Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Karan Johar, And More Indians Invited To Join The Academy As New Members
the representation should've happened sooner.
After winning big at the Academy Awards this year, the RRR team has made it to the Oscars Academy as its member! Yes, you read that right, and it is indeed a moment of pride for India. Not just the RRR team but several Indian directors, producers and music producers have made it to the coveted list. The Academy shared the list of new members which now consists of 398 new members. Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Mani Ratnam, and others found themselves on this list.
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The goal of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is to advance the art of motion pictures. They released a list of new invitees from all across the globe, all masters of their own craft to be members of this organisation. Several notable filmmakers, directors and producers have made it to that list. RRR actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR along with MM Keeravani and lyricist Chandrabose of the Naatu Naatu song have been invited to be members of the academy. KK Senthil Kumar, the Indian cinematographer who worked on RRR is also on the list.
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Apart from them, ace director Mani Ratnam and director Shaunak Sen who is known to helm the Indian documentary All That Breathes are also among those invited. Karan Johar finds his name in the producers’ category.
In the official list released by the Academy, they said that the new members have been taken on board keeping in mind their qualifications, and to have a diverse and inclusive committee. There are 398 new global members from 51 countries on this committee of which 40 per cent of them are women whereas 34 per cent of the members are from underrepresented racial ethnicities.
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Also read: Oscar Winning Producer Guneet Monga Partners With Dharma Production, Thanks Karan Johar For Being Her “Guiding Light”
Chalo, finally the Academy did what they should have done years ago. But as they say, “der aaye, durrust aaye!”
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