Academy Awards (Oscar Awards) are considered the biggest and most famous awards since 1927. Those Who are involved in the making of the movie take the Oscar award as the most incredible honor. Several Indian films are nominated for an Oscar but they have not received the award.
Although an Indian movie has not won an Oscar, getting nominated for an Oscar is also a great achievement. These movies are full of India's culture, history, vital concepts of life, and religion. These movies will be remembered forever
Oscar-nominated movies:
Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) was selected as the first film for Best International Feature Film for the 30th Oscar Awards (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) but lost to the "Nights of Cabiria'' (1957, Italian film) by one vote.
Film Saarash (1984) was nominated for 57th Academy Awards. Stories about a retired teacher and his wife's life struggle after the death of their son in New York. For the 61st Oscar Awards, Salaam Bombay (1989) was selected. It was directed by Meera Nayir and the film gives details about drugs, prostitution, and child labor. The most popular nominated Bollywood movie is Lagaan (2001) for the 74th Academy Awards and many more films were nominated for an Oscar but none of these films won an award. Only three Indian films have made the final five times: Mother India, Salam Bombay, and Lagaan but none of these films won an award.
Some critics blame problems on the Indian films. The stories of the movie are very melodramatic, with unnatural fights, song-and-dance, and colorful dresses where at the end of the movie a good guy wins every time. These formula films are good for entertainment, but they are not appreciated by Oscar judges. Excellent movies like Akhri Khat (1966), Manthan (1976), Guide (1962), and HeyRam (2000) were not successful to win the Oscar.
Writing with Fire (2022) was nominated for the 94th Best Documentary Feature. This documentary is about a Dalit female journalist Meera. She is a crime reporter for Khaber Lahariya. This documentary was beaten by The Summer of Soul (an American documentary).
Indians who won Oscar Awards:
First Indian to win the Oscar was Bhanu Athaiya for Best Costume Design for the movie Gandhi (1982). Satyajit Ray, an Indian filmmaker, music composer, author, and lyricist, received an honorary Oscar for the lifetime achievement award in 1992 whereas Resul Pookutty won the Academy Award for the best sound mix for Slumdog Millionaire (2009). Music composer A.R. Rahman won two Oscar awards for the Best Original Score and Best Original Song (music) for Jai Ho. Famous Indian poet lyrics writer, Gulzar also won an Academy Award for Best Orignal Song ‘Jay Ho’
Oscar-winning movies involving Indian stories:
Gandhi (1982) is a biographical film on Mahatma Gandhi. Ben Kingsley played the part of Mahatma Gandhi and was directed by Richard Attenborough. This film received eight Oscars ( 55th Academy Award). Slumdog Millionaire is an Indian movie produced by Danny Boyle from Hollywood. This movie won eight Oscars at the 81st Academy Award ceremony. Life of Pi is based on a true story involving Indian actors Irfan Khan, Tabu, Suraj Sharma, and director Ang Lee. At the 85th Academy Awards, Life of Pi won four Oscars.
Smile Pinki (2008) is an American Documentary that represents the story of Pinki and Ghutaru, both children are from India and have surgery for their cleft lip. Megan Mylan is the director of this movie. It won the Best Documentary in the 81st Academy Award
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