Farhan Akhtar to Parineeti Chopra, celebs laud Writing With Fire's Oscar nomination
India Today
As Writing With Fire bagged a nomination at the Oscars 2022, several Bollywood celebrities congratulated the makers. The film is directed by debutante filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
As Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s As Writing With Fire bagged a nomination at Oscars 2022, the entire nation is praising them. Bollywood celebrities like Farhan Akhtar and Parineeti Chopra also took to social media to give the debutante directors a shoutout. Writing With Fire is a documentary about Dalit women journalists. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the Indian documentary under the Best Documentary Feature category during the 94th Oscars Nominations announcement on Tuesday, February 8.
Farhan Akhtar re-shared a video of filmmaker Rintu Thomas, in which she can be seen looking extremely happy as her film got nominated for Oscars, and wrote, “Huge congratulations to @RintuThomas11 and #SushmitGhosh on their Oscar nomination. Rooting for you #WritingWithFire #AcademyAwards (sic).”
Huge congratulations to @RintuThomas11 and #SushmitGhosh on their Oscar nomination. Rooting for you #WritingWithFire #AcademyAwards https://t.co/qKtxR6vB86
Parineeti Chopra also shared Rintu Thomas’s viral clip on her Twitter handle to congratulate the team of Writing With Fire. “This feels like a personal victory. Congratulations my fellow Indians! You have made us all a little emotional today. @RintuThomas11 and #SushmitGhosh #Oscar #WritingWithFire #AcademyAwards (sic),” tweeted the actress.
