India at the Oscars: The few wins and many misses down the years

News By Shashiprasad S M 13/03/2023 Read the article

To date, only three Indian films have been nominated for the Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars.

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Mehboob Khan’s Mother India, Mira’s Nair’s Salaam Bombay, and Ashutosh Gowariker’s Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. None of them won the award.

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This year, there were several Indian films — including Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show (Last Film Show)— in the race for the Oscars.

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Only RRR, Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes and Kartiki Gonsalves’ The Elephant Whisperers made it to the nomination stage.

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All That Breathes — about siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad who rescue and treat injured birds in Delhi — made it under the Best Documentary category.

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The Elephant Whisperers — about the bond between a tribal couple and an abandoned baby elephant — was nominated for Best Documentary Short Film.

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The previous Indian Oscar nominees incluse AR Rahman in the Best Original Score category for Danny Boyle’s 2010 film 127 Hours.

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Little Terrorist, a 2004 Indian short film directed by Ashvin Kumar was nominated for Best Documentary Short.

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Previous Indian Oscar winners include Satyajit Ray was awarded an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1992.

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Period. End of a Sentence won the Academy Award in 2019 in the Best Documentary Short category.

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