Los Angeles: Spanish-language musical crime film ‘Emilia Perez’ is a top contender for the recently announced Oscar nominations.

‘Emilia Perez’ follows the story of a drug lord who undergoes penis surgery, reports ‘Variety.’ The film has garnered 13 nominations for the upcoming edition of the Academy Awards. It was followed closely by ‘The Brutalist,’ a historical epic that examines the immigrant experience, and ‘Wicked,’ the hit screen version of a long-running Broadway sensation, both of which garnered 10 nominations. Fulfilled.

Indian film ‘Anuja’ starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Guneet Monga Kapoor has also been nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category.

According to ‘Variety’, ‘Conclave’, a thriller about the election of a new Pope, and ‘A Complete Unknown’, a look at Bob Dylan’s early, freewheelin’ years, had eight nominations each.

All five of those films are up for Best Picture, the ceremony’s top prize, along with indies like ‘Anora’, ‘Nickel Boys’, and ‘I’m Still Here’ as well as the body horror film, ‘The Substance’ , and ‘Dune: Part Two,’ one of the rare studio blockbusters to garner Oscar attention.

The Academy Awards nominations were unveiled Thursday after voting was extended twice as Los Angeles was devastated, resulting in at least 28 deaths and catastrophic property damage. This week, the Oscars announced that its March telecast will “acknowledge those who fought so bravely against the wildfires”.

Timothée Chalamet, who has proven his box office drawing power with ‘Dune’ and ‘Wonka’, was nominated for Best Actor for his chameleon performance as Dylan in ‘A Complete Unknown’. He’ll face off against ‘The Brutalist’ star Adrien Brody, who became the youngest Best Actor winner in history at 29 for 2003’s ‘The Pianist.’

Other Best Actor nominees include Colman Domingo, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan. Stan’s recognition came after ‘The Apprentice,’ a Donald Trump biopic in which he plays a real estate mogul, struggled to gain distribution, with companies worried about getting on the 47th president’s bad side. His co-star Jeremy Strong, who plays Trump mentor Roy Cohn, was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor.