The party was hosted by Chopra Jonas and Anjula Acharia, with co-chairs including Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn, Aziz Ansari and Bela Bajaria.
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“Last year’s event came from like-minded people coming together and saying, ‘You know, we should have something where the South Asian community can feel like it’s theirs,” said Chopra Jonas. “The event had such a great response from the community, executives and studios. We had Paramount wanting to host [this year’s event] for us and when you see something like that happen, it’s getting bigger and better every year.
Looking around the room, the actress added, “These are people whose shoulders we stand on to be able to create this. These are all the guys that are hustling and demanding representation when no one was giving into them. And today we look around at this room and say ‘This is their moment.'” Host Acharia echoed the actress’ statement, saying, ”When I think of excellence, I think of those people who didn’t get the opportunities that young talent is getting now. People who have really really pushed the scene forward people like Sakina Jaffrey, Poorna Jagannathan, Aasif Mandvi. They still fought to not be sidelined.”also spoke to co-chair Malala Yousafzai, who at just 17 became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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