SS Rajamouli reacts to Ram Charan, Jr NTR being invited to join Academy as members; fans ask him why is he not on list

Oscars’ Academy has new members and it includes RRR actors Jr NTR and Ram Charan and music composer MM Keeravani, among others. On Thursday, filmmaker SS Rajamouli took to Twitter to congratulate all ‘six members of the RRR team’ that have been invited to become members of The Academy. After the list, which includes filmmakers Karan Johar and Mani Ratnam, a section of social media users had questioned why RRR’s director Rajamouli was not included in the list. Also read: Oscars invite Karan Johar, Ram Charan, Jr NTR, Mani Ratnam to become Academy members

SS Rajamouli not part of Academy’s list

Surprisingly, RRR’s team, including the actors, were all invited to become members of the Academy, except for director SS Rajamouli. Music composer and Oscar-winner MM Keeravaani, casting director KK Senthil Kumar, music director Chandrabose and production designer Sabu Cyril as well as lead actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR received the invitation.

Rajamouli’s shout out to team RRR

SS Rajamouli tweeted that he was ‘extremely proud’ that six members of the RRR team have been invited as members for The Academy Awards this year.

He tweeted, “Extremely proud that six members of our RRR team have been invited as members for The Academy Awards this year. Congratulations Tarak (Jr NTR), Charan (Ram Charan), Peddanna (MM Keeravaani), Sabu sir (Sabu Cyril), Senthil (KK Senthil Kumar) and Chandrabose garu (brother). Also, congrats to the members from Indian cinema who received the invitation this year.”

Reactions to his tweet

Some fans expressed surprise that the filmmaker’s name was omitted, while others from Team RRR were invited by the Academy. A person tweeted, “Congratulations to the team, but I want you (SS Rajamouli) to be there and you deserve all the accolades and success.” One more tweeted, “No Rajamouli, huh?” A person also said, “All credits to you SSR garu (SS Rajamouli brother). You made all Indians proud…”

Indians invited to join the Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) sent out around 398 invitations to popular and renowned personalities from the entertainment industries across the world, requesting them to join the panel.

Apart from team RRR, the Academy’s 2023 list also featured filmmaker Mani Ratnam, filmmaker Karan Johar, producer of India’s official Oscars 2023 entry Chhello Show Siddharth Roy Kapur, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes Shaunak Sen, among others.

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