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These three filmmakers from India to judge Oscar Awards
The list of members for the Oscar Awards 2021 voting board has been released. The names of Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan were also included in the list of these 800 film professionals. Now three more filmmakers from India have been added to this list.
Nishtha Jain is a National Award Winner Filmmaker. She has made documentaries like Pink Gang, Laxmi and Me, City of Photos, Family Album and At My Doorstep. Gulabi Gang received the National Award in the year 2014. She has won 25 National and International Awards so far. He has also directed his first feature film Proof in the year 2019. Jain also received the Chicken and Egg Award for his film Golden Thread in the year 2020.
As an independent filmmaker, I know the value of the legitimacy of my voice, of a place at the table.
Honoured to be invited by @TheAcademy to join as a member.
Such blazing talent, our class of 2020. A world of work ahead of us and I'm so ready.https://t.co/IJaEzJJbcv
— Shirley Abraham (@shirley_abraham) July 1, 2020
Shirley Abraham and Amit Madhesia work together and their most popular documentary is The Cinema Travels. This documentary has been made about the roaming cinema. It took about 8 years to prepare this documentary. So far, this film has received more than 120 nominations and has also received the National Award. Along with the National Award, this documentary has been nominated at the Cannes, New York and Toronto Film Festivals.
Shirley got information from friends
Shirley Abraham has told in an interview that neither he had filled any nomination form for this nor did he apply anywhere. This year, the jury for the Oscars was named by one of them. Only after the list of those who got the membership of Oscar, this list reached them with the help of one of their friends, then they did not believe that they had achieved such a big achievement.