# List of Indian winners and nominees of the British Academy Film Awards

Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the British Academy Film Awards in different categories. As of 2023, 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; and at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, All That Breathes (2022) by Shaunak Sen and Aman Mann was nominated in the same category.
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.
Resul Pookutty and A. R. Rahman won the BAFTA for Best Sound and Best Original Music, respectively, for the 2008 British film Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman was also nominated for Best Original Music for 127 Hours (2010).
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.
Adarsh Gourav was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The White Tiger (2020).

## Competitive awards

Competitive awards :
| Year | Nominee(s)/recipient(s) | Film | Category | Result |
| 1957 (11th) | Pather Panchali | Pather Panchali | Best Film from any Source | Nominated |
| 1958 (12th) | Aparajito | Aparajito | Best Film from any Source | Nominated |
| 1961 (15th) | Apur Sansar | Apur Sansar | Best Film from any Source | Nominated |
| 1982 (36th) | Rohini Hattangadi | Gandhi | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1982 (36th) | Bhanu Athaiya | Gandhi | Best Costume Design | Nominated |
| 1982 (36th) | Ravi Shankar | Gandhi | Best Original Music | Nominated |
| 1987 (41st) | Naresh Bedi | Man-Eating Tigers/Saving the Tiger | Best Documentary | Nominated |
| 1989 (43rd) | | Salaam Bombay! | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated |
| 1998 (52nd) | Shekhar Kapur | Elizabeth | Best Direction | Nominated |
| 1998 (52nd) | Shekhar Kapur | Elizabeth | Outstanding British Film | Won |
| 2001 (55th) | | Monsoon Wedding | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated |
| 2002 (56th) | Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bharat Shah | Devdas | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated |
| 2006 (60th) | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Ronnie Screwvala | Rang De Basanti | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated |
| 2008 (62nd) | Freida Pinto | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2008 (62nd) | Resul Pookutty | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Sound | Won |
| 2008 (62nd) | A. R. Rahman | Slumdog Millionaire | Best Original Music | Won |
| 2010 (64th) | A. R. Rahman | 127 Hours | Best Original Music | Nominated |
| 2014 (68th) | Ritesh Batra Anurag Kashyap Guneet Monga Arun Rangachari | The Lunchbox | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominated |
| 2020 (74th) | Adarsh Gourav | The White Tiger | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2022 (76th) | Shaunak Sen Aman Mann | All That Breathes | Best Documentary | Nominated |

## Publicly voted awards

Publicly Voted awards :
| Year | Nominee(s)/recipient(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2012 (66th) | Suraj Sharma | Rising Star Award | Nominated | |