Deepika Padukone among Oscars 2023 presenters; joins Emily Blunt, Samuel L Jackson

Deepika Padukone among Oscars 2023 presenters; joins Emily Blunt, Samuel L Jackson

Bollywood histrion Deepika Padukone has been chosen arsenic 1 of the presenters astatine the upcoming Oscars 2023 ceremonial to beryllium held astatine the Dolby Theatre astatine Ovation Hollywood successful the US. With this, Padukone has joined actors similar Devil Wears Prada’s Emily Blunt and Pulp Fiction histrion Samuel L Jackson. 

She confirmed the improvement successful an Instagram post. Other presenters see CODA histrion Troy Kotsur, Avatar histrion Zoe Saldana, 101 Dalmatians’ Glenn Close, AntMan and the Wasp: Quantumania’s Jonathan Majors. 

Meanwhile,  the wide anthem Naatu Naatu from Jr NTR and Ram Charan-starrer RRR has been nominated successful the Best Original Song class astatine the grant amusement this year. The song, composed by MM Keeravaani and penned by Chandrabose, volition beryllium performed unrecorded by singers Kaala Bhairava and Rahul Sipligunj astatine the Oscars 2023. 

This is not it arsenic All That Breathes has besides been nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Film category. Directed by Shaunak Sen, All That Breathes is simply a documentary movie that focuses connected 2 brothers who dedicate their lives to protecting a vertebrate known arsenic the Black Kite amid Delhi’s smog-filled aerial and escalating violence. 

The Elephant Whisperers is competing for Best Documentary Short Film arsenic well. The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, is centred astir a mates successful South India who give their lives to attraction for an orphaned babe elephant named Raghu and extremity up forming a household similar nary other. 

Meanwhile, Padukone besides unveiled the FIFA World Cup 2022 Trophy successful Qatar earlier this twelvemonth and was besides a subordinate of the Cannes Film Festival assemblage past year.

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