First Indian Presenter At Oscar: The winners of the Oscar Awards 2024 will be announced on March 11. According to Oscar tradition, last year’s winners will present the awards. India has also got such occasions many times when the country’s stars have become Oscar presenters. While Deepika Padukone had achieved this achievement last year, Priyanka Chopra had also become an Oscar presenter in the year 2016. But do you know who is the first Indian who got the opportunity to become a presenter at the Oscars?
Actress Persis Khambatta is the first person to become a presenter at the Oscars. Persis Khambatta presented the Oscars Award in 1980. He presented the award for Best Feature-Length Documentary Film. Persis was the third Indian woman to participate in the Miss Universe competition. She won the title of Femina Miss India in 1965 at the age of just 16.
Got fame from the role of ‘Lieutenant Ilya’
Persis Khambatta by K.A. Made her Bollywood debut with Abbas’s film ‘Bambai Raat Ki Bahaon Mein’. He played the character of ‘Lieutenant Illya’ in the 1979 film ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’. He became known from house to house with this character. The actress had also shaved her head for this character. Talking about Persis Khambatta’s personal life, the actress married twice. Her first marriage was with actor Cliff Taylor and second marriage was with former field hockey player Rui Saldanha.
This addiction took my life
Persis Khambatta, who was a part of many films and shows, said goodbye to this world at the age of just 49. Actually Khambatta was a chain smoker. On August 18, 1998, he suffered a heart attack due to which he lost his life.
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