Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt is among the 819 people who got an invitation to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On Thursday, Alia took to her Instagram account and thanked the Academy for their invitation. 

She wrote, "I thank The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting me to be a member of the Academy. I feel at once honoured and humbled. There is also a deep satisfaction in seeing that the voice of Indian cinema is finding a very well deserved platform on the world stage. Every year, more actors, filmmakers, and technicians from India are recognized by the Academy and Indian cinema continues to reach the hearts and homes of people all over the world."

She further added, "I truly believe that cinema, like water, finds its level. And, like water, it knows no race, class, border, or geography and flows freely. It takes everything in its course: audiences who passionately love or hate it, critics who dissect it, students who immerse themselves in it. Our opinions about films may be divided, but cinema as a whole is a powerful binding and unifying force. In a world that can be unsure and fragmented, at a time when the very social media that is meant to connect people ends up dividing them, movies are the glue that binds us." 

In addition to Alia, Hrithik Roshan was also invited along with casting director Nandini Shrikent, costume designer Neeta Lulla, documentary filmmakers Nishtha Jain and Amit Madheshiya, visual effects supervisors Vishal Anand and Sandeep Kamal. For the uninformed, the 93rd Academy Awards are set to take place on April 25, 2021. It has been pushed ahead by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.