Naatu Naatu, the fiery mass anthem from SS Rajamouli’s superhit period-action drama RRR, won the Best Original Song award at the Oscars 2023 this year
Documentary The Elephant Whisperers won in Best Documentary Short Film category. It pipped the likes of Haulout, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger at a Gate, and How Do You Measure a Year?
This is not the first time that India has made its presence felt at the Mecca of cinema. Here are some Indians who have lifted the golden statuette before this
Bollywood’s most iconic costume designer Bhanu Athaiya became the first-ever Indian to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Costume Design for Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi in 1983
The veteran filmmaker, known for movies like the Apu trilogy and Shatranj ke Khiladi, was the only Indian to be conferred the Honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the art of filmmaking
Sound designer, editor and audio mixer Resul Pookutty won the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing in 2009 for the Danny Boyle-directorial Slumdog Millionaire
AR Rahman, also fondly known as the Mozart of Madras, won an Oscar award for Best Original Score for Slumdog Millionaire
AR Rahman and Gulzar won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Slumdog Millionaire’s Jai Ho in 2009