Indian recently took home two Oscar trophies for the documentary short The Elephant Whisperers, which was directed by Kartiki Gonsalvez and produced by Shikya Entertainment's Guneet Monga. The Oscar winners Kartiki and Guneet recently posed with famed Indian Oscar winners AR Rahman (music composer) and Resul Pookutty (sound designer), and the picture was shared on social media with the caption '5 Oscar trophies in a single frame'.
L-R: Guneet Monga, Resul Pookutty, Kartiki Gonsalvez, AR Rahman
While Kartiki and Guneet have a trophy each for 2022 Best Documentary Short winner The Elephant Whisperers, Resul Pookutty has one for 2009 Best Sound Mixing for Slumdog Millionaire. AR Rahman on the other hand has two Oscar trophies for 2009 Best Original Score and 2009 Best Original Song - Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire.
The image and social media post went viral in no time and some of the reactions to it can be seen here:
You can call it as "Gang of Oscars " 🔥
— Dr Rajkumar (@I_Raj13) April 19, 2023
PRIDE OF INDIA ❤️🔥
— AARTII NAAGPAL (@aartiinaagpal) April 19, 2023
By now, we (Indians) have brought enough Oscar’s to form a club. It can be a platform to discuss on how to improve or enhance the application or approach towards Academy Awards / Oscars …!
— Balu Vignesh DrPH-Student (@trbaluv) April 18, 2023
Oscar Wild! https://t.co/j163tCMtJt
— Mangalam Maloo (@blitzkreigm) April 18, 2023
I’m just so happy to read this caption
— Karanvir (@KVBohra) April 20, 2023
💃💃🕺🕺🕺 https://t.co/A8yLxTbbV8
Absolutely deserving flex 🙌. Vivek's was also shortlisted but unfortunately it didn't win otherwise we would have more Oscars.
— Nayan (@WeTheHerd) April 18, 2023
Great 👌 so when this 5 Synergy get Mega 🚀 Oscars? What next? Curious to know. God Bless all.
— H.H. Swamiji - Sisya Vedaravishangar (@vedaravishanga1) April 18, 2023