Before Deepika Padukone goes to Oscars 2023 as a presenter, here are TWO Indians who also got this honour

Mamta Naik

March 3, 2023
11:29 am
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Deepika Padukone will be one of the presenters at the Oscars 2023. Before Deepika, here are two Indian celebrities who took the Oscars stage to present the award.

On Thursday, it was announced that Deepika Padukone will be one of the presenters at the Oscars 2023. The Undisputed Queen of Bollywood will again make India proud. Deepika Padukone shared the Oscars 2023 big news on Instagram and made fans’ beyond happy and proud.

Deepika Padukone to present at Oscars 2023

The actress shared a post with the names of all the presenters. Deepika Padukone will be joining Dwayne Johnson, Riz Ahmed, Emily Blunt, Jennifer Connelly, Donnie Yen, Samuel J Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Janelle Monae, and Ariana DeBose and Questlove among others.

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As soon as she shared the good news, Deepika’s sister Anisha Padukone showered her with love. Anisha dropped a comment saying, “BOOM”. Ranveer Singh, who is proud of his wife, dropped an angel and clapping hands emojis on the post.

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Fans too showered her with love. A fan commented, “Empress #DeepikaPadukone is going to be a presenter at #Oscars95 Make way for the Queen! She’s winning left, right and center. There’s no stopping her, or evening slowing her down. The ways she is going to dominate the global entertainment industry in this decade is phenomenal.” Another one commented, “You go girl.”

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There’s no doubt Deepika is making us Indians proud.

Indians who presented Oscars before Deepika

Now, for the uninitiated, Deepika isn’t the first Indian celeb to be bestowed with this opportunity. In 2016, Priyanka Chopra, who is currently not just ruling Bollywood but Hollywood as well, made her debut at the Oscars red carpet. The actress sizzled in a white Zuhair Murad strapless gown. She took the stage to present the Oscar for Best Film Editing. She gave an award to Margarest Sixel for “Mad Max: Fury Road”.

Backstage at the #Oscars with @priyankachopra pic.twitter.com/9CGBCMjS8K
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 29, 2016

And that’s not all! In 2021, Priyanka along with her husband-singer-actor Nick Jonas announced the Oscars 2021 nominations.

Before Priyanka Chopra, Indian model and actress Persis Khambatta had presented at the Oscars in the year 1980. Presis Khambatta was the first Indian celebrity to take the Oscars stage and make history. She was best known for her role as Lieutenant llia in the 1979 feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Persis presented the Oscars along with William Shatner. William and Persis presented the Oscar for Documentary Feature for ‘Best Boy’ to Ira Wohl and for Documentary (Short Subject) for ‘Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist’ to Saul J. Turell.

Coming back to Oscars 2023, RRR song Naatu Naatu is nominated for Best Original Song, All That Breathes is nominated under Best Documentary Feature Category and The Elephant Whisperers is nominated for Best Documentary Short Film category.