Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and 18 others invited to join Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

In an attempt to enhance diversity, Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit Nene along with 18 other Indian personalities, have been invited to be members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. While Shah Rukh has been indentified as the star of Devdas and Chennai Express, the two films appearing before Madhuri's name include her Marathi debut film Bucket List and Devdas.

Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Naseeruddin Shah, Ali Faizal, and Soumitra Chatterjee, apart from producers Aditya Chopra and Guneet Monga, as well as music artistes Usha Khanna and Sneha Khanwalkar have also been sent invitation to be a part of the Oscar Academy's Class of 2018.

Meanwhile, Yash Raj Films' Aditya Chopra and producer Guneet Monga, designers Manish Malhotra and Dolly Ahluwalia also feature on the list. It should be noted that Oscar-winner AR Rahman, actor Irrfan Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are already the Academy members as they were invited lst year.

The honorary organization has extended invitations to a record number of 928 new members from 59 different countries.