There was a tough competition between Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ in the Best Picture category at the 98th Oscars. Both the films were included in the top-2 list of nominations, but ‘One Battle After Another’ got the Best Picture award. The special thing is that ‘One Battle After Another’ has won 6 awards in different categories, and the film was nominated in 14 categories.

Inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Vineland’, this big budget comedy thriller received the Best Picture Award and also won the first Oscar Award for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor Award (Sean Penn), Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Casting. This is a big achievement for any film.

What did the film’s director Paul Thomas Anderson say on the victory?
The film’s director Paul Thomas Anderson said in his speech, ‘I wrote this film for my children to apologize for the chaos in the world we are handing over to them.’ He also said he hoped the younger generation would help bring back ‘common sense and decency’ in society.

Let us tell you that director Paul Thomas Anderson has already been nominated for Oscar for films like ‘Boogie Nights’, ‘There Will Be Blood’ and ‘Phantom Thread’, but this is the first time that he has been awarded the award after being nominated. Sean Penn of ‘One Battle After Another’ won the Best Supporting Actor award, but due to some reasons he could not be a part of the award show.

However, upon his absence, presenter Kieran Culkin also joked that ‘Sean Penn could not come here tonight or did not want to come.’ This is because Sean Penn won the title by defeating his co-star Benicio del Toro. ‘One Battle After Another’ is a crime-thriller film, which is the story of a former revolutionary Bob. Bob faces a dangerous struggle to save his daughter Willa from his old enemy, Colonel Lockjaw, who has returned after 16 years.

Oscars 2026 or the 98th Academy Awards took place on the evening of March 15 at the Dolby Theater in Ovation Hollywood, Los Angeles, which was telecast live on Jio Hotstar in India on Monday morning. This function was hosted by Conan O’Brien. This year, Paul Thomas Anderson’s film ‘One Battle After Another’ was the highlight of this prestigious award ceremony, which won many big awards including Best Picture and Best Director. At the same time, Ryan Coogler’s film ‘Sinners’ also achieved a big victory by winning many awards including Best Actor. Let us know here whether Oscar Awards winners get prize money along with the trophy or not?

Do oscar winners get prize money?
Despite being the most prestigious award in the cinema world, Oscar winners do not receive any prize money directly. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences does not award cash prize money for any category, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film or Best Director.

Instead, winners are given the iconic Oscar statuette. This is a gold layered trophy which is a symbol of the biggest honor in the film industry. Interestingly, the Academy officially considers the value of the Oscar trophy to be only $1. According to Academy rules, winners cannot sell their Oscar statuette unless they first offer to sell it back to the Academy for the same $1 price. Although the trophy costs about $400 to make, which is more than Rs 36,000 in Indian currency terms, the real benefits come to the winners in other ways.

What are the benefits to the winners?
There is usually no cash prize for winning this award, yet winners often benefit from what many call the “Oscar Effect”. This term shows how this win increases an artist’s popularity among filmmakers and studios.

• According to reports, after winning this award, the earnings of actors can increase by about 20%.
• Apart from this, Oscar winners often get big roles in films and endorsements from big brands.
• Films that win awards in ‘Best Picture’ or other major categories usually see a significant increase in ticket sales and streaming figures.

The biggest and most awaited Oscar Awards of the year has started. The award show will be telecasted at different times in different parts of the world.

When will Oscars start?

The 98th Academy Awards ceremony will be held on March 16 from 4:30 am to 7:30 am Indian time. The show will be hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien. After the final list of nominations is revealed, the chances of some films winning in different categories are quite high.

This time a tough competition is being seen in the different lists of the biggest awards at the global level. Some films have received the most nominations in different lists. This time in the list of best film, there will be a fierce competition between the political thriller film ‘One Battle After Another’ and the vampire horror film ‘Sinners’, because both the films have received a lot of love from the audience. However, ‘Sinners’ alone has received nominations in 16 categories. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to say that ‘Sinners’ have more chances of winning.

Let us tell you that 10 films are included in the list in the Best Film category, but in the race for the top two, ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ are the main contenders.

Who will become the best actress?

Irish actress Jessie Buckley has a strong chance of winning the Best Actress award for her brilliant performance in ‘Hamnet’, but the nominations also include big contenders like Amy Madigan and Rose Byrne. Jessie Buckley’s ‘Hamnet’ is included in the most popular films of the year 2025 and it has also received 2 Golden Global Awards and 2 BAFTA Awards. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to expect that Jessie Buckley can win the title of Best Actress.

There are many big names in the race for Best Actor, including Wagner Moura, Timothée Chalamet, Robert Aramayo, and B. Jordan, but the main contender could be Robert Aramayo of ‘I Swear’. Because his nomination in the BAFTA Award was shocking. Along with this, Michael B. Jordan of ‘Sinners’ is at second place, whose popularity has increased tremendously in the last few years.

There may be a tough competition among actresses for the Best Supporting Role as the nominations include the names of ‘One Battle’ Teyana Taylor, ‘Weapons’ actress Amy Madigan and ‘Sinners’ Wunmi Mosaku. All three of them have recently received different awards in different categories. Teyana Taylor was honored with a Golden Globe Award, while Wunmi Mosaku also won a BAFTA. In such a situation, there will be a tough competition between these three actresses in the race for Best Supporting Actress.