Priyanka Chopra shares pics from ‘Chhello Show’ screening for Oscar voters; says ‘proud of the amazing movies that come out of Indian cinema’ – Times of India

“The least I can do is always support the industry that taught me all I know about my job. So proud of the amazing movies that come out of Indian cinema. ‘Chhello Show’ being one of the special ones. Good luck team! Go get ‘em,” she wrote.
The actress also shared with fans some details about the film in the running for Best Foreign Film. She wrote, “Chhello Show (Last Film Show) – a regional language movie (Gujurati) which has been selected as India’s Official Entry to the Best International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards. Written and directed by Pan Nalin, this incredible film revolves a 9-year-old’s @iambhavinrabari fascination with Cinema.”

‘Last Film Show’ will go up against 15 other movies, including Korea’s ‘Decision to Leave’, Denmark’s ‘Holy Spider’ and Pakistan’s ‘Joyland’, as it competes for a nomination in the Best International Feature Film category.

The Los Angeles event was attended by the film’s lead actor, Bhavin Rabari, along with director Pan Nalin and producer Dheer Momaya and a host of Academy members.

Sharing her thoughts, Priyanka told the guests at the event, “I feel it’s a really great time for our movies and I feel so great to be able to always be the shoulders for people from my country, from my industry. Obviously Pan Nalin, he is one of the most prolific filmmakers from our country. He made a movie that I love, ‘Angry Indian Goddesses’.”

She added, “I have been a fan of his since I watched that movie. I was very excited to see ‘Last Film Show’ that he made with Dheer Momaya, and Siddharth Roy Kapur who is not here. I’ve done many movies with him. He’s also a producer on this movie. So whether I knew them or not I am a fan of ‘Last Film Show’ and those who have watched it will remember it.”
Director Pan Nalin and Producers Siddharth Roy Kapur and Dheer Momaya said in a joint statement, “Priyanka is a global icon, a tremendously talented actor and most of all, a very generous person. We are very moved that she extended her support to Last Film Show by hosting this screening. The team was most thrilled by how much she loved the film, especially the performances of the child actors.”