lee for Life Of Pi and David O Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

Raja Sen: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

Sukanya Verma: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Aseem Chhabra: Michael Haneke for Amour

Arthur J Pais: Steven Spielberg for Lincoln

Tags: Steven Spielberg , Lincoln , Benh Zeitlin , Michael Haneke , Southern Wild

Best Actor

Image: Daniel Day for Lewis in Lincoln

Nominees for Best Actor are Joaquin Phoenix for The Master, Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln, Denzel Washington for Flight, Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook and Hugh Jackman for Les Miserables

Raja Sen: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Sukanya Verma: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Aseem Chhabra: Daniel Da-Lewis for Lincoln

Arthur J Pais: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Tags: Lincoln Sukanya Verma , Lincoln Arthur J Pais , Lincoln Aseem Chhabra , Daniel Da-Lewis , Joaquin Phoenix

Best Actress

Image: Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty and Emmanuelle Riva in Amour

Nominees for Best Actress are Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Emmanuelle Rive for Amour, Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty, Naomi Watts for The Impossible and Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook.

Raja Sen: Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty

Sukanya Verma: Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

Aseem Chhabra: Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

Arthur J Pais: Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

Tags: Emmanuelle Riva , Amour Arthur , Jessica Chastain , Best Actress , Naomi Watts

Best Supporting Actor

Image: Alan Arkin in Argo, Christopher Waltz in Django Unchained, Robert De Niro in Silver Linings Playbook

Nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master, Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained, Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln, Alan Arkin for Argo and Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook

Raja Sen: Alan Arkin for Argo

Sukanya Verma: Christopher Waltz for Django Unchained

Aseem Chhabra: Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook

Arthur J Pais: Alan Arkin for Argo

Tags: Alan Arkin , Argo Sukanya Verma , Robert De Niro , Django Unchained , Philip Seymour Hoffman

Best Supporting Actress

Image: Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables

Nominees for Best Supporting Actress are Amy Adams for The Master, Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, Helen Hunt for The Sessions, Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook and Sally Field for Lincoln

Raja Sen: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Sukanya Verma: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Aseem Chhabra: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Arthur J Pais: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables

Tags: Les Miserables , Anne Hathaway , Best Supporting Actress , Lincoln Raja Sen , Helen Hunt

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