Priyanka Chopra Jonas has taken over as the chairperson of the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) film festival. She replaces Deepika Padukone who had resigned recently. Priyanka was nominated by MAMI’s board of trustees, which consists of Nita Ambani (co-chairperson), Anupama Chopra (festival director), Ajay Bijli, Anand Mahindra, Farhan Akhtar, Isha Ambani, Kabir Khan, Kaustubh Dhavse, Kiran Rao, Rana Daggubati, Ritesh Deshmukh, Rohan Sippy, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vishal Bhardwaj and Zoya Akhtar. The board also welcomed two new members — filmakers Anjali Menon and Shivendra Dungarpur.
