Satyait Ray has received Academy Honorary Award (A special Award for the contribution to the World Cinema, in 1992). This award has been given to the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Robert Redford, Warner Bros, Deborrah Kerr among others; so i guess that makes it really special.

Bhanu Athaiya shared an Oscar with John Mollo for the movie "Gandhi" (1982) in Costume Design category. She won it, whereas Ray was awarded.

The music maestro A R Rahman has become the first Indian composer to scoop 2 Oscars for his music in "Slumdog Millionaire". He got his first Oscar for Best Original Score and second for Best Original Song "Jai Ho..."

Resul Pookutty won the Oscar for best sound mixing along with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for "Slumdog Millionaire".