Oscars 2022: Ahead Of The Awards, Priyanka Chopra Hosts Event Honoring South Asian Nominees

"Bring home the gold," wrote Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra hosted a pre-Oscar event honouring South Asian talent on Thursday. Priyanka looked stunning in a black saree that she wore to the event co-hosted by Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Anjula Acharia, Bela Bajaria, Maneesh K Goyal and Shruti Ganguly. Among those honoured were Riz Ahmed, whose film Flee has been nominated for Best Documentary, International Feature, and Animated Feature. His short film The Long Goodbye also got an Oscar nom for Best Live Action Short. Joseph Patel's documentary Summer of Soul has also been nominated. Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh and Anurima Bhargava received a nomination for the Indian documentary Writing With Fire. Other South Asians who haved received nominations this year at the Oscars include Suroosh Alvi (Flee) Pawo Choyning Dorji (Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom), Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye), and Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei (Three Songs for Benazir).

Oscars 2022 will be held on March 27. Priyanka shared pictures from the event and wrote: "What a special honor it was to cohost a pre-Oscar celebration honoring this year's 10 South Asian Oscar nominees, and the friends, family, and colleagues who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make all of this possible. Last night gave me all the feels, and filled me with so much pride for how far our community has come. The future of entertainment is looking bright."

She added in her post: "Special thanks to Anjula Acharia and Maneesh Goyal for having this idea and the cohosts who came together to make an unprecedented evening like this possible. Wishing the nominees so much luck on Sunday! Bring home the gold."