First Oscar Winner in India: Who is Bhanu Athaiya won the First Oscar From India.

Oscar Award Winner in India: The Recent 95th Oscar Award was held at the Dolby Theatre of Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on 12 March 2023. Recently India won 2 Oscars in the Academy 2023. one for the Elephant Whispers in Best Documentary (Short Film) and the second for the Movie RRR for the Best Music Natu Natu original song.

The most prestigious award in world cinema is the Oscars Award. it is also called the Academy Award. This award is in 24 categories Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Costume Design, Sound Mixing, and Sound Editing. Original  Screenplay, Filmmakers, etc. As of 2023, 20 Indians have been nominated and 10 have won Oscars.

Bhanu Athaiya: First Oscar Winner in India

Bhanu Athaiya [First Oscar Winner in India] made her first debut in film as a costume designer with Guru Dutt’s film C.I.D IN 1956. After she becomes a team member of the Guru Dutt teams. Then she also became part of Pyaasa (1957), Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960), and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) etc. In her 50-year career won numerous awards.

Bhanu Athaiya won the Oscar Award for Best Costume Design in 1982 for her work film Gandhi and became the First Indian Oscar Award winner. the Gandhi biography directed by Richard Attenborough in 1982. She also won two National Film Awards in 1991 and 2002 

Early Life of Bhanu Athaiya

Bhanu Athaiya was born on 28 April 1929 in Kolhapur Maharashtra British India. She was born in a Marathi Brahmin family. Her father’s name was Annasaheb Rajopadhye and her mother’s name was Shantabai Rajopadhye. She was the third child of seven and her father was a Painter and photographer from a wealthy family. her father died in 1940 when she was 11 years old.

Bhanu traveled to  Mumbai when she was 17 and lived with a woman whose mother just so happened to work at Eve’s Weekly, a well-known magazine. She won the Usha Deshmukh Gold medal in 1951 for the artwork Titled ‘Lady In Repose’ while she was studying at Sir J J School of Art.

Bhanu Athaiya Filmy Life Carrier

Bhanu started her career in the early stages as an artist while she was studying at Sir J J School of Arts, Mumbai. Later she worked as a freelance fashion illustrator for women’s magazines “Eve’s Weekly” and “Fashion & Beauty”. 

First Oscar Winner in India Bhanu Athaiya started work in a boutique and from there she discovered the skill of designing clothes. Her costume designing career began by designing costumes for Guru Dutt’s Film C.I.D. in 1956. 

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How Many Oscars India Won

Below Table created for the list of the Recipients and in which year and which category won the award this year. First Oscar Winner in India Bhanu Athaiya won an award for Gandhi in 1983. Another recipient also won the Oscar.

List of the Oscars awards won in India

categories for Oscar nominations

1. Best Actor in a Leading Role
2. Best Actor in a Supporting Role
3. Best Actress in a Leading Role
4. Best Actress in a Supporting Role
5. Best Adapted Screenplay
6. Best Animated Feature
7. Best Animated Short Film
8. Best Art Direction
9. Best Cinematography
10. Best Costume Design
11. Best Director
12. Best Documentary Feature
13. Best Documentary Short Subject
14. Best Film Editing
15. Best Foreign Language Film
16. Best Makeup
17. Best Original Score
18. Best Original Screenplay
19. Best Original Song
20. Best Original Story
21. Best Picture
22. Best Sound Editing
23. Best Sound Mixing
24. Best Visual Effects
25. Live Action Short Film

FAQ’s

• Who has 12 Oscar nominations?

Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson

• Who is the first music director who won an Oscar from India?

A. R. Rehman won the first Oscar award for music. The film is Slumdog Millionaire.

• which Indian movie won the Oscars in 2023?

  Best Documentary Short Film for ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.

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