List of Indian winners and nominees of the British Academy Film Awards

Rohini Hattangadi in 2010
Rohini Hattangadi became the first Indian to win a BAFTA Award for her portrayal of Kasturba Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982).

Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the British Academy Film Awards in different categories. As of 2023, 19 Indians have been nominated and 4 have won the awards.

At the 36th British Academy Film Awards, Rohini Hattangadi became the first Indian to win a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Gandhi (1982). Bhanu Athaiya was nominated for Best Costume Design and Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Music for the same film.[1] As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best Film from any SourcePather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959), all from Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy; and five for Best Film Not in the English LanguageSalaam Bombay! (1988), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Devdas (2002), Rang De Basanti (2006), and The Lunchbox (2014).[note 1]

At the 41st British Academy Film Awards, Saving The Tiger and Man-Eating Tiger (both from 1987) by Naresh Bedi were nominated for Best Documentary;[3] and at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, All That Breathes (2022) by Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann was nominated in the same category.[4]

At the 52nd British Academy Film Awards, Shekhar Kapur was nominated for Best Direction for Elizabeth (1998), which won the award for Outstanding British Film.[5]

Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the BAFTA for Best Sound and Best Original Music, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire.[6] Rahman was also nominated for Best Original Music for 127 Hours (2010).[7]

For his role in the movie Life of Pi (2012), Suraj Sharma received a nomination for Rising Star Award – which unlike the competitive awards, is publicly voted for, although the nominees are shortlisted by the jury.[8]

Adarsh Gourav was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The White Tiger (2020).[9]

Competitive awards[edit]

Competitive awards
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Film Category Result Ref.
1957
(11th)
Pather Panchali Pather Panchali Best Film from any Source Nominated [10]
1958
(12th)
Aparajito Aparajito Best Film from any Source Nominated [11]
1961
(15th)
Apur Sansar Apur Sansar Best Film from any Source Nominated [12]
1982
(36th)
Rohini Hattangadi Gandhi Best Actress in a Supporting Role Won [13]
Bhanu Athaiya Best Costume Design Nominated
Ravi Shankar Best Original Music Nominated
1987
(41st)
Naresh Bedi Man-Eating Tigers/Saving the Tiger Best Documentary Nominated [14]
1989
(43rd)
[note 2] Salaam Bombay! Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [16]
1998
(52nd)
Shekhar Kapur Elizabeth Best Direction Nominated [17]
Outstanding British Film Won
2001
(55th)
[note 3] Monsoon Wedding Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [19]
2002
(56th)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Bharat Shah
Devdas Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [20]
2006
(60th)
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Ronnie Screwvala
Rang De Basanti Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [21]
2008
(62nd)
Resul Pookutty Slumdog Millionaire Best Sound Won [22]
A. R. Rahman Best Original Music Won
2010
(64th)
127 Hours Nominated [23]
2014
(68th)
Ritesh Batra
Anurag Kashyap
Guneet Monga
Arun Rangachari
The Lunchbox Best Film Not in the English Language Nominated [24]
2020
(74th)
Adarsh Gourav The White Tiger Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated [25]
2022
(76th)
Shaunak Sen
Aman Mann
All That Breathes Best Documentary Nominated [26]

Publicly voted awards[edit]

Publicly Voted awards
Year Nominee(s)/recipient(s) Category Result Ref.
2012
(66th)
Suraj Sharma Rising Star Award Nominated [27]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Warrior (2001) nominated in this category was a British film in an Indian language (Hindi).[2]
  2. ^ Mira Nair, the director and co-producer of Salaam Bombay! who received the nomination, is Indian-American. The film was co-financed by the National Film Development Corporation of India.[15]
  3. ^ Mira Nair, the director and co-producer of Monsoon Wedding who received the nomination, is Indian-American. The film was an international co-production between companies in India, the United States, Italy, France, and Germany.[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gandhi - IMDb, retrieved 15 April 2023
  2. ^ Staff (6 December 2002). "Bafta says The Warrior is British". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ Soni, Sharad K. (26 September 1999). "Living on the wild side". The Tribune.
  4. ^ PTI (19 January 2023). "BAFTA 2023: Shaunak Sen's 'All That Breathes' nominated for best documentary". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  5. ^ Gentleman, Amelia (12 April 1999). "Bafta falls in love with the Elizabethans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. ^ "AR Rahman, Resul Pookutty win BAFTA Award". News18. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Rahman loses out on BAFTA". The Times of India. 14 February 2011. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Life of Pi lead star Suraj Sharma nominated for BAFTA rising star award". The Economic Times. 19 January 2013. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ^ "BAFTA 2021: Adarsh Gourav Gets Nominated In The Lead Actor Category For 'The White Tiger'". Outlook.
  10. ^ "Film in 1958 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  11. ^ "Film in 1959 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  12. ^ "Film in 1962 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  13. ^ "Film in 1983 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  14. ^ "Film in 1988 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  15. ^ Sterritt, David (12 October 1988). "MIRA NAIR. Interview with Indian director whose new film stars street children from Bombay". The Christian Science Monitor.
  16. ^ "Film in 1990 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  17. ^ "Film in 1999 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  18. ^ Young, Deborah (4 September 2001). "Monsoon Wedding". Variety.
  19. ^ "Film in 2002 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  20. ^ "Film in 2003 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  21. ^ "Film in 2007 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  22. ^ "Film in 2009 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  23. ^ "Film in 2009 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  24. ^ "Film in 2015 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  25. ^ "Film in 2021 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  26. ^ "Film in 2023 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
  27. ^ "Film in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts.