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Published 22:12 IST, October 21st 2019

Priyanka Chopra Jonas promotes Gully Boy ahead of Oscar nominations

Priyanka Chopra Jonas is busy promoting Ranveer and Alia starrer Gully Boy ahead of Oscar nominations. Here are the details of her promotions at Hollywood.

Reported by: Asmita Shukla
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Gully Boy starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt has already received an overwhelming response for its strong story and powerful dialogues with iconic acting skills of the lead pair. The movie was recently selected for the 92nd Oscar Awards as India’s official entry. The movie recently won Best Feature Film Regional at Asian Academy Creative Awards.

Priyanka Chopra promoting Gully Boy:

Priyanka Chopra is presently busy promoting Gully Boy. The movie is India’s official entry to Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. According to the reports, Priyanka hosted a screening of the movie along with director Zoya Akhtar at the theatres in Los Angeles on October 14, 2019.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas has teamed up with Zoya Akhtar and Ranveer Singh in the past for the movie Dil Dhadakne Do. She is now evidently trying to grab eyeballs at the international arena for the movie Gully Boy. The actor reportedly will be seen hosting more screenings of the movie Gully Boy till the end of the year and will try to get as much visibility for the movie as possible. According to the reports, she will also host a special screening of the movie for her close friends from the Hollywood industry.

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Farhan Akhtar also busy promoting sister's directorial Gully Boy:

Farhan Akhtar who was seen recently in the movie The Sky is Pink alongside Priyanka Chopra Jonas is also one of the producers for the movie Gully Boy. During the promotions of the movie the actor expressed his happiness for Gully Boy being selected for Oscars. He shared a tweet on his official Twitter account where he expressed how grateful he was to the Film Federation of India.

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He further mentioned that getting selected in the final five is a very tough deal. In an interview with a leading daily, he shared that a lot of hard work is still left, as 150 countries send their entries to the Oscars for the foreign film category. Hence, he believes that reaching the final five is a very tough yet huge accomplishment in itself. 

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In an interview, Priyanka Chopra Jonas also mentioned that she likes the movie and the film perfectly portrays the Indian cinema and has the potential to reach the final five. She further added, every year one film gets selected and is send to Oscars for the Foreign Film category. But she believes Gully Boy is different because of its strong storyline and iconic performances and can hence, reach the final five.

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14:34 IST, October 21st 2019