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Superstars Ram Charan and Jr NTR together with 4 different members of the RRR crew have been invited to be members of The Academy. On June 29, the contemporary checklist of administrators, actors and technicians, who’ve been invited as members of the elite membership, was introduced. Musician and Oscar winner MM Keeravaani, casting director KK Senthil Kumar, music director Chandrabose and manufacturing designer Sabu Cyril  — all a part of the RRR crew – additionally made it to the checklist of 398 members. Surprisingly, SS Rajamouli – the mind behind global hits like RRR and the Baahubali franchise – was not part of the checklist. However, the filmmaker in a tweet congratulated fellow members of the RRR crew which were honoured with the invitation. 

SS Rajamouli wrote, “Extremely proud that 6 members of our RRR team have been invited as members for The Academy Awards this year. Congratulations Tarak, Charan, Peddanna, Sabu sir, Senthil &Chandrabose garu. Also, congrats to the members from Indian Cinema who received the invitation this year :)” 

Extremely proud that 6 members of our RRR crew have been invited as members for The Academy Awards this 12 months.

Congratulations Tarak, Charan, Peddanna, Sabu sir, Senthil &Chandrabose garu.

Also, congrats to the members from Indian Cinema who acquired the invitation this 12 months 🙂

— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) June 29, 2023

In a press release, Jr NTR also congratulated team RRRfor receiving the “well-deserved honour”. The actor additionally congratulated different members of the Indian movie fraternity who’ve acquired invites from the Academy.  In the assertion, Jr NTR mentioned, “It is such a proud moment for all of us in the RRR family that Ram Charan, MM Keeravaani, Senthil Kumar, Chandra Bose, Sabu Cyril, and I have been invited as members for The Academy Awards 2024. I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all of them for this well-deserved honour. I thank The Academy for bestowing this honour upon us. I would also like to congratulate my colleagues in the Indian film fraternity who have received invitations from the Academy as well .”

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) despatched out round 398 invites to fashionable and famend personalities from the movie business, internationally, requesting them to hitch the panel. The Academy’s Class of 2023 additionally featured filmmaker Mani Ratnam, Karan Johar, Siddharth Roy Kapur [producer of India’s official Oscar entry Chhello Show], Shaunak Sen [director of the Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes] and Chaitanya Tamhane, amongst different names from the Indian leisure business. You can check the complete list here.

“The Academy is proud to welcome these artists and professionals into our membership. They represent extraordinary global talent across cinematic disciplines and have made a vital impact on the arts and sciences of motion pictures and on movie fans worldwide,” mentioned Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang.

Earlier this 12 months, crew of RRR made India proud by successful an Oscar within the Best Original Score class for the music Naatu Naatu.