The 90th Academy Awards aired earlier today. For those who don’t know, The Oscars are like Filmfares but without the useless drama, made-up award categories, badly edited terrible dance performances, suspense build-up during ads and cut scenes between Amitabh & Rekha. Oh, and sadly, you can’t buy the Oscars. (sorry Varun sir)
A quick recap: Jimmy Kimmel came back to host The Oscars and delivered a hilariously powerful monologue.
They paid a heartwarming tribute to Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi in the memoriam segment.
The Shape Of Water dominated The Oscars.
Although the event aired at 5:30 am in India, a lot of Indians still managed to wake up early and live tweet the event with the whole world. From drawing comparisons between Bollywood & Hollywood and making fun of The Shape of Water, here are some of the most hilarious jokes Indians made while watching the Oscars 2018.
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#Oscars are to Bollywood what elections are to Congress
— Dr. Gill (@ikpsgill1) March 5, 2018
2.
Maybe the #Oscars should have an Indian franchise. I think the 'Manik Pasand Sunsilk Paraag Pantene Jio Masala Academy Awards' would be a great show 😁
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) March 5, 2018
3.
Critics: No Indian Movie winning #Oscars.When will Acche Din come?
*Amit Shah buys Oscars Jury*
— Jet Lee(Vasooli Bhai) (@Vishj05) March 5, 2018
4.
Glad that the #Oscars are acknowledging Indian films finally. pic.twitter.com/nFtqBM3G9L
— East India Comedy (@EastIndiaComedy) March 5, 2018
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Oscars is like FIFA World Cup; we Indians get excited for no reason..
— Writer Thakur (@IndianWriterV) March 5, 2018
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Indians on Oscars day: The fallacies of the layered cream biscuits narrative of the complex scenes of the movie was the reason why it didn't win.
Indians on other days: Yaar Chennai Express acchi movie thi.
— Ivan Mehta (@IndianIdle) March 5, 2018
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[ #Oscars ]
Varun Dhawan – Dad i think I'm gonna win best actor of the year for Judwaa 2
David Dhawan – Beta ye Zee Cine Awards nahi hai
— Aman (@humourously_urs) March 5, 2018
8.
I can't believe why "Judwaa 2" didn't won Oscar Today.
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You know Varun dhawan is still better than Leonardo DiCaprio..😂😂😂😂😂😂#Oscars
— Jay (@phycho2jay) March 5, 2018
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Heartiest congratulations to the cast and crew of Half Girlfriend on their Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and all the other categories too. #Oscars We need more films like this one to do India proud across the globe.
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) March 5, 2018
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#Oscars
We had awards for movies in ancient times itself. They were called "Puraskars". The west copied the idea, called it "Pure Askars" and then shortened it to "Oscars".#ItAllStartedInIndia #PleaseShareOnWhatsapp— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) March 5, 2018
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The only award that's more important than the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/ijCljvcWUP
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) March 5, 2018
12.
Me : Oscar dekh raha hai?
Friend *crying*
Me : kya hua?
Friend : ek Oscar usey bhi de do, kya naatak kar gayi mere saath
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) March 5, 2018
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Meanwhile Bollywood actors are wondering how Gary Oldman got an award without even performing at the show. #Oscars
— GRV (@MildlyClassic) March 5, 2018
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#Oscars are like Window Shopping for us Indians, to finally decide which movies are worth our download !!
— Yo Yo Funny Singh (@moronhumor) March 5, 2018
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Oscars is so dignified and sophisticated. Bollywood can never organise for such an award function. They’ll fill the award function with their pathetic jokes and horrible dance.
— Disha. (@Disha_Tweetx) March 5, 2018
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#Oscars paid tribute to Sridevi and Shashi Kapoor in their 'In Memoriam' section. Heartwarming to see that. ❤
And back in India, media is busy sensationalizing things with headlines like 'Maut ka Bathtub'. 🙈
— The Educated Moron (@EducatedMoron) March 5, 2018
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Oscar lags behind Filmfare in every aspect : Varun Dhawan pic.twitter.com/xxdTcXsTie
— Limes Of India (@LimesOfIndia) March 5, 2018
Firang twitter was just as hilarious.
1.
isn’t the answer just ‘the shape of its container’
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) March 5, 2018
2.
Meryl Streep dressed like the Fairy godmother from Shrek.#oscars #MerylStreep pic.twitter.com/1LRyBSYkGY
— 9GAG (@9GAG) March 5, 2018
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What realization did Jennifer Garner just come to? pic.twitter.com/pWtycEDEVs
— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) March 5, 2018
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She's gone too far, you can buy carpet everywhere pic.twitter.com/ESHjJF9RsU
— Peter Taggart (@petertaggart) March 5, 2018
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I heard somebody refer to “The Shape of Water” as “Grinding Nemo” and I’m never going to get over it.
— Veronica Miller Jamison ✨ (@veronicamarche) March 5, 2018
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The #Oscars are making sure you know you have the right envelope this year. pic.twitter.com/S6QdGyDkEq
— Travon Free (@Travon) March 5, 2018
