Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the British Academy Film Awards in different categories., 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. As of 2023, three Indian films have been nominated for Best Film from any Source— Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959), all from Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy; and five for Best Film Not in the English Language— Salaam Bombay! (1988), Monsoon Wedding (2001), Devdas (2002), Rang De Basanti (2006), and The Lunchbox (2014).
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;[1] and at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, All That Breathes (2022) by Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann was nominated in the same category.[2]
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.[3]
Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the BAFTA for Best Sound and Best Original Music, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire.[4] Rahman was also nominated for Best Original Music for 127 Hours (2010).[5]
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.[6]
Adarsh Gourav was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The White Tiger (2020).[7]
| Nominee(s)/recipient(s) | Film | Category | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Pather Panchali | Pather Panchali | Best Film from any Source | [8] | ||
| 1958 | Aparajito | Aparajito | Best Film from any Source | [9] | ||
| 1961 | Apur Sansar | Apur Sansar | Best Film from any Source | [10] | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | [11] | |||
| Best Costume Design | ||||||
| Best Original Music | ||||||
| 1987 | Man-Eating Tigers/Saving the Tiger | Best Documentary | [12] | |||
| 1989 | Salaam Bombay! | Best Film Not in the English Language | [13] | |||
| 1998 | Elizabeth | Best Direction | [14] | |||
| Outstanding British Film | ||||||
| 2001 | Monsoon Wedding | Best Film Not in the English Language | [15] | |||
| 2002 | | Devdas | Best Film Not in the English Language | [16] | ||
| 2006 | | Rang De Basanti | Best Film Not in the English Language | [17] | ||
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | [18] | |||
| Best Sound | ||||||
| Best Original Music | ||||||
| 2010 | 127 Hours | [19] | ||||
| 2014 | | The Lunchbox | Best Film Not in the English Language | [20] | ||
| 2020 | The White Tiger | Best Actor in a Leading Role | [21] | |||
| 2022 | | All That Breathes | Best Documentary | [22] |
| Nominee(s)/recipient(s) | Category | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rising Star Award | [23] |