List of Indian Academy Award winners and nominees

This is the list of Indians who are Academy Award (informally known as the Oscars) winners and nominees. As of 2016, eleven Indians have been nominated for a total of fourteen Oscars, six of whom have won seven Oscars. Four 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 2009. 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]

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.
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.

Winners and nominees

Honorary Awards
Year Recipient Ref.
1992
(64th)		 Satyajit Ray

[N 1]

 [5]

Competitive Awards
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Film Category Result Ref.
1958
(30th)		 Mehboob Khan Mother India Best Foreign Language Film Nominated[N 2] [6]
1961
(33rd)		 Ismail Merchant The Creation of Woman Best Short Subject (Live Action) Nominated [8]
1979
(51st)		 K. K. Kapil An Encounter with Faces Best Documentary (Short Subject) Nominated [9]
1983
(55th)		 Bhanu Athaiya Gandhi Best Costume Design Won [10]
Ravi Shankar Best Original Score Nominated
1987
(59th)		 Ismail Merchant A Room with a View Best Picture Nominated [11]
1989
(61st)		 Mira Nair Salaam Bombay! Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [12]
1993
(65th)		 Ismail Merchant Howards End Best Picture Nominated [13]
1994
(66th)		 The Remains of the Day Best Picture Nominated [14]
2002
(74th)		 Ashutosh Gowariker and Aamir Khan Lagaan Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [15]
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]
Best Original Song Nominated
2013
(85th)		 Bombay Jayashri Life of Pi Best Original Song Nominated [20]

Scientific and Techinical Awards
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Ref.
2002 Vanitha Rangaraju [21]
2016 Shavinderdeep Singh [22][23]
Cottalango Leon [24][25]
2018 Vikas Sathaye [26][27]

See also

Notes
  1. "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."[3][4]
  2. Mother India lost to Nights of Cabiria by one vote.[6][7]
  3. Water was nominated from Canada.[17]

References
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  2. Special Correspondent. "Film producer D.V.S. Raju passes away". The Hindu.
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  9. "The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  10. "The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  11. "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  12. "The 61st Academy Awards (1989) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  13. "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  14. "The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  15. "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  16. "The 77th Academy Awards (2005) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  17. "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  18. "Nominees and Winners for the 81st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  19. "Winners and Nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  20. "Nominees for the 85th Academy Awards BLA BLA". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  21. "The Hindu : And the Oscar goes to ... ". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  22. "Mumbai varsity graduate wins Oscar for design". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  23. McNary, Dave (8 January 2016). "Academy Honors 33 Individuals With Scientific and Technical Awards". Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  24. "Techie, born in T.N., wins Academy Award". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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  26. "Techie, born in Maharashtra, wins Academy Award". Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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