On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it has invited 529 people to join the Oscars voting body, a prestigious honour in the cinema world. And while the list is naturally dominated by actors and filmmakers from the United States, it has representation from all over the world, including six names from India as well, including filmmaker and composer Vishal Bhardwaj. Director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer Vishal Bhardwaj has been invited to join the Academy. (File Photo: AFP) Oscars Academy invites 529 new members The Academy has sent out invites to over 500 people associated with cinema, including One Battle After Another nominee Teyana Taylor, actors Josh O’Connor, Jenna Ortega, Jacob Elordi, and Simu Liu, and filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie and Weapons director Zach Cregger. Other new members include Anthony Ramos, Bill Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, Jemaine Clement, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Stephen Fry. If all new members accept their invitations, the film academy will number 11,319, with 10,338 voting members. This almost doubles the number …