Oscars 2021: Priyanka Chopra feels ‘proud’ for The White Tiger nomination; says, “Announcing the nomination myself made it more special”

The 93rd Academy Awards nominations list was announced on Monday (March 15) by actor-producer Priyanka Chopra and her singer-songwriter husband Nick Jonas. It was a big day for the couple as Priyanka’s movie The White Tiger also got nominated. Announcing her movie with other nominees was indeed a proud moment for the actress. The White Tiger got nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category.

Elated Priyanka took to her Twitter handle to express her happiness on getting “nominated for an Oscar” and announcing the nomination of her film by herself.

“We just got nominated for an Oscar! Congratulations Ramin and team #TheWhiteTiger. Somehow announcing the nomination myself made it so much more special. So so proud,” she tweeted with a heart emoji and tagged everyone related to the movie 

Take a look at her tweet here.

We just got nominated for an Oscar! Congratulations Ramin and team #TheWhiteTiger.
Somehow announcing the nomination myself made it so much more special. So so proud ❤️@_GouravAdarsh @RajkummarRao #RaminBahrani

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— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 15, 2021

Adarsh Gourav wrote on his Instagram handle, “Officially part of an Oscar nominated film!?? Ramin Bahrani! You are a legend! So proud of the entire team!! Congratulations everyone! (sic)”

 

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Rajkummar Rao wrote, “We are nominated for the #OSCARS Congratulations #RaminBahrani and team #TheWhiteTiger(sic)”.

 

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The White Tiger will be competing with movies like One Night in Miami, Nomadland, The Father and Borat Subsequent MovieFilm in Oscars 2021. It was directed by Ramin Bahrani.

Oscars 2021 will be held on April 25 at the Dolby Theater and at the iconic Los Angeles railway hub Union Station

Also Read: Oscars 2021: Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas announce nominees; The White Tiger gets nominated in Best Adapted Screenplay category