In Pictures | Indians who won the Oscars

SS Rajamouli's 'RRR' has created history by winning the Best Original Song Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards. As 'RRR' adds more glory to Indian cinema, here we list some amazing individuals who made the nation proud by winning an award at the prestigious Academy Awards.

'Naatu Naatu' song from 'RRR' created history by winning the 'Best Original Song ' award at the 95th Academy Awards. It is the first song from an Indian production to win in the category. Credit: Reuters Photo

Another big win for India came as the film 'The Elephant Whisperers' won the Oscar in the 'Best Documentary Short' film category at the 95th Academy Awards. Director of the film Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga took centre stage to accept the honour. Credit: Reuters Photo

Namit Malhotra, CEO of DNEG, VFX & Animation Studio, bagged the Best Visual Effects award at the 94th Academy Awards for their impressive work in Hollywood movie 'Dune' (2021). Credit: Special Arrangement

Sound engineer Resul Pookutty won the oscars in Best Sound Mixing category for the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' at the 81st Academy Awards. Credit: Prasar Bharati

Legendary lyricist Gulzar won the Oscar in the Best Original Song category for song 'Jai Ho' from the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009. Credit: PBNS

Music composer AR Rahman became the first Asian to win two Oscars in the same year. He won the Oscars for the original score and another for the track 'Jai Ho' in 2009. Credit: Twitter/@FilmHistoryPic

Veteran filmmaker Satyajit Ray was felicitated with an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in the year 1992. Credit: Twitter/@ovshake42

Bhanu Athaiya was the first Indian to bring home the Oscar trophy in 1982. She won the Academy Awards in the 'Best Costume Design' category for her work in movie 'Gandhi'. Credit: Bettmann Archive