Pre Oscars: South Asian Talent Parties

Kal Penn thanked the hosts of the event and posted this image with Lilly Singh on Instagram.

LOS ANGELES, CA – With the Oscars week underway, the celebrations for the prestigious awards ceremony are in full-swing with Oscar parties raising the excitement further.

One of these events was at UTA on Mar.23 celebrating South Asian nominees.

The hosts included Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Anjula Acharia, Maneesh K. Goyal, Shruti Ganguly and Netflix’s Bela Bajaria.

Many nominees were spotted at the party along with other well-known names including, Aziz Ansari, Riz Ahmed, Priyanka Chopra, Lilly Singh and Kal Penn.

Pawo Choyning Dorji (Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom), Elizabeth Mirzaei & Gulistan Mirzaei (Three Songs for Benazir), Ahmed and Suroosh Alvi (Flee), Joseph Patel (Summer of Soul), Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye), Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh and Anurima Bhargava (Writing with Fire).

Yvette Nicole Brown and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan were seen acing their fashion game at the Emily’s List Oscars Week Discussion at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.