The 95th Academy Awards will be held on March 12, 2023 at Los Angeles' Dolly Theatre. Almost ahead of Hollywood's biggest night, nominees across categories, attended the annual luncheon in Los Angeles, on Monday. It's a big year for India at the Oscars and MM Keeravani, Guneet Monga and Shaunak Sen attended the star-studded luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. MM Keeravani-composed Naatu Naatu is nominated for Best Original Song. It also won the Golden Globe Award in the same category earlier this year. Naatu Naatu lyricist Chandrabose also attended the luncheon.

MM Keeravani and Chandrabose pictured at the luncheon. 

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MM Keeravani and Chandrabose. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Guneet Monga, producer of The Elephant Whisperers and director of the documentary Kartiki Gonsalves, pictured at the annual event. Their film The Elephant Whisperers is nominated for Best Documentary Short.

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Guneet Monga with Kartiki Gonsalves. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film.

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Shaunak Sen also attended the event. (Image courtesy: AFP)

This year's luncheon marked the presence of some Hollywood veterans as well as some fresh faces. Academy winners like Steven Spielberg, Roger Deakins and Justin Hurwitz were pictured at the event. Multiple-time nominees such as Tom Cruise, Michelle Williams, Sarah Polley, Rian Johnson, Mary Zophres and Diane Warren and first-time nominees Brandon Fraser, Hong Chau, Austin Butler, Ke Huy Quan and Paul Mescal attended the event.

Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans is up for three big nominations this year - Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

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Steven Spielberg at the event. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Top Gun: Maverick producer and lead actor Tom Cruise, whose film is nominated for Best Picture, and Austin Butler, who is nominated in the Best Actor category for performance as Elvis Presley in Elvis, happily posed together.

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Austin Butler with Tom Cruise. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Michelle Yeoh, nominated for Everything Everywhere All at Once in the Best Actress category, pictured at the event.

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Michelle Yeoh at the event. (Image courtesy: AFP)

Together, all nominees took a group photo - "Academy Class of 2023," Guneet Monga wrote sharing the picture.

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Screenshot of Guneet Monga's Instagram story.

The 95th Oscars will be held on March 12, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.



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