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Awards for
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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
Ben Kingsley
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Stuart Craig
Robert W. Laing
Michael Seirton
Best Cinematography
Billy Williams
Ronnie Taylor
Best Costume Design
John Mollo
Bhanu Athaiya
Best Director
Richard Attenborough
Best Film Editing
John Bloom
Best Picture
Richard Attenborough
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
John Briley
Nominated Oscar Best Makeup
Tom Smith
Best Music, Original Score
Ravi Shankar
George Fenton
Best Sound
Gerry Humphreys
Robin O'Donoghue
Jonathan Bates
Simon Kaye
 
American Cinema Editors, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Eddie Best Edited Feature Film
John Bloom
 
Awards of the Japanese Academy
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1984 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Language Film
 
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
Best Direction
Richard Attenborough
Best Film
Richard Attenborough
Best Supporting Actress
Rohini Hattangadi
Most Outstanding Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Ben Kingsley
Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography
Billy Williams
Ronnie Taylor
Best Costume Design
John Mollo
Bhanu Athaiya
Best Film Editing
John Bloom
Best Make Up Artist
Tom Smith
Best Production Design/Art Direction
Stuart Craig
Best Score
Ravi Shankar
George Fenton
Best Screenplay
John Briley
Best Sound
Jonathan Bates
Simon Kaye
Gerry Humphreys
Robin O'Donoghue
Best Supporting Actor
Edward Fox
Best Supporting Actor
Roshan Seth
Best Supporting Actress
Candice Bergen
 
British Society of Cinematographers
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1982 Won Best Cinematography Award Ronnie Taylor
Billy Williams
 
David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Richard Attenborough
Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero)
Richard Attenborough
European David Richard Attenborough
 
Directors Guild of America, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won DGA Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Richard Attenborough
David Tomblin (assistant director) (plaque)
 
Evening Standard British Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1984 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
Also for Betrayal (1983).
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Golden Globe Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Ben Kingsley
Best Director - Motion Picture
Richard Attenborough
Best Foreign Film
UK.
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
John Briley
New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male
Ben Kingsley
 
Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1984 Nominated Grammy Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
Ravi Shankar
George Fenton
 
Guild of German Art House Cinemas
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1985 Won Guild Film Award - Gold Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film)
Richard Attenborough
 
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won Silver Ribbon Best Director - Foreign Film (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
Richard Attenborough
 
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 Won KCFCC Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
 
London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1984 Won ALFS Award Actor of the Year
Ben Kingsley
 
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1982 Won LAFCA Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
 
National Board of Review, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1982 Won NBR Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
Best Film
Top Ten Films
 
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1983 2nd place NSFC Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
 
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1982 Won NYFCC Award Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
Best Film
 

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