{"id":2280,"date":"2026-10-13T20:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/indian-oscar-winners-list\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:48:28","slug":"indian-oscar-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/indian-oscar-winners-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Oscar Winners List: Every Indian Who Has Won an Academy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated: October 2026 \u00b7 3 min read<\/em><\/p>\n

The Academy Awards<\/b>, or Oscars, are the world’s best-known film honours. Indians have won them for costume design, music, sound, songs and documentaries. Here is the complete list.<\/p>\n

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Indian Oscar Winners List: Every Indian Who Has Won an Academy Award \u2013 infographic by Tiwaripedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indian Oscar winners<\/h2>\n
Year (ceremony)<\/th>Winner<\/th>Category<\/th>Film<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1983<\/td>Bhanu Athaiya<\/td>Best Costume Design<\/td>Gandhi<\/td><\/tr>
1992<\/td>Satyajit Ray<\/td>Honorary Award for lifetime achievement<\/td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>A.R. Rahman<\/td>Best Original Score<\/td>Slumdog Millionaire<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>A.R. Rahman and Gulzar<\/td>Best Original Song (“Jai Ho”)<\/td>Slumdog Millionaire<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Resul Pookutty (with two others)<\/td>Best Sound Mixing<\/td>Slumdog Millionaire<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/td>M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose<\/td>Best Original Song (“Naatu Naatu”)<\/td>RRR<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/td>Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga<\/td>Best Documentary Short<\/td>The Elephant Whisperers<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n

India and Best International Feature<\/h2>\n

India sends one film each year for the Best International Feature Film category (earlier Best Foreign Language Film). Only three have been nominated: Mother India<\/b> (1958), Salaam Bombay!<\/b> (1989) and Lagaan<\/b> (2002). None has won yet.<\/p>\n

Recent years<\/h2>\n

For the 98th Academy Awards (held in March 2026), India’s entry Homebound<\/b> made the shortlist but was not among the final nominees. Indian talent continues to appear in technical and short-film categories.<\/p>\n

Other notable Oscar connections<\/h2>\n