List of Indian Academy Award winners and nominees

Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi .

Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) in different categories. As of 2021 ^[update] , 13 Indians have been nominated and eight 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 2021, apart from Mother India, only two Indian films have been nominated for the Oscars— Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).

In 1992, filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award, becoming the only Indian to date to receive the honour. ^[8] Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score respectively for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire . Rahman also shared the Best Original Song Award with lyricist Gulzar for the song "Jai Ho." ^[9] Rahman is the only Indian to win more than one Academy Award. ^[10] Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Vanitha Rangaraju, Rahul Thakkar and Cottalango Leon.

Honorary Awards

Satyajit Ray became the first Indian to receive an Honorary Academy Award in 1992.

Year	Recipient	Note	Ref.
1992 (64th)	Satyajit Ray	"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."	[11] [12]

Competitive Awards

Year	Nominee(s)/recipient(s)	Film	Category	Result	Ref.
1958 (30th)	Mother India	Mother India	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated	[2]
1961 (33rd)	Ismail Merchant	The Creation of Woman	Best Short Subject (Live Action)	Nominated	[13]
1979 (51st)	K. K. Kapil	An Encounter with Faces	Best Documentary (Short Subject)	Nominated	[14]
1983 (55th)	Bhanu Athaiya	Gandhi	Best Costume Design	Won	[15]
	Ravi Shankar		Best Original Score	Nominated
1987 (59th)	Ismail Merchant	A Room with a View	Best Picture	Nominated	[16]
1989 (61st)	Salaam Bombay!	Salaam Bombay!	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated	[17]
1993 (65th)	Ismail Merchant	Howards End	Best Picture	Nominated	[18]
1994 (66th)	Ismail Merchant	The Remains of the Day	Best Picture	Nominated	[19]
2002 (74th)	Lagaan	Lagaan	Best Foreign Language Film	Nominated	[20]
2005 (77th)	Ashvin Kumar	Little Terrorist	Best Short Subject (Live Action)	Nominated	[21]
2009 (81st)	Resul Pookutty	Slumdog Millionaire	Best Sound Mixing	Won	[22]
	A. R. Rahman		Best Original Score	Won
	A. R. Rahman Gulzar		Best Original Song	Won
2011 (83rd)	A. R. Rahman	127 Hours	Best Original Score	Nominated	[23]
			Best Original Song	Nominated
2013 (85th)	Bombay Jayashri	Life of Pi	Best Original Song	Nominated	[24]

Scientific and Technical Awards

Year	Nominee(s)/recipient(s)	Category	Note	Ref.
2002	Vanitha Rangaraju	Academy Award for Best Animated Feature	Lighting Technical Director of Shrek	[25]
2016	Rahul Thakkar [lower-alpha 1]	Academy Award for Technical Achievement	Shared the award with Richard Chuang	[27]
	Cottalango Leon [lower-alpha 2]	Academy Award for Technical Achievement	Shared the award with Sam Richards and J. Robert Ray	[28]
2018	Vikas Sathaye [lower-alpha 3]	Academy Scientific and Technical Award	Shared the award with John Coyle, Brad Hurndell and Shane Buckham	[30]

See also

• List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
• List of Indian Grammy Award winners and nominees

Footnotes

1. For his "groundbreaking design" of DreamWorks Animation Media Review System. ^[26]
2. For "the design, engineering and continuous development" of Sony Pictures Imageworks itView technology. ^[26]
3. "for the concept, design, engineering and implementation of the Shotover K1 Camera System". ^[29]

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