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Indian Oscar Winners List: The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars are the Hollywood’s most prestigious honours for artistic and technical merit for the global film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the “Academy Award of Merit”, although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the “Oscar.” Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) in different categories. As of 2023, 24 Indians have been nominated and 8 have won Oscars including in the scientific and technical category.
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Indian Oscar Winners 2023
The 95th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles and India grabbed 2 Oscars for Best Original Song and Best Documentary category. Out of three nominations, India made it won 2 Academic Awards at 95th Academy Awards Function. M.M. Keeravani and Chandrabose brings home Oscar Award for ‘Naatu Naatu’ song in SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’. Guneet Monga has won the Best Documentary Short category award for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’. Shaunak Sen Aman Mann was nominated for Best Documentary Feature for “All That Breathes”.
Indian Oscar Winners List 2023
The Oscars are being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel (for the third time) at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Oscar 2023 winners list for the 95th Academy Awards is been updated here for various categories.
| 95th Academy Awards Winners List (Oscar Awards 2023) | |
| Awards Category | Oscar 2023 Winners |
| Best Actor | Brendan Fraser for The Whale |
| Best Actress | Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Best Director | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” |
| Best Original Song | “Naatu Naatu” (RRR) |
| Best Sound | Top Gun: Maverick |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Women Talking |
| Best Original Screenplay | Everything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert |
| Best Visual Effects | Avatar: The Way of Water |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Jamie Lee Curtis in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Ke Huy Quan in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ |
| Best Documentary Feature Film | ‘Navalny’ by Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris |
| Best Live Action Short Film | ‘An Irish Goodbye’ by Tom Berkeley and Ross White |
| Best Cinematography | ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ by James Friend |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling | Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley for ‘The Whale’ |
| Best Costume Design | Ruth Carter for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ |
| Best International Feature Film | ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ – Germany |
| Best Documentary Short Film | ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ by Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga |
| Best Animated Short Film | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse |
| Best Original Score | All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Best Production Design | All Quiet on the Western Front |
Indian Oscar Winners List
India has won Oscar Awards in 55th, 81st, and 95th Academy Award for various categories like Best Original Song, Best Documentary, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score, and Best Costume Design. In the upcoming Academic Awards Shows, there would be more Oscars awaiting to come to India. The list of Indian Oscar Winners till date has been enlisted below.
| Indian Oscar Winners List | |||
| 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) | |||
| Best Original Score | |||
| 1983 (55th) | Bhanu Athaiya | Gandhi | Best Costume Design |
Oscar Award 2023- Best Original Song Award (Naatu Naatu)
The Telugu song “Naatu Naatu” from the RRR movie by MM Keeravaani and Chandrabose won the Academy Award in the best original song category. Other nominees for the Best Original Song Award were Applause (Tell It Like a Woman), Hold My Hand (Top Gun: Maverick), Lift Me Up (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and This Is a Life (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Earlier AR Rehman’s Hindi language song Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire received an Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards in February 2009.
Oscar Award 2023- Best Documentary Short Award (Elephant Whisperers)
The Elephant Whisperers, directed by Kartiki Gonsalves and produced by Guneet Monga, has won Best Documentary Short Subject at the 95th Academy Awards. The other four nominees in the category were Haulout, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Stranger At The Gate, and How Do You Measure A Year?The Elephant Whisperers, set in the Mudumalai National Park, is the tale of an orphaned elephant calf named Raghu in the care of Bomman and Belli, an indigenous couple. The Elephant Whisperers was released on Netflix in December 2022.
FAQ on Indian Oscar Winners 2023
Q. Who is the first Indian to win an Academy Award in 1983?
Ans: Bhanu Athaiya Became The First Indian To Win An Academy Award In 1983 For Designing Costumes.
Q. Who is known as the father of Indian Cinema?
Ans: Dadasaheb Phalke Is Known As The Father Of Indian Cinema.
Q. How many Oscar Awards won by India 2023?
Ans: Two Oscar awards
Oscars 2023: India bagged two Oscar awards at the 95th Academy Awards on Monday; Naatu Naatu won Best Original Song, and The Elephant Whisperers won the Best Documentary Short award. Monday morning was special for India. It bagged two Oscar awards at the 95th Academy Awards.
