Indian Celebrities Who Have Won Oscar Award!

The Academy Awards or more popularly known as Oscar Awards are considered as the top most award in the field of cinema. The awards honour the best of cinema from all around the world. However, when it comes to India, there are only few lucky names who have got the honour of receiving this prestigious award.

This year too Indian-origin actor Dev Patel, was nominated in the best supporting actor category at the 89th Academy Awards for ‘Lion’.

Here is the complete list of all the Indians who have won Oscar.

1.A.R. Rahman

Categories: Best Original Song (Jai Ho) and Best Original Score

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

A.R. Rahman is the only Indian who has won Oscar not once but, twice. Considered as one of India’s most respected music directors, Rahman is shared the Best Original Score award with Gulzar for his song “Jai Ho”. He went on to grab his first individual and the second Oscar when he won in the category of Best Original Score for the very same movie “Slumdog Millionaire”.

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2. Gulzar

Category: Best Original Song (Jai Ho)

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

The legendary composer and singer shared the award of Best Original Song for the song “Jai Ho”. Gulzar wrote the lyrics for the song which became a sensation all over world. Unfortunately, he could not attend the awards function. Gulzar has penned down many famous songs for many Bollywood movies.