List of Academy Award winners and nominees from India

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This is the list of Indians and persons of Indian origin who are Academy Award (informally known as Oscar) winners and nominees. As of 2016, eleven Indians have been nominated for a total of fourteen Oscars, five Indians of whom have won a total of six Oscars. Three Indian films have been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Satyajit Ray is the only Indian who has received an Honorary Academy Award, and A.R.Rahman is the only Indian who has won more than one Academy Award. In 1982, The National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producing Richard Attenborough's Academy Award for Best Picture winning film Gandhi.[1][2]

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Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award in 1983, for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.
Satyajit Ray became the first Indian to receive an Honorary Academy Award in 1992.
A color photograph of a woman.
Gulzar became the first Indian lyricist to receive an Academy Award for penning Jai Ho. He has also been awarded with India's highest film honor Dadasaheb Phalke award.
A color photograph of a man sitting on a sofa, with two golden statuettes on the table in front of him.
A.R.Rahman became the first Indian to win two Academy Awards in 2009.

Winners and nominees

List of the Indian Oscar nominee(s)/recipient(s), also showing the year, film, category, and result
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Film Category/Honorary Award Result/received Ref.
1958
(30th)		 Mehboob Khan Mother India Best Foreign Language Film Nominated[N 1] [3]
1961
(33rd)		 Ismail Merchant The Creation of Woman Best Short Subject (Live Action) Nominated [5]
1979
(51st)		 K.K.Kapil An Encounter with Faces Best Documentary (Short Subject) Nominated [6]
1983
(55th)		 Bhanu Athaiya Gandhi Best Costume Design Won [7]
Ravi Shankar Best Original Score Nominated
1987
(59th)		 Ismail Merchant A Room with a View Best Picture Nominated [8]
1989
(61st)		 Mira Nair Salaam Bombay! Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [9]
1992
(64th)		 Satyajit Ray Honorary Award[N 2] Received [12]
1993
(65th)		 Ismail Merchant Howards End Best Picture Nominated [13]
1994
(66th)		 Ismail Merchant The Remains of the Day Best Picture Nominated [14]
2002
(74th)		 Ashutosh Gowarikar Lagaan Best Foreign Language Film Nominated
A.R. Rahman Best Original Musical Not Nominated
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2005
(77th)		 Ashvin Kumar Little Terrorist Best Short Subject (Live Action) Nominated [16]
2007
(79th)		 Deepa Mehta Water Best Foreign Language Film[N 3] Nominated [17]
2009
(81st)		 Resul Pookutty Slumdog Millionaire Best Sound Mixing Won [18]
A.R.Rahman Best Original Score Won
A.R.Rahman and Gulzar Best Original Song Won
2011
(83rd)		 A.R.Rahman 127 Hours Best Original Score Nominated [19]
A.R.Rahman Best Original Song Nominated
2013
(85th)		 Bombay Jayashri Life of Pi Best Original Song Nominated [20]
2016 Rahul Thakkar DreamWorks Animation Media Review System Sci-Tech Award Won [21][22]
2016 Cottalango Leon Sony Pictures Imageworks Itview Sci-Tech Award Won [23][24]
2016 Asif Kapadia Best Documentary Feature Won

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Mother India lost to Nights of Cabiria by one vote.[3][4]
  2. ↑ "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."[10][11]
  3. ↑ Water was nominated from Canada.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 82.
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  24. ↑ http://www.oscars.org/news/11-scientific-and-technical-achievements-be-honored-academy-awardsr
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