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The ‘Barfi’ actress looked stunning in a black saree as she co-hosted the event with Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Anjula Acharia, Bela Bajaria, Maneesh K Goyal and Shruti Ganguly.
During the event, Riz Ahmed was honoured for his film ‘Flee’ which has received a nomination for Best Documentary, International Feature, and Animated Feature. Ahmed has a plate-full of offers at this year’s Oscars as his short film ‘The Long Goodbye’ also got an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short.
Apart from ‘Flee’, other South Asian Oscars entry this year include Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh and Anurima Bhargava, who have been nominated for the documentary ‘Writing With Fire’, a festival favourite film that follows an ambitious group of Dalit wonder women - led by their chief reporter, Meera - as the team switches from print to digital in order to stay relevant.
Joseph Patel's documentary ‘Summer of Soul’ is also in the Academy Awards race.
Sharing photos from the event, Chopra wrote on her Instagram profile, “What a special honor it was to co-host a pre-oscar celebration honoring this year’s 10 South Asian Oscar nominees, and the friends, family, and colleagues who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make all of this possible. Last night gave me all the feels, and filled me with so much pride for how far our community has come. The future of entertainment is looking bright.”
She wished the nominees good luck for the Oscars and rallied for them to ‘bring home the gold!!’
The actress also thanked her co-hosts for making the ‘unprecedented’ evening possible. Other South Asians nominees for this year’s race include Suroosh Alvi (Flee) Pawo Choyning Dorji (Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom), Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye), and Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei (Three Songs for Benazir).
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