Bhanu Athaiya; Satyajit Ray, AR Rahman, MM Kerwani and Chandraboj, with his Academy Award Trophy. Photo Credit: Oscar/YouTube, Reuters/AP

The 97th Academy Awards, the Glitziest Night of Cinema, La, will be held on Monday (March 3) at Dolby Theater in Hollywood. This is not a particularly strong year for India: Missing Ladies, The official presentation of the country for the best international convenience did not cut, nor did many independent entries. Instead, some is resting with hope AnujaA poignant 22 -minute short film which is supported by Guneet Monga and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The film is nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category. There is also I am ready, wardenAn American director of Indian origin, Smriti Mundra and directed by a documentary short.

Indians who have counted technical awards have won 10 Oscars in the history of the academy, insisting on the increased diversity in their membership. In recent years, major Indian names like Shabana Azmi, Vidya Balan, SS Rajamouli, Reema Das and others have joined the 9,905-firm voting power of the academy. As we brace for Oscar Night, here in the last seven decades, there is a brief look at how Indian representation has been widely seen in the Oscars.

AR Rahman put his Oscar for the best original song and best original score for the “Slumdog Millionaire” backstage at the 81st Academy Awards on Hollywood, California, February 22, 2009. Photo Credit: Mike Black

‘Mother India’ leaves west

In 1957, the Academy established a separate competitive category for foreign language films; A year later, Mehboob Khan’s Mother India The Oscar was presented as India’s first official presentation. Khan, who was already a debt-affair by Gargantuan Production of the film, turned to Jawaharlal Nehru for help. According to legend, he reached LA with his wife Sardar Akhtar and attended the screening for the academy voters. Although there was a catch, however: the famous Sickle-And-Hammer logo of Mehboob Productions was provoked so that capitalist American sensibilities were provoked. Federico Felini did not win the film, Cabiria nights By a single vote!

Bhanu Athaiya broke the ground

In 1983, Richard Atonboro’s costume designer Bhanu Ataiya GandhiBecame the first Indian recipient of Oscar. He was jointly awarded the award for the best costume design with John Molo, who won earlier Star wars (1987). An indelible force in Indian art and design (he died on 91 in 2020), Athiya’s legacy only transferred general knowledge, but his Oscar night speech was still not. “It is great to believe,” he said, thanking the academy and Atonboro for ‘focusing the world on India’.

Bhanu Athaiya with his Academy Award Trophy | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Satyajit Ray receives honorary Oscar

Like Athaiya, Satyajit Ray was an artist as an artist, eulogized by the only Oscar. If anything, it was the Academy’s face-saving honor, which was to celebrate Ray as a peerless master and cinematic medium. Ray, sick on a hospital bed in Kolkata in 1992, could not join the person instead of video-feed. He was awarded his academy honorary prize on stage by Audrey Hepburn. Ray spoke with specific poetry and humor, showing the influence of American culture on his life.

‘Salaam Bombay!’ And ‘Lagaan’ gets a head

In 1989, Meera Nair Salaam Bombay! The best foreign language was nominated for the film, and, after 13 years, Aamir Khan’s Pathbreaking Anti-Operative Cricket Saga rent Also scored a node. rent Indicated the challenges of a committed Oscar campaign: while the film was obtained positively by Western outlets, Khan, with director Ashutosh Goverkar, was not allowed to attend the screening. Khan then expressed, “In fact, we had to stay out, and what we saw our films were tea, coffee and biscuits.”

Indian director Ashutosh Gowariker (L) and Indian actor Aamir Khan (R) arrive in Hollywood on March 24, 2002 with unknown guests at the 74th Annual Academy Awards. Govakar directed the film. rent, Which is nominated for the best foreign film. , Photo Credit: Adrees Latif

Be victorious!

Danny Boyle’s controversial India-set British production Slumdog MillionaireBuilt in 2009, staged an Oscar Blitzcrayg like someone else. The film was nominated in 10 categories, winning eight. AR Rahman, Gulzar and Rageul Pookutty won the Statue for the music of the film, in which “Jai Ho!” The focus was on. Irrfan Khan and Anil Kapoor took stage during victory during the best pictures presented by Steven Spielberg. (Kapoor, a rakon, grabbing the mike and ‘Jhaka!’

‘Duration. The end of the sentence ‘wins

Executives built by Gunaita Monga, this documentary in Uttar Pradesh, the Oscar at the Short 91st Academy Awards regarding menstrual hygiene. It declared Monga as a formidable scout and cinematography; She will repeat her success after five years Elephantly And he has made his third nomination Anuja,

‘RRR’ takeover

The 2023 was the biggest year for India at the Oscars. SS Rajamouli RRR There was an invincible force, a global significant Catnip with a fiery hit in American theaters (“a political screw, an action bonza, and a great music”, shouted New yorkerReview by Richard Body). Oscar at night, RRR Became the first Indian feature to win an Academy Award with the best original song with “Natu Natu”. Deepika Padukone was to introduce the track, divided on stage by non-south Asian dancers.

‘Elephants whisper’ and ‘all breathe’

It was not just RRR This proud of India at the 95th Academy Awards. Kartiki Gonsalves’ Tamil Vritti Elephantly Oscar won for the best Doku short. Meanwhile, Shaunk Sen’s widely acclaimed documentary facility, He breathes allTwo brothers were nominated for black kites injured in an ecosytefully derogatory Delhi, but were lost out NavalniIt was already tracing a route which was craving before unprecedented Indian non-story production, such as Fire writingWhat was a documentary nominated in 2022.