SS Rajamouli, Wife Rama, Shabana Azmi And These Indian Celebs Invited To Join The Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended the invitations to 487 new members, among whom are SS Rajamouli, Rama Rajamouli, Shabana Azmi, Ritesh Sidhwani and other Indian celebrities. The new class of 2024 also includes 71 Oscar nominees, 19 of whom are winners. If all these invitees accept the invitation then the total membership will increase to 10,910 with over 9,000 members eligible to vote.

A look at the full list of invitees for the class of 2024

"We are thrilled to welcome this year's class of new members to the Academy," said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang. The statement further read, "These remarkably talented artists and professionals from around the world have made a significant impact on our filmmaking community."

Shabana Azmi has been invited to the Actors branch, Rama Rajamouli (RRR) and Sheetal Sharma (Gangubai Kathiawadi) have been invited to the Costume Designers branch, Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two) has been invited for Cinematographers branch, SS Rajamouli (RRR) has been invited for Directors branch and Ritesh Sidhwani (Gully Boy) has been invited for Producers branch.

Announcing the same on its official Instagram handle, The Academy wrote, "We’re proud to announce our newly invited members to the Academy!"

Oppenheimer won a leading seven awards at the Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Oppenheimer won a leading seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.[11] Other major winners were Poor Things with four awards and The Zone of Interest with two. The films which won one award each include American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Boy and the Heron, Godzilla Minus One, The Holdovers, The Last Repair Shop, 20 Days in Mariupol, War Is Over!, and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.