Oscar History Indian Cinema: The wait for the 96th Academy Awards is about to end. It will take place on March 10 at Hollywoodâs prestigious Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. In India, you will be able to watch the live telecast of Oscar 2024 on Disney Plus Hotstar OTT on March 11 at 4 am. Apart from this, it will also be live on channels like Star Movies, Star Movies HD and Star World. This year, âTo Kill a Tigerâ has been sent by India to the Oscars in the Best Documentary category. The history of Indian cinema is older than Oscar.
The journey of Indian cinema in the Oscars held from 1957 to 2023 has mostly been unsuccessful. However, in 2023, Indiaâs dream came true and the film RRR won an Oscar for a song. Before this, AR Rahman has also won an Oscar. Still, let us tell you how was the journey of which films in these years.
How was the journey of Indian cinema in the history of Oscar?
The first Indian film to be included in the Oscar Awards, which started in 1929, was Mother India (1957). Director Mehboob Khanâs film Mother India was sent for the first time to the 30th Academy Awards. This is one of the great films of Bollywood. This film reached the Oscar gallery but its journey remained only there. After this, about 55 films reached the Oscars, whose journey progressed one step at a time, but in the end only a few won.
Hindi language âGuideâ (1965) in the 38th Oscar, Hindi language âUphaarâ (1971) in the 45th Oscar, Hindi language âSaudagarâ (1991) in the 46th Oscar, Tamil language âNayakanâ in the 60th Oscar (1987) ), Hindi language âBandit Queen (1994) in the 67th Oscar, Hindi language âDevdasâ (2002) in the 75th Oscar, Hindi language âBarfiâ (2012) in the 85th Oscar, Malayalam language âJallikattuâ in the 93rd Oscar. (2019), Malayalam language films like â2018â are in the 96th Oscars. Apart from these languages, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu and Gujarati films were also included.
The journey of 4 films progressed a bit
Every year the jury of the Film Federation of India sends many films for the Oscars. On the other hand, some makers also stake claim for Oscar for their films; it often happens that Hindi films are shortlisted or nominated for the Academy Award. According to reports, so far only 4 out of 56 films have gone ahead.
The film Mother India, released in 1957, was nominated. The 1988 film Salaam Bombay was also nominated. The 2001 film Lagaan also received a nomination. The film Chello Show, released in the year 2022, was shortlisted. However, the journey of these films stopped with these results.
AR Rahman and âNatu-Natuâ created history
Bhanu Athaiya had designed the costumes for the 1983 film Gandhi and was awarded the Oscar Award for this. In the year 1991, veteran Indian cinema filmmaker Satyajit Ray was honored with the âHonorary Lifetime Achievementâ Oscar Award. Lyricist Gulzar was honored with the Oscar Award for the song âJai Hoâ from the 2009 film Slumdog Millionaire. AR Rahman was also honored with the Oscar Award for composing this song. Resu Pokkutty of this film was honored with the Oscar Award in the âBest Sound Mixingâ category. In this way, Oscar came to India 5 times.
In the year 2023, a song from Southâs superhit film RRR became popular at the 95th Academy Awards. The famous song âNatu-Natuâ of this film was awarded the Oscar Award for Best Original Song to MM Kirwani and Chandrabose. Filmmaker Guneet Monga was awarded the Oscar for Best Documentary for âThe Elephant Whispersâ. If seen this way, in these 67 years, Oscar has come to India almost 8 times in different ways.