Indian Films, Indian Actors and Indian Origin Actors/Directors in Hollywood in the USA

Since ‘Mother India’ (1958) by Mehboob Khan made it to final 5 at Oscars, many films from Bollywood, Tollywood and other film industries tried but except ‘Lagaan’ (2001) all failed to make the cut, though both these films lost out in Foreign Films category by 1 vote. Apart from them only 3 Indians have made their mark in Hollywood by winning Oscars. These are Satyajit Ray (Lifetime Achievement), AR Rahman (Best Music/Best Original Score-Slumdog Millionaire (2008)), Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume–Gandhi (1983)), Resul Pukutty Best Sound - Slumdog Millionaire (2008)).

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