In the year 1992, legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray received the Academy Honorary Award for his contribution to cinema.
Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design award in the year 1983 for the movie Gandhi.
After Bhanu's win, It took more than 25 years for an Indian to go on Oscars' stage to receive an award. AR Rahman won Best Original Song and Best Original Score award for Slumdog Millionaire.
Veteran lyricist, Gulzar sahab, also won an Oscars for Best Original Song for Jai Ho in Slumdog Millionaire.
Resul Pookutty won Best Soung Mixing award for Slumdog Millionaire. Yes, in 2009, three Indians received Oscars.
Once again the wait was long! After 2009, in 2023, M. M. Keeravani won Best Original Song for his music in the song Naatu Naatu from RRR.
Lyricist Chandrabose also won Best Original Song award for Naatu Naatu.
In 2023 itself, Kartiki Gonsalves won Best Documentary (Short) award for her directorial The Elephant Whisperers.
Along with Kartiki Gonsalves, there was Guneet Monga who won the award as she had produced The Elephant Whisperers.
Now, this year we have Anuja nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category. So, let's hope that once again India wins!