Indian Oscar winners list 2023
The academy award also known as Oscar is the Hollywood’s most prestigious honour to the artistic and technical merit for contributing in the global film industry. There are various categories of Oscar award nominations which are related to films and film making. Award winners get a copy of golden statuette as trophy which is officially known as the academy award of merit or Oscar. There are eminent Indian personalities who won Oscar award since earlier times for their contribution in various categories connected to films. As of the record till 2023, there are total 20 Indians who have been nominated for Oscar out of which 10 have won in film industry including scientific and technical category. Candidates must know about the latest list of Oscar winners in different category for answering questions in general awareness section.
India has won Oscar award in 55th, 81st and 95th academy award for various categories like best documentary, best original song, best original score, best sound mixing and best costume design all related to films. In 2023, it was 95th academy award distribution event which was held in Los Angeles and India grabbed 2 Oscars in this event one for best original song and the other for best documentary category. There were total 3 nominations for 2023 out of which two Oscars came in India. M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose won Oscar for the popular song Naatu Naatu in SS Rajamouli’s film RRR. Guneet Monga won Oscar in the category best documentary short for ‘the elephant whisperers’. It was released on OTT platform Netflix in December 2022. The third nomination was Shaunak Sen Aman Mann in the category best documentary feature for ‘all that breathes’. Other nominees for best original song Oscar award were applause from tell it like a woman, hold my hand from top gun: maverick, lift me up from Black Panther: Wakanda forever and this is a life from everything everywhere all at once. Earlier the greatest music composer A.R. Rahman won Oscar for Hindi language song ‘jai ho’ from movie Slumdog millionaire in the category best original song for 81st academy awards in February 2009. The list of other Indian Oscar winners are given below with complete details.
Year | Award Winner | Film/Production | Category | |
2023 (95th) |
Kartiki Gonsalves Guneet Monga |
The Elephant Whisperers | Best Documentary (Short Subject) | |
M. M. Keeravani (Music) Chandrabose (Lyrics) |
RRR | Best Original Song (For “Naatu Naatu”) | ||
2009 (81st) |
Resul Pookutty | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Sound Mixing | |
Gulzar (Lyrics) |
Best Original Song (For “Jai Ho”) | |||
A. R. Rahman (Music) |
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Best Original Score | ||||
1983 (55th) |
Bhanu Athaiya | Gandhi | Best Costume Design |
FAQs:
- In which categories India has won Oscar till date?
Answer. India has won Oscar in total 5 categories including best original song, best original score, best sound mixing, best documentary and best costume design.
- How many Oscar awards were won by India in 95th Oscar award 2023?
Answer. India has won 2 Oscar awards in 95th Oscar award 2023.