List of Indian Academy Award winners and nominees

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A picture of Bhanu Athya.
Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982).

Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated in different categories of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscar). Template:As of, 21 Indians have been nominated and 10 have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.

At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan's 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category.[1] It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote.[2][3] In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough's biographical film Gandhi.[4][5] At the 55th Academy Awards, Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes.[6] Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Score for the same film.[7] As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best International Feature Film — Mother India, Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).

In 1992, legendary Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award. He became the only Indian to date to receive the honour.[8] In 2000, M. Night Shyamalan became the first Indian-American to receive an Oscar nomination for his 1999 film The Sixth Sense. He was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay respectively. Currently, Shyamalan is the only person of Indian heritage to be nominated in those categories.

A. R. Rahman and Resul Pookutty won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman also won for Best Original Song alongside lyricist Gulzar for the song "Jai Ho",[9] becoming the first and only Indian to date to have won more than one Academy Award. Rahman also holds the record for most nominations for an Indian with five total nominations to date, followed by Ismail Merchant with four nominations (three for Best Picture and once for Live Action Short).

At the 95th Academy Awards, three different Indian productions received Oscar nominations, with both RRR (feature film) and The Elephant Whisperers (documentary short film) winning among their respective categories and thus the former became 'The first Indian Full-length Feature film' and the latter became 'The first Indian Documentary short film' to win the Oscars.[10][11] Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Rahul Thakkar, Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, the years correspond to the year in which the films were released; the Academy Award ceremony is held the following year.

Honorary awards

A portrait of Satyajit Ray.
India's only Oscar Honorary Academy Award recipient (in 1992) director Satyajit Ray (Born in Kolkata, Bengal, now West Bengal, into a Bengali Hindu family of Mymensingh, Bengal, now Bangladesh). He received this award for his lifetime achievement in Bengali cinema.
Template:Sronly
Year Recipient Note Template:Abbr
[[64th Academy Awards|1992
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname "In recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world." [12]
[13]

Competitive Awards

Template:Sronly
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Film Category Result Template:Abbr
[[30th Academy Awards|1958
Template:Small]] 		Mother India Mother India Best Foreign Language Film Template:Nom [2]
[[33rd Academy Awards|1961
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Template:Sort Best Short Subject (Live Action) Template:Nom [14]
[[41st Academy Awards|1969
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Template:Sort Best Documentary (Short Subject) Template:Nom [15]
[[50th Academy Awards|1978
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Bead Game Best Animated Short Film Template:Nom [16]
[[51st Academy Awards|1979
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Template:Sort Best Documentary (Short Subject) Template:Nom [17]
[[55th Academy Awards|1983
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Gandhi Best Costume Design Template:Won [18]
Template:Sortname Best Original Score Template:Nom
[[59th Academy Awards|1987
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Template:Sort Best Picture Template:Nom [19]
[[61st Academy Awards|1989
Template:Small]] 		Salaam Bombay! Salaam Bombay! Best Foreign Language Film Template:Nom [20]
[[65th Academy Awards|1993
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Howards End Best Picture Template:Nom [21]
[[66th Academy Awards|1994
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sort Template:Nom [22]
[[74th Academy Awards|2002
Template:Small]] 		Lagaan Lagaan Best Foreign Language Film Template:Nom [23]
[[77th Academy Awards|2005
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Little Terrorist Best Short Subject (Live Action) Template:Nom [24]
[[81st Academy Awards|2009
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Slumdog Millionaire Best Sound Mixing Template:Won [25]
Gulzar
Template:Small 		Best Original Song (Template:Small) Template:Won
Template:Sortname
Template:Small 		Template:Won
Best Original Score Template:Won
Best Original Song (Template:Small) Template:Nom
[[83rd Academy Awards|2011
Template:Small]] 		127 Hours Best Original Score Template:Nom [26]
Best Original Song (Template:Small) Template:Nom
[[85th Academy Awards|2013
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname
Template:Small 		Life of Pi Best Original Song (Template:Small) Template:Nom [27]
[[92nd Academy Awards|2020
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname St. Louis Superman Best Documentary (Short Subject) Template:Nom [28]
[[94th Academy Awards|2022
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname 		Writing with Fire Best Documentary Feature Template:Nominated [29]
[[95th Academy Awards|2023
Template:Small]] 		Template:Sortname Template:Small
Chandrabose Template:Small 		RRR Best Original Song (Template:Small) Template:Won [30]
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname 		The Elephant Whisperers Best Documentary (Short Subject) Template:Won
Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname 		All That Breathes Best Documentary Feature Template:Nom
[[96th Academy Awards|2024
Template:Small]] 		Nisha Pahuja To Kill a Tiger Best Documentary Feature Film Template:Nom [31]

Scientific and technical awards

Template:Sronly
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Category Note Template:Abbr
2016 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Academy Award for Technical Achievement Shared the award with Richard Chuang [32]
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Shared the award with Sam Richards and J. Robert Ray [33]
2018 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn Shared the award with John Coyle, Brad Hurndell and Shane Buckham [34]

See also

Footnotes

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References

  1. ↑ Before Gully Boy, these Indian films were sent to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Category. News18(10 February 2020). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  3. ↑ And the Oscar nearly goes to…, Alikhan, Anwar(28 February 2016). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 82.
  5. ↑ Film producer D.V.S. Raju passes away(14 November 2010). Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Bhanu Athaiya: Costume designer who won India's first Oscar dies. BBC(15 October 2020). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ↑ Bollywood Retrospect: From 'Pather Panchali' to 'Gandhi', 5 spellbinding albums of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Arunachalam, Param(2 April 2016). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. ↑ Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ↑ sharm, Pookutty, Gulzar in 8 Slumdog Oscars(23 February 2009). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. ↑ AR Rahman celebrates 10 years of Oscar victory, says he 'starved' to look slim at the event(5 February 2019). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  11. ↑ RRR's 'Naatu Naatu' and The Elephant Whisperers make history at the Oscars 2023. Indian cinema must make the most of these wins. The Indian Express(2023-03-13). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
  12. ↑ Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  13. ↑ FILM; Satyajit Ray Honored, Without Profit in His Land, Gargan, Edward(16 February 1992). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  14. ↑ The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  15. ↑ The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners.
  16. ↑ The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  17. ↑ The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  18. ↑ The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  19. ↑ The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  20. ↑ The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  21. ↑ The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  22. ↑ The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  23. ↑ The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  24. ↑ The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  25. ↑ Nominees and Winners for the 81st Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  26. ↑ Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  27. ↑ Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  28. ↑ Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  29. ↑ Nominees for the 94th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  30. ↑ Nominees for the 95th Academy Awards. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  31. ↑ Who is Nisha Pahuja? Meet To Kill a Tiger's Indian-origin director, whose film is nominated for Oscars 2024, Entertainment Desk, HT. Hindustan Times(24 Jan 2024). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  32. ↑ Mumbai varsity graduate wins Oscar for design(21 January 2016). Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  33. ↑ Techie, born in T.N., wins Academy Award, Preetha, M. Soundariya(26 January 2016). Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  34. ↑ And the Oscar goes to...Pune engineer Sathaye for smart camera equipment. Hindustan Times(15 February 2018). Retrieved 3 February 2020.

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