Veteran TV director Vinta Nanda said executive producers like Guneet Monga and Priyanka Chopra “shouldn’t be going up on the stage and collecting” Oscars.

Television producer Vinta Nanda, who previously criticized the Oscars' nomination process, has now expressed her thoughts on Priyanka Chopra and Guneet Monga’s recognition for Anuja at the 97th Academy Awards.

Hollywood stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling, and Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga have celebrated the Academy Award nomination of their film ‘Anuja’ in the Live Action Short category. The New Delhi-set short film from directors Adam J Graves and Suchitra Mattai is pitted against “A Lien,

She added, "What they’re actually doing is curating and becoming part and parcel of the profits and business of the film. Technically, they aren’t the producers. They shouldn’t be going up on the stage and collecting those awards.

Anuja, a New Delhi-set short film, on Thursday bagged a nomination in the Live Action Short category at the 97th Academy Awards.

Anuja centers on the nine-year-old title character, who works in a back-alley garment factory with her older sister Palak.

Guneet Monga's Anuja has been nominated in the Live Action Short Film category for Oscars 2025. The film directed Adam J Graves, has Priyanka Chopra as the executive producer.

The 2024 short film is written and directed by philosopher-turned-filmmaker Adam J. Graves and stars Sajda Pathan, Ananya Shanbhag and Nagesh Bhonsle. Anuja follows the story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who alongside her sister Palak works in a back-alley garment factory.