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Priyanka Chopra bats for Sayani Gupta’s short film Shameless for Oscars

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Keith Gomes’ short film, Shameless, starring Sayani Gupta, is contesting for the Oscars Short Film category. Recently, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and her home banner, Purple Pebble Pictures gave a shout-out to the short over social media.

The caption of the production house reads, "We love all of the amazing Indian filmmakers in the mix for the Academy Awards shorts category! Wishing everyone the best of luck! Excited to see more content from emerging Indian filmmakers take the global front." 

Founder of the production house, Chopra-Jonas uploaded the poster of Shameless to her Instagram story urging people to support short films actively contesting for the Oscars. She wrote, "Check out these movie guys!! Let's get these amazing filmmaker's traction!" 

Shameless is an upcoming fast-paced dark comedy thriller of 15 minutes. Its plot touches upon the fact that people are losing human connection and becoming rude and isolated due to social media and technology. It has been one of the top trending short films in the Oscar 2021 posts on social media under the hashtag #Oscar21. 

Shameless also stars Hussain Dalal and Rishabh Kapoor. It is directed by Keith Gomes and presented by Shabinaa Khan. It is produced by Ashley Gomes, National Award-winner Sandeep Kamal, and co-produced by Girish ‘Bobby’ Talwar, with sound by Oscar-winner Resul Pookutty. 

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