• Friday, March 29, 2024

TOP LISTS

Indians who have won Oscars

By: JurmoloyaRava

  1. Bhanu Athaiya

Category: Best Costume Design

Movie: Gandhi (1982)

Bhanu Athaiya is the first Indian who won the Academy Award in the year 1982. She has worked with many big names like Yash Chopra, Guru Dutt, Ashutosh Gowarikar and Raj Kapoor. She won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her work in the Ben Kingsley starred Gandhi.

2. Satyajit Ray

Category: Lifetime Achievement Award (1992)

Satyajit Ray has been an inspiration to filmmakers across the world and his legacy remains even today. Considered as one of the finest directors of Indian and Bengali cinema, Satyajit Ray has had an exemplary body of work to his credit. So impressed was the world with his vision and depiction of cinema that in 1992, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Ray an Honorary Oscar in 1992 for Lifetime Achievement. But Ray could not personally attend the ceremony as he was ill and lying on a hospital bed. However, the filmmaker gave his acceptance speech to the Academy via live video feed from the hospital bed.

3. A.R. Rahman

Categories: Best Original Song (Jai Ho) and Best Original Score

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

A.R. Rahman is the only Indian who has won Oscar not once but, twice. The music maestro shared the Best Original Score award with Gulzar for his song Jai Ho. He went on to grab his first individual and the second Oscar when he won in the category of Best Original Score for the very same movie Slumdog Millionaire. In his acceptance speech, Rahman quoted the popular Hindi dialogue from the film Deewar, “Mere pass maa hai” and thanked his mother on stage.

4. Resul Pookutty

Category: Best Sound Mixing

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Slumdog Millionaire is the reason for half of the Oscar wins for India. Resul Pookutty shared the award for Best Sound Mixing with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke. He won the award for his contribution to the movie Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked in the field of sound designing, sound editing, and mixing.

5. Gulzar

Category: Best Original Song (Jai Ho)

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

The legendary composer and singer shared the award for Best Original Song for the song Jai Ho. Gulzar wrote the lyrics for the song which became a sensation all over the world. However, Gulzar was not there at the ceremony to receive the award. Gulzar has penned down many famous songs for many Bollywood movies.

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