Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win anAcademy Award for designing the costumes forRichard Attenborough 'sGandhi Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated in different categories of theAcademy Awards [update] scientific and technical category.
At the30th Academy Awards ,Mehboob Khan 's 1957Hindi -language filmMother India India's first submission for theAcademy Award for Best International Feature Film category.[ 1] Nights of Cabiria [ 2] [ 3] National Film Development Corporation of India was instrumental in co-producingRichard Attenborough 's biographical filmGandhi [ 4] [ 5] 55th Academy Awards ,Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award fordesigning the costumes .[ 6] Ravi Shankar was nominated forBest Original Score for the same film.[ 7] Mother India ,Salaam Bombay! Lagaan
In1992 , legendary Bengali filmmakerSatyajit Ray was bestowed with anHonorary Academy Award . He became the only Indian to date to receive the honour.[ 8] 2000 ,M. Night Shyamalan became the first Indian-American to receive an Oscar nomination for his 1999 filmThe Sixth Sense . He was nominated forBest Director andBest Original Screenplay respectively. Currently, Shyamalan is the only person of Indian heritage to be nominated in those categories.
Resul Pookutty andA. R. Rahman won theAcademy Award for Best Sound Mixing and Best Original Score, respectively, for the 2008 British filmSlumdog Millionaire Best Original Song alongside lyricistGulzar for the song "Jai Ho ",[ 9] Ismail Merchant with four nominations (three forBest Picture and once forLive Action Short ).
At the95th Academy Awards , three different Indian productions received Oscar nominations, with bothRRR The Elephant Whisperers Oscars .[ 10] [ 11] Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category likeRahul Thakkar ,Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] 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.
India's onlyOscar Honorary Academy Award recipient (in 1992) directorSatyajit Ray (Born inKolkata ,Bengal , nowWest Bengal , into aBengali Hindu family ofMymensingh ,Bengal , nowBangladesh ). He received this award for his lifetime achievement inBengali cinema. Honorary awards 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." [ 12] [ 13]
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Retrieved1 October 2024 .^ "Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived fromthe original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ Gargan, Edward (16 February 1992)."FILM; Satyajit Ray Honored, Without Profit in His Land" .The New York Times Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved29 April 2013 . ^ "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 15 October 2015. Retrieved23 June 2013 .^ "The 41st Academy Awards (1969) Nominees and Winners" .oscars.org . Retrieved13 October 2011 .^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved2 October 2013 .^ "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved23 June 2013 .^ "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved23 June 2013 .^ "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved23 June 2013 .^ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 1 January 2016. Retrieved2 October 2013 .^ "Nominees and Winners for the 81st Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved24 April 2013 .^ "Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved22 April 2013 .^ "Nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved15 March 2023 .^ "Nominees for the 94th Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved24 January 2023 .^ "Nominees for the 95th Academy Awards" .Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved24 January 2023 .^ Entertainment Desk, HT (24 January 2024)."Who is Nisha Pahuja? Meet To Kill a Tiger's Indian-origin director, whose film is nominated for Oscars 2024" .Hindustan Times . Retrieved1 October 2024 . ^a b McNary, Dave (8 January 2016)."Academy Honors 33 Individuals With Scientific and Technical Awards" .Variety Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved2 February 2016 . ^ "Mumbai varsity graduate wins Oscar for design" .The Hindu . 21 January 2016.Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved22 January 2016 .^ Preetha, M. Soundariya (26 January 2016)."Techie, born in T.N., wins Academy Award" .The Hindu .Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved8 February 2016 . ^ "Techie, born in Maharashtra, wins Academy Award" .The Economic Times . 12 February 2018.Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved4 March 2018 .^ Bari, Prachi (15 February 2018)."And the Oscar goes to...Pune engineer Sathaye for smart camera equipment" .Hindustan Times Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved3 February 2020 .
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