Oscar For Guneet Monga: Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi pour heartfelt wishes

Producer Guneet Monga’s documentary ‘Period. End of Sentence’ won the Best Documentary Short Subject at the 91st Academy Awards. This is actually a victory for our country. ‘Period. End of Sentence’ is about menstruation in rural India. The film has been directed by Rayka Zehtabchi.

Guneet took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to announce the news of her achievement. Here’s her tweet.

WE WON!!! To every girl on this earth… know that you are a goddess… if heavens are listening… look MA we put @sikhya on the map ❤️

— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) February 25, 2019

On this feat of Guneet, Priyanka Chopra congratulated her on Twitter saying,

One of the most special moments of the evening…a film based on the taboos around menstruation wins BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT! Congratulations to the entire #Periodendofsentence team, and my fearless friend @guneetm!! #Oscars2019

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) February 25, 2019

Apart from Priyanka, actors like Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Twinkle Khanna and Richa Chadha among others congratulated Guneet. Here are the tweets.

Congratulations to @guneetm and the entire team of #PeriodEndOfSentence for winning big at the #Oscars! Much needed topic of discussion and well deserved win ??

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) February 25, 2019

Congrats @guneetm !!

— Emraan Hashmi (@emraanhashmi) February 25, 2019

Congratulations ! Such wonderful news

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) February 25, 2019

This is indeed a proud moment for India and the industry, isn’t it? On her win, Guneet said, “Thank you to the Academy for the highest honour and for recognising the efforts of the young girls from Oakwood school in LA to Kathikera in UP in helping us shatter the glass ceiling. Periods are normal and in no way do they stop us from achieving anything. This has been more than 10 years of work of Action India run by Gauri Chaudhary on educating reproductive rights on the ground in many villages. Feminist Majority Movement and Girls learn International have been pushing this cause in the US.”

We congratulate Guneet Monga on winning the Oscar.

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