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Academy Awards, popularly often known as the Oscars, are sometimes thought-about essentially the most prestigious awards within the subject of cinema, a minimum of in standard tradition. Established in 1929, the Oscars recognise excellence in cinematic achievements throughout varied classes, together with Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Original Screenplay, amongst others. The awards are introduced yearly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), an expert organisation of over 9,000 members working within the movie trade. Over the years, movie industries from the world over have competed to win the coveted Oscar award. India, which isn’t solely the second oldest movie trade on this planet but in addition the biggest producer of movies on this planet, has made outstanding contributions to world cinema. As a consequence, over time, India has had a number of trysts with Oscar awards. 

Here is a fast look at how India and Indians have fared on the Oscars over time.

Winners

Bhanu Athaiya – Best Costume Design – Gandhi (1983)

Bhanu Athaiya is the primary Indian to win the coveted Oscar award 40 years in the past. She acquired the honour for her work in Gandhi. The Richard Attenborough directorial based mostly on the lifetime of Mahatma Gandhi was not an Indian manufacturing. The movie was produced collectively by Richard Attenborough and the National Film Development Corporation of India.

Satyajit Ray – 1992

 A reputation and legacy that wants no introduction, Satyajit Ray was introduced with an honorary Oscar award in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. 

AR Rahman and Gulzar – Best Original Song – Jai Ho (2009)

In what can solely be described as a historic win after a number of years of no wins on the Oscars, Danny Boyle’s  Slumdog Millionaire put a number of Indian names on the worldwide map. AR Rahman and Gulzar, two of India’s most prolific musical minds, received the Oscar Award for Best Original Song (Jai Ho) for the movie. 

AR Rahman – Best Original Score  – Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

AR Rahman created historical past by profitable not one however two Oscars on the Oscars in 2009 for his work on Slumdog Millionaire. The second award was introduced to AR Rahman for Best Original Score. 

Resul Pookutty – Best Sound Mixing – Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

The similar 12 months and for a similar film, Resul Pookutty received the Oscar award for Best Sound Mixing award for Slumdog Millionaire. 

Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film: Over the years, a number of Indian movies have been nominated within the Best Foreign Language Film class however the award, nevertheless, has remained elusive thus far.

Mother India (1957) 

One of Bollywood’s hottest movies, Mother India was India’s maiden nomination within the Best Foreign Language Film class. The movie, by Mehboob Khan, portrays the struggles of a rural Indian girl to carry up her kids within the pre-independence period. 

Salaam Bombay! (1988)

Directed by Mira Nair, Salaam Bombay!  traces the tough realities of the lives of avenue kids in Mumbai (then Bombay). Thanks to Mira Nair’s masterful craft, the movie acquired widespread constructive opinions and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film.

Lagaan (2001) 

Headlined by one among Bollywood’s greatest stars, Aamir Khan, Lagaan was nominated within the Best Foreign Language Film class. The movie directed by Ashutosh Gowariker follows a gaggle of farmers who type a motley crew to problem the British to a recreation of cricket. The finish recreation? To remove the burden of taxes levied on the farmers by the English.

Indian producer Ismail Merchant has been nominated for the Oscars 4 occasions. His nominations embrace: 

The Creation of a Woman (1960)– Best Live Action Short Film

A Room with a View (1986)  – Best Picture

Howards End (1993)– Best Picture

The Remains of the Day (1994) – Best Picture 

Fali Bilimoria – Best Documentary Short (1969)

Director and cinematographer Fali Bilimoria had been nominated within the Best Documentary Short class in 196 for the movie The House That Ananda Built.

Ishu Patel – Best Animated Short (1978)

Animation filmmaker-educator Ishu Patel acquired a nomination within the Best Animated Short class in 1978 for the challenge Bead Game.

KK Kapil – Best Documentary Short (1979)

Director-producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra directed An Encounter with Faces, a brief documentary movie that centres round a gaggle of kids residing in an orphanage. The movie, produced by Okay.Okay. Kapil produced, acquired a nomination for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject in 1979.

Ravi Shankar – Best Original Score – Gandhi (1983)

Sitarist maestro Ravi Shankar was nominated within the Best Original Score for Gandhi. He earned a nomination in the very best rating class for a similar movie with George Fenton however misplaced to John Williams for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Ashvin Kumar – Best Live Action Short Film – Little Terrorist (2005)

Little Terrorist, a brief movie by Ashvin Kumar, acquired a nomination for Best Live Action Short in 2005. The movie stars Irrfan Khan and Koel Purie and tells the poignant story of a younger Pakistani Muslim little one who ventures throughout the border into India. 

Bombay Jayashree – Best Original Song – Pi’s Lullaby (2013)

The movie adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi, directed by Ang Lee, acquired a Best Original Song nomination in 2013 for Pi’s Lullaby,” composed by Carnatic musician Bombay Jayashri.

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh – Best Documentary Feature – Writing with Fire (2022)

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s documentary Writing with Fire won the nomination for  Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Oscars. The film follows the journey of the Dalit women-led newspaper Khabar Lahariya and how the team adapts to the new landscape of digital journalism.

Kartiki Gonsalves – Best Documentary Short –  The Elephant Whisperers (2023)

Directed by Kartiki Gonsalves, The Elephant Whisperers has earned itself a  Best Documentary Short nomination at the 2023 Oscars. The film narrates the story of a tribal couple’s efforts to take care of an orphaned baby elephant in South India.

Shaunak Sen – Best Documentary Feature – All That Breathes (2023)

Shaunak Sen’s documentary All That Breathes has been nominated in the b Best Documentary Feature category for the Oscars, this year. The film showcases the struggles of black kites, a once-common bird of prey in Delhi, as they face challenges posed by the city’s smoggy and polluted air. The documentary highlights the efforts of siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad to rescue these birds and protect them from harm.

M. M. Keeravani, Chandrabose – Best Original Song – Naatu Naatu (2023)

SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus RRR has marked its presence at the Oscars this year with a nomination in the Best Original Song category for Naatu Naatu.  The song has bagged several awards including the Golden Globe.

With three nominations this year, Indian cinema fans are hopeful that the country will win an Oscar this year.