Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan are among the 819 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Alia is very happy to be a part of it. Alia has expressed her happiness by writing a post on Instagram and has told how proud she is feeling.
Sharing a long note on Instagram, Alia wrote:
"I thank The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to be a member of the Academy. I feel at once honored and humbled. There is also a deep satisfaction in seeing that the voice of Indian cinema is finding a very well deserved platform on the world stage,"
Alia Bhatt wrote.
"Every year, more actors, filmmakers, and technicians from India are recognized by the Academy, and Indian cinema continues to reach the hearts and homes of people all over the world,"
Alia added.
"I truly believe that cinema, like water, finds its level. And, like water, it knows no race, class, border, or geography and flows freely. It takes everything in its course: audiences who passionately love or hate it, critics who dissect it, students who immerse themselves in it," she wrote.
"Our opinions about films may be divided, but cinema as a whole is a powerful binding and unifying force. In a world that can be unsure and fragmented, at a time when the very social media that is meant to connect people ends up dividing them, movies are the glue that binds us,"
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See the Instagram post:
According to Variety.com's report, with this new list, the academy wants to continue its work towards increasing diversity.
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If all invited 819 celebrities accept their invitation, it will take the total membership to 9,412. Of these new members, 45 percent will be women and 36 percent will be from the lower number of ethnic/ethnic communities. Internationally 49 percent would be from 68 countries.
Those who accept this invitation will have the right to vote at the 93rd Academy Awards.