List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Submissions
India has sent more than fifty films to the competition. Most of India's submissions were Hindi films (including Hindi-Urdu films), three of which received nominations.

List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Section Title: Submissions
Table Section Text: India has sent more than fifty films to the competition. Most of India's submissions were Hindi films (including Hindi-Urdu films), three of which received nominations.

Year (Ceremony)	Film title used in nomination	Original title	Language	Director(s)	Result

1957 (30th)	Mother India	Mother India (मदर इंडिया)	Hindi-Urdu	Mehboob Khan	Nominated

1958 (31st)	Madhumati	Madhumati (मधुमती)	Hindi-Urdu	Bimal Roy	Not Nominated

1959 (32nd)	The World of Apu	Apur sansār (অপুর সংসার)	Bengali	Satyajit Ray	Not Nominated

1962 (35th)	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (साहिब बीबी और ग़ुलाम)	Hindi Urdu	Abrar Alvi	Not Nominated

1963 (36th)	Metropolis	Mahanagar (মহানগর)	Bengali	Satyajit Ray	Not Nominated

1965 (38th)	The Guide	Guide (गाइड)	Hindi	Vijay Anand	Not Nominated

1966 (39th)	Amrapali	Amrapali (अम्रपल्ली)	Hindi	Lekh Tandon	Not Nominated

1967 (40th)	The Last Letter	Aakhri Khat (आखरी ख़त)	Hindi	Chetan Anand	Not Nominated

1968 (41st)	Elder Sister	Majhli Didi (मझली दीदी)	Hindi	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Not Nominated

1969 (42nd)	Deiva Magan	Deiva Magan (தெய்வ மகன்)	Tamil	A. C. Tirulokchandar	Not Nominated

1971 (44th)	Reshma Aur Shera	Reshma Aur Shera (रेशमा और शेरा)	Hindi	Sunil Dutt	Not Nominated

1972 (45th)	Uphaar	Uphaar (उपहार)	Hindi	Sudhendu Roy	Not Nominated

1973 (46th)	Saudagar	Saudagar (सौदागर)	Hindi	Sudhendu Roy	Not Nominated

1974 (47th)	Hot Winds	Garam Hawa (गरम हवा)	Urdu	M. S. Sathyu	Not Nominated

1977 (50th)	Manthan	Manthan (मंथन)	Hindi	Shyam Benegal	Not Nominated

1978 (51st)	The Chess Players	Shatranj Ke Khilari (शतरंज के खिलाड़ी)	Hindi Urdu	Satyajit Ray	Not Nominated

1980 (53rd)	Payal Ki Jhankaar	Payal Ki Jhankaar (पायल की झंकार)	Hindi	Satyen Bose	Not Nominated

1984 (57th)	Saaransh	Saaransh (सारांश)	Hindi	Mahesh Bhatt	Not Nominated

1985 (58th)	Saagar	Saagar (सागर)	Hindi	Ramesh Sippy	Not Nominated

1986 (59th)	Swati Mutyam	Swati Mutyam (స్వాతి ముత్యం)	Telugu	Kasinadhuni Viswanath	Not Nominated

1987 (60th)	Nayakan	Nayakan (நாயகன்)	Tamil	Mani Ratnam	Not Nominated

1988 (61st)	Salaam Bombay!	Salaam Bombay! (सलाम बॉम्बे)	Hindi	Mira Nair	Nominated

1989 (62nd)	Parinda	Parinda (परिंदा)	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Not Nominated

1990 (63rd)	Anjali	Anjali (அஞ்சலி)	Tamil	Mani Ratnam	Not Nominated

1991 (64th)	Henna	Henna (حنا)	Hindi Urdu	Randhir Kapoor	Not Nominated

1992 (65th)	Thevar Magan	Thevar Magan (தேவர் மகன்)	Tamil	Bharathan	Not Nominated

1993 (66th)	Rudaali	Rudaali (रुदाली)	Hindi	Kalpana Lajmi	Not Nominated

1994 (67th)	Bandit Queen	Bandit Queen (बैंडिट क्वीन)	Hindi	Shekhar Kapur	Not Nominated

1995 (68th)	Kuruthipunal	Kuruthipunal (குருதிப்புனல்)	Tamil	P. C. Sreeram	Not Nominated

1996 (69th)	Indian	Indian (இந்தியன்)	Tamil	S. Shankar	Not Nominated

1997 (70th)	Guru	Guru (ഗുരു)	Malayalam	Rajiv Anchal	Not Nominated

1998 (71st)	Jeans	Jeans (ஜீன்ஸ்)	Tamil	S. Shankar	Not Nominated

1999 (72nd)	Earth	Earth (अर्थ)	Hindi	Deepa Mehta	Not Nominated

2000 (73rd)	Hey Ram	Hey Ram (ஹே ராம் हे राम)	Tamil Hindi	Kamal Haasan	Not Nominated

2001 (74th)	Lagaan	Lagaan (लगान)	Hindi English	Ashutosh Gowariker	Nominated

2002 (75th)	Devdas	Devdas (देवदास)	Hindi	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Not Nominated

2004 (77th)	The Breath	Shwaas (श्वास)	Marathi	Sandeep Sawant	Not Nominated

2005 (78th)	Riddle	Paheli (पहेली)	Hindi	Amol Palekar	Not Nominated

2006 (79th)	Rang De Basanti	Rang De Basanti (रंग दे बसंती)	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Not Nominated

2007 (80th)	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Eklavya: The Royal Guard (एकलव्य – दी रॉयल गार्ड)	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Not Nominated

2008 (81st)	Like Stars on Earth	Taare Zameen Par (तारे ज़मीन पर)	Hindi	Aamir Khan	Not Nominated

2009 (82nd)	Harishchandra's Factory	Harishchandrachi Factory (हरिश्‍चंद्राची फॅक्टरी)	Marathi	Paresh Mokashi	Not Nominated

2010 (83rd)	Peepli Live	Peepli Live (लाइव)	Hindi	Anusha Rizvi	Not Nominated

2011 (84th)	Abu, Son of Adam	Adaminte Makan Abu (ആദാമിന്റെ മകൻ അബു)	Malayalam	Salim Ahamed	Not Nominated

2012 (85th)	Barfi!	Barfi! (बर्फी!)	Hindi	Anurag Basu	Not Nominated

2013 (86th)	The Good Road	The Good Road (ધી ગુડ રોડ)	Gujarati	Gyan Correa	Not Nominated

2014 (87th)	Liar's Dice	Liar's Dice	Hindi	Geetu Mohandas	Not Nominated

2015 (88th)	Court	Court	Marathi	Chaitanya Tamhane	Not Nominated

2016 (89th)	Interrogation	Visaranai (விசாரணை)	Tamil	Vetrimaaran	Not Nominated

2017 (90th)	Newton	Newton	Hindi	Amit V Masurkar	Not Nominated

2018 (91st)	Village Rockstars	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Rima Das	Not Nominated

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In 1977, the Manthan film was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

final_sentence: In 1977, the Manthan film was India's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.