HRITHIK, ALIA AMONG INDIANS INVITED TO JOIN THE ACADEMY, VOTE FOR OSCARS

Actors Hrithik Roshan and Alia Bhatt have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and will have voting rights for this year’s Oscar’s awards if they accept. Documentary filmmakers Nishtha Jain and Amit Madheshiya, designer Neeta Lulla, casting director Nandini Shrikent, visual effects supervisors Vishal Anand and Sandeep Kamal have also been invited, among 819 people. The official website claimed the 2020 class is “45% women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities... from 68 countries.”