In its proceeding with push to swell the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences enrollment positions, 842 specialists and administrators from 59 nations have been welcomed to join this year.
Anupam Kher, Ritesh Batra, Zoya Akhtar, and Anurag Kashyap are among the 842 new members invited by the Academy to join Oscars organization.
The Academy took to twitter handle to officially announce the news with a caption “Best. Day. Ever. We’re excited to invite these 842 inspiring storytellers to the Academy. Tweet your welcome using #WeAreTheAcademy today.”
Best. Day. Ever. We're excited to invite these 842 inspiring storytellers to the Academy.
Tweet your welcome using #WeAreTheAcademy today.https://t.co/glplZscerD— The Academy (@TheAcademy) July 1, 2019
Zoya Akhtar has been invited to join in the directors’ branch. National Film Award-winning and British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) Indian actor Anupam Kher has also been invited to the actors’ branch. Anurag Kashyap has been invited to the short films and features animation branch. Ritesh Batra, the director of The Lunchbox, has been invited to join in the writers’ branch.
The Indian film director and newly turned actor Anurag Kashyap, also expressed his happiness through a post on twitter and wrote “#WeAreTheAcademy.”
#WeAreTheAcademy https://t.co/SwOdGFxOLb
— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) July 1, 2019
Non-white individuals (29 percent) and ladies (50 percent) are among the numerous welcomes, as the Academy keeps on tending to its long haul white-male predominance. As usual, on-screen characters make up the biggest part of the Academy, however numerous new individuals likewise originate from overseas.