Indian Oscar Awards Winners List (1983 to 2026)
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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.
Indian Oscar Winners 2026
As of the 98th Academy Awards (2026) and 97th Academy Awards (2025), no Indian person or Indian film has won an Oscar. Last awards were received in the 95th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles, and India grabbed 2 Oscars for Best Original Song 'Naatu Naatu' and Best Documentary 'The Elephant Whisperers' category.
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") | |
| 2018 (90th) | Vikas Sathaye | Academy Award for Technical Achievement | Technical Achievement Oscar |
| 2016 (89th) | Cottalangao Leon | ||
| Rahul Thakkar | Academy Award for Technical Achievement | Technical Achievement Oscar | |
| 2009 (81st) | Resul Pookutty | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Sound Mixing |
| Gulzar (Lyrics) | Best Original Song (For "Jai Ho") | ||
| A. R. Rahman (Music) | |||
| Best Original Score | |||
| 1992 (64th) | Satyajit Ray | For lifetime contribution to cinema | Honorary Academy Award |
| 1983 (55th) | Bhanu Athaiya | Gandhi | Best Costume Design |
Oscar Award- 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 - 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.