From the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes in 1994 to the Berlinale Classics premiere of a restored In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones in 2026 — the studio's record, festival by festival.
Festival de Cannes
1 honour
1994
Bandit Queen
Directors' Fortnight — Official Selection
Berlin International Film Festival
2 honours
2026
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Berlinale Classics — world premiere of 4K restoration
2012
Kutch (project)
Co-Production Market — first Indian project in official selection
National Film Awards
7 honours
2004
Maqbool
Best Supporting Actor — Pankaj Kapur
1996
Bandit Queen
Best Feature Film in Hindi
1996
Bandit Queen
Best Actress — Seema Biswas
1996
Bandit Queen
Best Costume Design — Dolly Ahluwalia
1993
Electric Moon
Best Feature Film in English
1989
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Best Feature Film in English
1989
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Best Screenplay — Arundhati Roy
Filmfare Awards
10 honours
2005
Maqbool
Critics Award — Best Actor, Pankaj Kapur
2003
Saathiya
Best Music Director — A. R. Rahman
2003
Saathiya
Best Lyricist — Gulzar
2003
Saathiya
Best Dialogue — Gulzar
2003
Saathiya
Best Screenplay — Mani Ratnam
2003
Saathiya
Best Male Playback Singer — Sonu Nigam
2003
Saathiya
Critics Award — Best Actress, Rani Mukerji
1997
Bandit Queen
Best Director — Shekhar Kapur
1997
Bandit Queen
Best Cinematography — Ashok Mehta
1995
Bandit Queen
Critics Award — Best Film
IIFA Awards
5 honours
2005
Maqbool
Best Screenplay — Vishal Bhardwaj & Abbas Tyrewala
2005
Maqbool
Best Dialogue — Vishal Bhardwaj
2003
Saathiya
Best Music Director — A. R. Rahman
2003
Saathiya
Best Background Score — A. R. Rahman
2003
Saathiya
Best Male Playback Singer — Sonu Nigam
Screen Awards
3 honours
2003
Saathiya
Special Jury Award — Rani Mukerji
2003
Saathiya
Best Female Playback Singer — Sadhana Sargam
2003
Saathiya
Most Promising Newcomer — Vivek Oberoi
Zee Cine Awards
7 honours
2005
Maqbool
Critics Award — Best Actor, Pankaj Kapur
2005
Maqbool
Best Screenplay — Vishal Bhardwaj & Abbas Tyrewala
2005
Maqbool
Best Dialogue — Vishal Bhardwaj
2003
Saathiya
Best Music Director — A. R. Rahman
2003
Saathiya
Best Lyricist — Gulzar
2003
Saathiya
Best Male Playback Singer — Sonu Nigam
2003
Saathiya
Best Sound — Robert Taylor
Stardust Awards
2 honours
2010
Chintu Ji
Searchlight Award — Best Film
2010
Chintu Ji
Searchlight Award — Best Director, Ranjit Kapoor
Apsara Producers Guild Awards
1 honour
2004
Maqbool
Best Supporting Actor — Pankaj Kapur
Toronto International Film Festival
4 honours
2003
Maqbool
Premiere — Discovery
1996
Fire
World premiere — opening film, Perspective Canada
1996
Fire
People's Choice Award — runner-up
1994
Bandit Queen
Official Selection
Locarno Film Festival
2 honours
2005
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey
World premiere — opening film, Piazza Grande
2005
The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey
NETPAC Special Jury Award
Edinburgh International Film Festival
1 honour
1994
Bandit Queen
Official Selection
BFI London Film Festival
3 honours
2004
American Daylight
World Cinema
1997
Stiff Upper Lips
Official Selection
1992
Electric Moon
Official Selection
Busan International Film Festival
2 honours
2019
Bitter Chestnut
World premiere — A Window on Asian Cinema
2004
American Daylight
A Window on Asian Cinema
Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI)
1 honour
2019
Bitter Chestnut
India Gold competition
International Film Festival Rotterdam
3 honours
2022
Adh Chanani Raat
World premiere, Harbour
2020
Bitter Chestnut
Voices — European premiere
1995
Bandit Queen
Official Selection
New York Film Festival
1 honour
2026
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Revivals — North American premiere
Chicago International Film Festival
1 honour
1996
Fire
Silver Hugo — Best Actress, Shabana Azmi
Verona International Film Festival
1 honour
1997
Fire
Best Film — Schermi d'Amore
Beirut International Film Festival
1 honour
1998
Train to Pakistan
Panorama
Festival de Málaga
1 honour
2026
Invisible Strings / Mudras
World premiere of Mudras
SEMINCI Valladolid
2 honours
2026
Invisible Strings / Mudras
UNESCO gala screening, 30 October
2016
Bobby Bedi — career
Espiga de Oro de Honor (Honorary Golden Spike)
International Film Festival of India
2 honours
2025
Lala & Poppy
World premiere, New Horizon
1992
Electric Moon
Screening
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
2 honours
2026
Lala & Poppy
Rainbow Storyteller Award
2022
Adh Chanani Raat
Screening
National Indian Film Festival of Australia
1 honour
2026
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Screening of the 4K restoration
UK Asian Film Festival
2 honours
2025
Kehta Hai Joker — The Centenary Cut
Screening of the Centenary Cut
2025
Bobby Bedi — career
Golden Flame Award for Producing Powerful Narratives
Chicago South Asian Film Festival
1 honour
2026
Lala & Poppy
Audience Choice Award — Fiction Feature
Red Lorry Film Festival, Mumbai
2 honours
2026
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
Pradip Krishen retrospective
2026
Electric Moon
Pradip Krishen retrospective
Academy Awards
1 honour
1995
Bandit Queen
India's official submission — Best Foreign Language Film
Barcelona International Women's Film Festival
1 honour
1997
Fire
Audience Award — Fiction Feature
BFI Southbank, London
1 honour
2026
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
UK premiere of the 4K restoration, with Arundhati Roy
Dharamshala International Film Festival
1 honour
2022
Adh Chanani Raat
Official Selection
Frameline, San Francisco
1 honour
1997
Fire
Official Selection
Global Indian Film Awards
1 honour
2005
Maqbool
Best Screenplay — Vishal Bhardwaj & Abbas Tyrewala
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