Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has reacted to Deepika Padukone being named as one of many presenters on the upcoming Academy Awards 2023. The Academy introduced the slate of presenters for this 12 months’s awards and Deepika was additionally named together with Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Michael B. Jordan and Samuel L. Jackson. (Also learn: Deepika Padukone joins Dwayne Johnson as presenter at Oscars, Ranveer reacts)
Riz Ahmed, Troy Kotsur, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Melissa McCarthy, Zoe Saldana, Donnie Yen, Jonathan Majors and Questlove have additionally been named as presenters for this 12 months. The ninety fifth Academy Awards will likely be held on March 12 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.
Vivek tweeted Friday morning, “While travelling with #TheKashmirFiles in USA & overwhelming response of Americans, I had said that now everyone wants to increase their footprint in India. India is now the most lucrative, safe and growing market of the world. This is the year of Indian cinema. #AchcheDin.”
Vivek has beforehand criticised Deepika on two ocassions. He first slammed her for her go to to Delhi’s JNU campus when she made a presence on the college following violence within the campus.
He had written in a collection of tweets in 2020, “Got a name from an insider at @FoxStudiosIndia. I can’t consider that they had no concept about #DeepikaWithTukdeTukdeGang. They are asking if the movie loses cash, who’ll be answerable? Coz #DeepikaPadukone has received her skilled charges, Producer’s payment, and lots of endorsements. I’m instructed that it was prompt to #DeepikaPadukone to go and stand subsequent to #Nirbhaya’s dad and mom for a photograph op. But last-minute she modified her plan as a result of #Nirbahaya wasn’t trending whereas #JNU was. This is the way it works, my pricey associates.”
Last 12 months, he had joined the controversy round Deepika’s track Besharam Rang, from the hit movie Pathaan. He posted a fan video criticizing the track and wrote, “WARNING… video against Bollywood. Don’t watch it if you are a ‘secular’.”
India has three nominations this 12 months – RRR, All That Breathes and The Elephant Whisperers. SS Rajamouli’s RRR has been nominated for the Best Original Song award for the track Naatu Naatu whereas Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has been nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Film. Guneet Monga’s The Elephant Whisperers has been nominated within the Best Documentary Short.
Sharing the social media publish by the official deal with of the Academy, Deepika wrote, “#oscars#oscars95.” Her actor-husband Ranveer Singh was fast to remark with clapping emojis.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com