Overseas , '' Lagaan '' earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 . This made it one of only three Indian films to receive an Oscar nomination , along with Mehboob Khan 's '' Mother India '' ( 1957 ) and Mira Nair 's '' Salaam Bombay ! '' ( 1988 ) . This also makes Aamir Khan one of the few Indian filmmakers to ever receive an Oscar nomination . Khan later commented on the loss of '' Lagaan '' at the Oscars : " Certainly we were disappointed . But the thing that really kept us in our spirits was that the entire country was behind us " . In addition to an Oscar nomination , '' Lagaan '' received a European Film Award nomination for Best Non-European Film , and won awards at a number of international film festivals , including the Bergen International Film Festival , Leeds International Film Festival , Locarno International Film Festival , NatFilm Festival , and Portland International Film Festival . '' Taare Zameen Par '' was also India 's submission to the Oscars , but did not receive a nomination . Another Aamir Khan production , '' Peepli Live '' ( 2010 ) , was India 's submission to the Oscars , while '' Dhobi Ghat '' ( 2011 ) was longlisted for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language , though neither were nominated . In 2017 , '' Dangal '' won him the inaugural Best Asian Film award at Australia 's 7th AACTA Awards , as well as Movie of the Year and Top Foreign Actor from China 's Douban Film Awards , and it is an award nominee for the 68th Berlin International Film Festival
68th Berlin International Film Festival
68th Berlin International Film Festival
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