The 'Variety' editor responsible for making the Hollywood bible's predictions for the Oscars and Emmys has a lot of good news for the makers of 'RRR'.

If Clayton Davis had the casting vote at the Academy, 'RRR' would be a close runner-up to 'Close', Lukas Ghont's 2022 Cannes Grand Prix-winning coming-of-age movie, in the Best Picture and the International Feature categories (though for the latter, it is not India's official entry).