Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan are part of a new list of 819 artists invited by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join the organisation.
The Academy which comprises 9,000 members from across the globe, has been consciously trying to expand the diversity of its representation by including more persons of colour and women, over the past few years.
The Oscar organisers took to their official Twitter handle on July 1, to share the list of 819 new invitees to the academy, which will now also include designer Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar, Devdas, documentary filmmakers Nishtha Jain (Gulabi Gang, Lakshmi and Me) and Amit Madheshiya (The Hour of Lynching, The Cinema Travellers), writer Sabrina Dhawan (Kaminey, Monsoon Wedding), casting directors Nandini Shrikent (Gully Boy, Life of Pi) and Tess Joesph (Lion, The Namesake), visual effects supervisors Vishal Anand (War, Bharat) and Sandeep Kamal (Panipat, Jal).
The new membership list acknowledges Alia Bhatt’s performance in the films Gully Boy and Raazi, while Hrithik Roshan is commended for his acting in Super 30 and Jodhaa Akbar. Designer Neeta Lulla has been praised for her costume designing for period films Jodhaa Akbar and Devdas.
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