Parasite win symbolises wider representation: Priyanka on Oscars 2020

Sending best wishes to the Parasite team, actor Priyanka Chopra on Monday said that the film's Oscar win stands for broad representation in Hollywood. It is the first non-English film to win the Best Film award at the Oscars.

Mumbai: Priyanka Chopra Jonas feels that the big win for Bong Joon-ho's Korean film Parasite signals that it is time for wider representation in Hollywood.

"It's the time of representation. As people and as entertainers. Our craft has the power to transcend borders and languages, and tonight Parasite demonstrates exactly that. Congratulations to the entire film for shattering the glass ceiling and making history as the first non-English film to win Best Picture," she wrote on her Instagram handle.

Extending best wishes to the South Korean film team for their big win at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, she wrote: "Wow! It's so emotional to see an international film like Parasite, in Korean with English subtitles, not only receive such a warm embrace from audience around the world but also this kind of recognition from one of the most prestigious film academies in the world."

Parasite win symbolises wider representation: Priyanka on Oscars 2020

Priyanka also extended her congratulatory message, saying "Congratulations, @ParasiteMovie #Oscars."

Parasite created history at the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony by winning four out of the six categories namely Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Film.

At the gala on Sunday night, director Bong Joon-ho took to the stage along with his entire cast and crew as the audience gave them a standing ovation.

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Parasite is the first non-English film to win the Best Film award at the Oscars. The film upset Hollywood favourites such as 1917, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Joker, Jojo Rabbit and The Irishman in the category.

Bong Joon-ho's film is a black comedy thriller about the members of a poor family who scheme to become employed at a super-rich home by infiltrating the household one by one and posing as highly qualified employees who have no relation with each other.

With inputs from IANS.