There is a reason why Satyajit Ray is hailed as the greatest film-maker India has ever seen and you have to see his movies to recognise his masterclass. Directed by Mira Nair, the movie stars Nana Patekar and Anita Kanwar. The second Indian movie to get to the final five of the Best Foreign Language film at Academy Awards in 1989. The late Ismail Merchant of the famous Merchant - Ivory collaboration had four of his movies nominated for the Oscars, including one for Best Short Subject (Live Action). Pandit Ravi Shankar was also nominated for Best Original Score. However for us, the big glory was costume designer Bhanu Athaiya becoming the first Indian to win an Oscar for Costume design.

Richard Attenborough's biopic Gandhi swept major awards at the Oscars, especially Ben Kingsley as the Best Actor (he is half-Indian descent, by the way). The late former Miss India winner, known for her role in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, became the first Indian person to present the an Academy Award in the year 1980. Also Read - CRAZIEST things fans of Shah Rukh Khan, Kartik Aaryan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and more stars have done for their fave Bollywood celebs Here are a few occasions that India was made proud at Academy Awards - either by presenting an award, or getting nominated or winning one. But that doesn't mean India hasn't got a fair chance to represent itself at the Oscars. And considering that our song and dance routine is not very palatable to many down in the West, we never get much chance to reach the final nominees, save on four occasions. Or thirdly, your movie should either get nominated in either Best Documentary or Best Foreign Language Film award. Secondly, if you are an Indian, the one big chance for you to get an award is to be a part of a Hollywood production or an English movie production, and wait for it to get rave reviews. First of all, it is an American award ceremony that honours their movies. Now India has not fared well much at the Oscars, and quite understandably so.

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We don't know whether Priyanka Chopra gets another chance to present an award this year too, but we know for sure that Dev Patel is nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Lion. Yes, we are talking about the Academy Awards 2017, the more friendly Oscars 2017. On February 26, the greatest and most prestigious awards, considered so by many among the film fraternity, is going to happen.

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