So in spite of some scathing pre-Oscar reviews criticizing it for turning a real political episode into a populist drama, actor-turned-director Ben Afflect’s <em>Argo</em> won the Oscar for Best Picture.

To the countless fans of Ben Affleck’s Argo, this morning turned out to be exotic when the film won the Oscar award for the Best Film at the 85th Academy Awards. The film sidelined eight other nominees like Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Les Miserables, Amour, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Django Unchained.