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Suriya and Kajol get invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Suriya and Kajol are among the 397 people that have been invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Suriya becomes the first Tamil/South Indian actor to have received the prestigious invite.

Besides Kajol and Suriya, the list includes Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Ariana DeBose, Troy Kotsur, and Indian film director and screenwriter, Reema Kagti.

Trade analyst Ramesh Bala shared this news on his Twitter and stated that he is among the first South Indian actors to receive such an invitation. Bala tweeted, “Actor @Suriya_offl becomes the first Tamil/South Indian Actor to be invited to join the prestigious Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.. #Oscars (sic).”

Kajol was last seen in the short film Devi helmed by the debutant director Priyanka Banerjee. On the other hand, Suriya was last seen in a cameo appearance in Kamal Haasan’s Vikram.

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