The Academy Awards, hosted by Hollywood film industry is one of the most important events of World Cinema, as fans of cinema wait with bated breath to see the winners. After recent criticism, The Academy has decided to diversify their approach towards selecting jury members.

The recent member from Indian cinema, and most specifically, Tamil cinema is Srinivas Mohan, the visual effects supervisor of big-budget epics like director Shankar's 2.0 and the SS Rajamouli-helmed period fantasy Baahubali.