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How well do you remember India's wins at the Oscars?

Only Indians Will Score Full Marks In This Academy Awards Quiz

India At The Oscars Quiz

Bhanu Athaiya won India's first ever Oscar in 1982.

Which of these costume designers fetched India its very first Oscar for the movie "Gandhi"?

Satyajit Ray was awarded an honorary Academy Award in 1992.

Which of these legendary filmmakers was awarded an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement?

All of these films made it to the final five. _Mother India_ in 1958, _Salaam Bombay_ in 1989, and _Lagaan_ in 2001.

Which of these Indian films have made it to the top five of the Best International Feature category?

Rahman won 2 Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song (_Jai Ho_). Both for the movie _Slumdog Millionaire_. He received 3 nominations in 2009 and 2 more in 2011.

A.R. Rahman is perhaps India's most famous Oscar winner. How many Oscars has he won?

Gulzar was the lyricist of the iconic song _Jai Ho_ and shared the Best Original Song Oscar with A.R. Rahman.

Speaking of A.R. Rahman's Original Song win, who wrote the song "Jai Ho"?

Resul Pookutty won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing.

Yet another Indian won an Oscar for their work on "Slumdog Millionaire". Do you remember who?

_Newton_, _Gully Boy_, and _Jallikattu_ are all films that have been submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, in 2017, 2019, and 2020, respectively.

Which of these films is NOT one of India's official entries to the Oscars?

_Writing With Fire_ is a documentary directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh and documents the rise of [Khabar Lahariya.](https://khabarlahariya.org/)

Which of these Indian documentaries was nominated for the Best Documentary (Feature) category at the 2022 Oscars?

You knew some of these, but seem to have forgotten most.

You remember all these facts with pride because INDIA REPRESENT.

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