Actor Suriya has accepted the invitation to join the Oscars committee by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences last week. He took to Twitter to accept the offer, making him the first South Indian actor to be invited to the prestigious committee.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its list of 397 artists invited to the Academy’s Class of 2022 on Twitter, which included Suriya's name. The invitation comes for Suriya after a scene from Suriya's 2021 Tamil legal drama ‘Jai Bhim’ was shared on the Oscars' Youtube channel under the section, ‘Scene at the Academy.’ Quoting the tweet, Suriya thanked The Academy for the invitation and said he will strive to make all proud.
He wrote, "Thank you @TheAcademy for the invitation, which I humbly accept. My heartfelt thanks to all those who wished me, will always strive to make you all proud!.”
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan took to Twitter to congratulate Suriya on the rare recognition, and told him to be proud of his achievements. He wrote, “Glad my brother @Suriya_offl treads the ground of stars. In spite of gravity, which makes wings weak. We created angels and stars. Hence be proud brother to join the crowd of excellence. ”
On the work front, Suriya was last seen in an important role in Kamal's latest release ‘Vikram’. He will soon be making his entry into Bollywood as a producer as his company 2D Entertainment will be producing the Hindi remake of ‘Soorarai Pottru’ with Akshay Kumar in the lead opposite Bhumi Pednekar.
