1 / 12RRR | The ‘Naatu Naatu’ soundtrack from the film composed by MM Keeravani was awarded the Best Original Song Award at the 95th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, United States. Naatu Naatu also received the Golden Globe for best song making RRR the first Indian film to win the prestigious award. (Image: Reuters)
2 / 12The Elephant Whisperers | Produced by Guneet Monga’s Sikhya Entertainment, the film won the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short). The Elephant Whisperers is an intimate portrait of how Bellie and Boman, an elderly tribal couple in South India, form an unlikely family while caring for two orphaned elephants, Raghu and Ammu. (Image: Reuters)
3 / 12Agra | The Kanu Behl directorial garnered critical appraise across film festivals, and bagged the the Best Indie Film award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. The film features Vibha Chibber, Sonal Jha, Rahul Roy, and Aanchal Goswami and explores sexual misery through a male lens. (Image: IFFM/Instagram)
4 / 12Sanaa | Radhika Madan starrer was screened at SIFF, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, and Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and explored the story of a 28-year-old headstrong and ambitious woman working in Mumbai who is fighting an internal battle caused by unresolved trauma. Director Sudhanshu Saria bagged the Best Director Award and Madan won the Best Actor category at the UK Asian Film Festival 2023. (Image: UK Asian Film Festival/Instagram)
5 / 12Dear Jassi | The Punjabi/English film won the Platform award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Tarsem Singh Dhandwar directorial is based on a real-life honour-killing incident in Punjab involving an Indo-Canadian girl Jassi and a Punjabi rickshaw driver Mithu. (Image: Toronto International Film Festival)
6 / 12A Match | The Jayant Digambar Somalkar directorial Marathi film, Sthal (A Match) looks at the custom of arranged marriages from the perspective of a young girl Savita. The film bagged the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival. (Image: Toronto International Film Festival)
7 / 12When Climate Change Turns Violent | Vandita Sariya directorial, recognised by WHO at the Health for All Film Festival, explores the connection between domestic violence, climate change, and human trafficking. The film won the Special Prize under the Climate Change and Health category. (Image: WHO South-East Asia/X)
8 / 12Stolen | The Abhishek Banerjee starrer had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival and explores the harrowing story of a five-month-old baby abducted from her mother Jhumpa Mahato. The film was the only Indian representative at the festival, and received a five-minute-long standing ovation post the screening. (Image: Abhishek Banerjee/Instagram)
9 / 12Vir Das | The Stand-up comedian clinched the prestigious Emmy International Award for his Netflix comedy 'Vir Das: Landing’. The actor-comic scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win an Emmy in the comedy category. (Image: Vir Das./X)
10 / 12Ektaa Kapoor | The producer and director was honoured with the prestigious International Emmy Directorate Award at the 51st International Emmy Awards in New York making her the first Indian to receive this prestigious award. (Image: Reuters)
11 / 12Richa Chadha | The actress received the Chevalier Des Arts et des Lettres at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for her outstanding contribution to global cinema and cross-cultural collaboration. (Image: Richa Chadha/Instagram)
12 / 12Bhuvan Bam | At the Septemius Awards 2023 in Amsterdam, Bam secured the title of Best Content Creator. The creator was also nominated for the Best Asian Actor category for his performance in the debut series “Taaza Khabar”. (Image: Bhuvan Bam/Instagram)
