List of Indian winners and nominees of the Academy Awards

Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) in different categories. As of 2023^[update], 20 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—Mother India, Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001).

In 1992, legendary Bengali 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 won for Best Original Song alongside lyricist Gulzar for the song "Jai Ho",^[9] becoming the first 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 their respective categories and thus becoming the first Indian full length feature film and first Indian Documentary short film to win the Oscars.^[10] Several Indians and Indian Americans have received the Oscars in the technical category like Rahul Thakkar, Cottalango Leon and Vikas Sathaye.

^ "Before Gully Boy, these Indian films were sent to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Category". News18. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
^ Alikhan, Anwar (28 February 2016). "And the Oscar nearly goes to…". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ Wakeman, John. World Film Directors, Volume 2. The H. W. Wilson Company. 1988. 82.
^ "Film producer D.V.S. Raju passes away". The Hindu. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
^ "Bhanu Athaiya: Costume designer who won India's first Oscar dies". BBC. 15 October 2020. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Arunachalam, Param (2 April 2016). "Bollywood Retrospect: From 'Pather Panchali' to 'Gandhi', 5 spellbinding albums of Pandit Ravi Shankar". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
^ "Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ "sharm, Pookutty, Gulzar in 8 Slumdog Oscars". Outlook. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
^ "AR Rahman celebrates 10 years of Oscar victory, says he 'starved' to look slim at the event". The Economic Times. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[1] "Before Gully Boy, these Indian films were sent to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Category". News18. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[30th-2] "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.

[3] Alikhan, Anwar (28 February 2016). "And the Oscar nearly goes to…". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 July 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". The Hindu. 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[6] "Bhanu Athaiya: Costume designer who won India's first Oscar dies". BBC. 15 October 2020. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[7] Arunachalam, Param (2 April 2016). "Bollywood Retrospect: From 'Pather Panchali' to 'Gandhi', 5 spellbinding albums of Pandit Ravi Shankar". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 29 September 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

[8] "Acceptance Speeches: Satyajit Ray". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[9] "sharm, Pookutty, Gulzar in 8 Slumdog Oscars". Outlook. 23 February 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[10] "AR Rahman celebrates 10 years of Oscar victory, says he 'starved' to look slim at the event". The Economic Times. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

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