The second annual South Asian Excellence at the Oscars event occurred on March 9. It saw celebrities such as Nick Jonas, Preity Zinta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jr NTR and others in attendance at the bash co-hosted by Priyanka Chopra. Telugu star Ram Charan and his wife Upasana, who is pregnant with her first child, was also present at the event, which took place at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
Upasana took to Instagram to share photos of herself and Ram from the event. The couple also posed with Priyanka Chopra in one of the pictures. Upasana also thanked Priyanka for hosting them as she shared photos from LA, including one of herself with Ram and Priyanka and Priyanka's mother, Madhu Chopra. The photo taken at Priyanka's LA mansion, also featured her in-laws, Denise and Paul Kevin Jonas. Ram and Upasana's pet dog was also a part of the group photo, in which everyone wore casuals. While Priyanka and Upasana were all white, Ram wore white trousers with a blue T-shirt. Sharing their photos, Upasana wrote in her caption, "LA familia (family). Priyanka Chopra thank you for always being there for us…"
The pre-Oscars bash was hosted by Priyanka Chopra and celebrity manager-entrepreneur Anjula Acharia, with co-chairs Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn, Aziz Ansari, Bela Bajaria, Radhika Jones, Joseph Patel, Shruti Ganguly, and Anita Chatterjee.
This year, three Indian films are competing for the 95th Academy Awards. 'RRR's song ‘Naatu Naatu’ is nominated for Best Original Song, Shaunak Sen's ‘All That Breathes’ has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film and Guneet Monga's ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ for Best Documentary Short. Jr NTR and Ram Charan have been in the US for some days now to promote ‘RRR’ ahead of the Oscars.