Rami Malek’s win for 'Actor in a leading role actor' helped 'Bohemian Rhapsody' lead the 1973 movie 'The Godfather' record with one extra Oscars win.

The biopic based on legendary Rock artist Freddie Mercury along with the formation of the biggest British rock band 'Queen' won 4 Oscars out of 5 nominations. It was a deserving win for the actor for his magnificent roleplay in the movie.

The 37-years-old Rami Malek replicated the character of lead vocalist 'Freddie Mercury' which was hugely admired by fans from all around the globe.

Watch Rami's winning speech in the Lead actor category!

The movie won four awards at the 91st Academy Award on Monday, Feb 24, 2019:

Oscar Wins of Bohemian Rhapsody

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Rami Malek

Best Achievement in Film Editing

John Ottman

Best Achievement in Sound Editing

John Warhurst

Nina Hartstone

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Paul Massey

Tim Cavagin

John Casali

Oscar Nominee

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Graham King

Bohemian Rhapsody Overtook the 1973 classic, GodFather; Why critics are not happy with the result?

Critics are not happy with the Bohemian Rapshody four-Oscars win saying the movie was not deserving compared to the 1973 best-picture winner “The Godfather". The novel based movie was ranked as 'best movie ever made' by the critics but ended up with only 3 wins at that time.



1973 best-picture winner "Godfather"

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Based on a novel written by American author and screenwriter Mario Puzo, the movie narrates a fictional story of a mafia family based in New York City. Despite having high critics rank the movie was only able to accumulate three Oscars win out of 11 nominations.

The nominations were:

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Marlon Brando

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

James Caan

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Robert Duvall

Best Director

Francis Ford Coppola

Best Costume Design

Anna Hill Johnstone

Best Sound

Charles Grenzbach

Richard Portman

Christopher Newman

Best Film Editing

William Reynolds

Peter Zinner

Best Music, Original Dramatic Score

Nino Rota

Below are some of the audience's comments regarding the ongoing controversies,



Audiences comments towards 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'The Godfather'

SOURCE: Reddit

Many of the fans and reviewers are criticizing the award win of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' provoking Oscar's for their unfair judgment.

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But on the other side of the coin, the two movies are not relatable in the first place. As the Godfather is based on a fictional story adapted from a novel, whereas the movie, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a movie based on a biopic of early 90's Rock band Queen.