Suriya accepts The Academy’s invite to join Oscars committee, Kamal Haasan says he’s proud of his brother

Actor Suriya, on Wednesday, took to Twitter to accept The Academy’s invitation to join the Oscars committee. Following the international recognition of his recent films Soorarai Pottru and Jai Bhim, Suriya became the first south Indian actor to be invited to the Oscars committee.
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Actor Suriya becomes the first Tamil star to get a rare honour
  • He has been invited to the Oscar's Academy Class of 2022
  • Suriya is the only South Indian actor to get this prestigious recognition

Actor Suriya has thanked the The Academy for the invitation to join the Oscar committee. After he became the first South Indian actor on Tuesday to be invited to join the Oscar's Academy Class of 2022, Suriya said he's touched by the honour and that he will strive to make everyone proud.
Thanking The Academy for the invitation, Suriya said he will strive to make all proud. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its list of 397 artists invited to the Academy’s Class of 2022 on Tuesday, which included Suriya's name.
Quoting the original tweet of The Academy, Suriya 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! (sic).”

The recognition comes for Suriya after a scene from Suriya's Tamil legal drama Jai Bhim (2021) was shared on the Oscars' YouTube channel under the section, ‘Scene at the Academy.’
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan took to Twitter to congratulate Suriya on the rare recognition. He said he’s proud of his brother.
Kamal tweeted: “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 (sic).”

Suriya was recently seen playing an important cameo in Kamal Haasan’s latest release, Vikram. He played a character called Rolex.
Suriya 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. It was recently revealed that the actor also has a cameo in the Hindi version, which remains untitled.
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