OSCAR FOR INDIANS

India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1957.
India has sent over forty films to the competition, more than almost any other country and second only to Japan outside of Europe.


OSCAR WINNERS FROM INDIA:

1) Bhanu Athaiya won Best Costume Design (with John Mollo) for Gandhi (1982)

2) Satyajit Ray received an honorary Academy Award in 1991.

3) Russell Pookutty won Best Sound Mixing (with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

4) AR Rahman won Best Score and Best Original Song (music) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

5) Gulzar won Best Song (lyrics) for Slumdog Millionaire (2008). [He was not present at the ceremony to collect his Oscar.

INDIAN MOVIE SUBMISSIONS:

YEAR-MOVIE NAME-LANGUAGE-DIRECTOR :-

1957-mother india-hindi-mehboob khan
1958-madhumati-hindi-bimal roy
1959-the world of apu-bengali-satyajit ray
1960-the grt mughal-hindi-k.asif
1961-stree-hindi-rajaram
1962-sahib bibi aur-urdu-abrar alvi
1963-metropolis-bengali-satyajit ray
1965-the guide-hindi-vijay anand
1966-amrapali-hindi-lekh tandon
1967-the last letter-aakhri khat-hindi-chetan anand
1968-elder sister-hindi-hrishikesh
1969-devia magan-tamil-thirulogachander
1971-reshma aur shera-hindi-sunil dutt
1972-uphaar-hindi-sudhendu ray
1973-saudagar-hindi-sudhendu ray
1974-hot winds-urdu-m.s.sathyu
1977-manthan-hindi-shyam bengal
1978-the chess players-hindi-satyajit ray
1980-payal ki jhankaar-hindi-satyen bose
1984-saaransh-hindi -maheshbhatt
1985-saagar-hindi-ramesh sippy
1986-swathi muthyam-telugu-k.viswanath
1987-nayagan-tamil-manirathnam
1988-salaam bombay-hindi-mira nair
1989-parinda-hindi-vidhu vinod
1990-anjali-tamil-manirathnam
1991-henna-hindi-randhir kapoor
1992-thevar magan-tamil-bharathan
1993-rudaali-hindi-kalpana lajmi
1994-bandit queen-hindi-shekhar kapur
1995-kuruthipunal-tamil-p.c.sreeram
1996-indian-tamil-s.shankar
1997-guru-malayalam-rajiv anchal
1998-jeans-tamil-s.shankar
1999-earth-hindi-deepa mehta
2000-hey ram-tamil-kamal haasan
2001-lagaan-hindi-ashutosh gowariker
2002-devdas-hindi-sanjay leela
2004-shwaas-marathi-sandeep sawant
2005-paheli-hindi-amol palekar
2006-rang de basanthi-hindi-rakeysh omprakash
2007-eklavya-hindi-vidhu vinod
2008-taare zameen par-hindi-aamir khan
2009-harishchandrachi factory-marathi-paresh mokashi
2010-peepli live-hindi-anusha rizvi

some points regard to nominees:
 * Tamil Actor Kamal Haasan has represented India in the competition for seven times as an actor, one of            which was directed by himself.
 *  Bengali director Satyajit Ray, who has represented India three times - more than any other director.
 * Most of India's Oscar submissions were in Hindi, although several were in Tamil and Urdu.
 * Two submissions were in Bengali and Marathi, while Malayalam and Telugu films have been selected one time each.