Aamir Khan has represented India four times as an actor, including once as a director and thrice as a producer Lagaan (2001), which he produced and starred in, received a nomination. Tamil actor Kamal Haasan has most often represented the country as a performer, with seven films submitted-including three consecutive films between 19, one of which he directed himself. Three submissions were Marathi films, three Malayalam films, two were Bengali films, one movie from Telugu film, Gujarati film and Assamese film each.īengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray has represented India three times in this competition, the most by any director. Tamil films were submitted by the committee on ten occasions. Most of India's submissions were Hindi films (including Hindustani films), three of which received nominations. India has sent more than fifty films to the competition. However, except for the 88th Academy Awards, none of the Best Film (National Film Awards) winning film was submitted by India over the years. In 2011, the jury of the 58th National Film Awards made a recommendation that the Best Film winners at the annual National Film Awards be chosen as the official entry. As of 2021, only three Indian films- Mother India (1957), Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001)-have been nominated for the award. Since 1984, India has not submitted a film on only one occasion in 2003, the FFI controversially chose not make an entry as they felt no film would be in a position to compete with films from other nations. It came close to winning the Academy Award but lost to Nights of Cabiria by a single vote. The film made it to the final shortlist and was nominated alongside four other films in the category. The 1957 Hindi film Mother India was India's first submission. The chosen films, along with their English subtitles, are sent to the Academy, where they are screened for the jury. The Film Federation of India (FFI) appoints a committee to choose one film among those released that year to be submitted as India's official entry to the Academy for a nomination for 'Best Foreign Language Film' the following year.

The 'Best Foreign Language Film' category was not created until 1956 however, between 19, the Academy presented a non-competitive Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States. The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (formerly Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) since 1957, a year after the incorporation of the category. Lagaan, which he produced and starred in, received a nomination. Five of Aamir Khan's films, four as an actor and three as a producer, were submitted, including a directorial effort.

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