<strong>Is Deepika Padukone the only to present the Oscars? If not, then who was the first Indian to present the Academy Awards!!</strong>

After the breakout of the news, Deepika has shifted all towards her. She made the town talk again only and only about her. Deepika Padukone is all set to represent India on the global level again.

The Bollywood actress will be seen soon as a presenter at the Oscars 2023. Deepika is one of the many presenters who will be presenting an Oscar at the Academy Awards.

The actress shared this good news and casually posted a list of the Oscars 2023 presenters featuring her name, on her social media handle. The comment section is just bursting out with praises for Padukone.

A PHENOMENAL YEAR FOR DEEPIKA

The Om Shanti Om actress, had a stellar 2022 and is enjoying a pretty phenomenal 2023 so far.

The lovely girl is being announced as the global ambassador for Louis Vuitton, Pottery Barn and Qatar Airways, bagged the TIME100 Impact Award, earned a spot as a member of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival jury, launched the hotly-anticipated self-care brand 82° E and starred in movie Pathaan, which was a blockbuster hit.

It’s natural that the Oscars 2023 is her next stop on the way to global domination. But she is not the one who is doing the honour for the very first time? Then it would be wrong to say so! As the Pathaan actress is not the first Indian to be a presenter at the Oscars.

Finishing the curiosity game let us tell you who was the first Indian to do the honours at the Oscars.

DIGGING INTO THE HISTORY

For the unaware ones, Indian Model Persis Khambatta was the lady, who made history by becoming the first Indian person to ever present the Oscars at the Academy Awards. Persis was starred as Lieitenant Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. She appeared on stage at the prestigious award event in 1980 and handed the award to the winner of the Best Feature-Length Documentary Film.

After Persis, Priyanka Chopra was the one to do the honour at the 88^th Academy Awards in 2016. Priyanka, alongside American actor-director-producer-screenwriter Live Schreiber presented the nominees for Achievement in Film Editing which was bagged by Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road. She was a presenter at the ceremony with Steve Carell, Jared Leto, Julianne Moore, Olivia Munn, Margot Robbie, Jason Segel, Andy Serkis, Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon.

Now, Deepika will be joining Emily Blunt, Samuel L Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Michael B Jordan, Janelle Monae, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Connelly, Riz Ahmed and Melissa McCarthy to be a part of this prestigious event. The 95^th Academy Awards will take place on March 12 at Los Angeles (March 13 in India).

ANOTHER WOWSSS

Besides Deepika presenting the Award, there are many who received the award and incidentally, in 2023 we have entered really big nominations too.

SS Rajamouli’s epic period drama RRR bagged the nomination for Best Original Song for ‘Naatu-Naatu’ and two Indian non-fiction films, Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes and Kartiki Gonsalves’ The Elephant Whisperers, got nominated for the best documentary and best documentary short awards respectively.

And this is not the end yet, the powerpack dance number ‘Naatu-Naatu’ will also be performed live at the ceremony. Padukone’s presence as a presenter will only add to the spirit of inclusivity and representation at the Oscars, which have often been criticised for being “too male, too old and too white”.