Big B, Ash, Salman, Aamir, Deepika & Priyanka To Be A Part Of Oscar Academy's 'Class Of 2017'
Celebs including Big B, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra are invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy's 'Class of 2017'.
Actors
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan,
Salman
Khan,
Aamir
Khan,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Irrfan
Khan
and
Deepika
Padukone,
apart
from
directors
like
Mrinal
Sen,
Buddhadeb
Dasgupta
and
Goutam
Ghose
are
among
the
Indians
invited
to
be
a
part
of
the
Oscar
Academy's
'Class
of
2017'.
"We're
proud
to
invite
our
newest
class
to
the
Academy.
The
entire
motion
picture
community
is
what
we
make
of
it," Cheryl
Boone
Isaacs,
President
of
the
Academy
of
Motion
Pictures,
Arts
and
Sciences,
was
quoted
as
saying
on
the
official
Oscar
website.
"It's
up
to
all
of
us
to
ensure
that
new
faces
and
voices
are
seen
and
heard,
and
to
take
a
shot
on
the
next
generation
the
way
someone
took
a
shot
on
each
of
us,"
Isaacs
added.
There
are
774
new
members
from
57
countries
--
a
record-breaking
number.
The
Oscar
Academy
has
noted
not
just
a
359
per
cent
increase
in
women
invited
to
join
the
Academy
from
2015-2017,
but
also
a
marked
rise
in
people
of
colour
invited
--
signifying
the
diversity
it
was
embracing.
From
India,
costume
designer
Arjun
Bhasin,
directors
and
writers
like
Anand
Patwardhan
and
Sooni
Taraporevala.
Even
India-born
Mohit
Kallianpur
and
Mahesh
Ramasubramanian,
who
have
worked
in
animation
and
visual
effects
of
Hollywood
films
like
"Frozen" and
"Shrek"
respectively,
are
a
part
of
the
exhaustive
list.
Among
other
international
high-profile
actors
newly
invited
to
the
Academy
are
"Wonder
Woman" star
Gal
Gadot,
"Moonlight"
Oscar
nominee
Naomie
Harris,
Donald
Glover,
Chris
Hemsworth,
Riz
Ahmed,
Adam
Driver,
Dwayne
Johnson,
Leslie
Jones,
Betty
White,
Amy
Poehler,
Chris
Pratt,
Anna
Faris,
Margot
Robbie,
Channing
Tatum,
Kristen
Stewart,
Shailene
Woodley,
Ruth
Negga,
and
Rupert
Grint.
Directors
include
Barry
Jenkins,
Jordan
Peele,
David
Ayer,
Theodore
Melfi
and
the
Russo
brothers.
The
new
members
invited
are
part
of
seven
branches
--
actors,
casting
directors,
costume
designers,
designers,
documentary,
executives
and
film
editors.