Oscars Academy award is one of the most prestigious honour of all times. Celebrities globally wish to be a part of the award show and are elated if their respective films make the cut in their nomination list every year
As part of their yearly ritual, Academy has invited 928 new members including Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Tabu and veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah as the body behind the Oscars seeks to enhance diversity.
In an announcement, the Academy said the new members will increase the diversity in a major way as 49 per cent of its invitees are female and 38 per cent are people of colour.
Artistes from 59 countries have been invited as members.
India features prominently in the list of the new invitees that includes female stars Tabu and Madhuri Dixit, Tabu's 'Viraasat' co-star Anil Kapoor and actor Ali Fazal.
Veteran Bengali actors Soumitra Chatterjee ('Bridge') and Madhabi Mukherjee ('Charulata') are in the list of invitees.
Yash Raj Films' Aditya Chopra and producer Guneet Monga also feature in the list.
Cinematograper Anil Mehta, best known for his work in Imtiaz Ali's "Rockstar", is also invited so are costume designers Dolly Ahluwalia and Manish Malhotra.
Other names include Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray. Both of them worked in "Haider" .
"Dangal" editor Ballu Saluja, musicians Usha Khanna and Sneha Khanwalkar of "Gangs of Wasseypur" represent India in the musicians section.
Oscar-winner A R Rahman, actor Irrfan Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are already the Academy members.
