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The most represented years, with four films each, are 1949, 1963, and 1996. The earliest film selected was The 39 Steps (1935), and only two other 1930s films made the list. David Lean is the most represented director on the list, with seven films, three in the top five and The Bridge on the River Kwai in eleventh place.
Films created by the British Indian community, as well as British films starring a majority Indian origin cast and Indian films set in the United Kingdom. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Third Man (1949) was voted the best British film ever by 1000 industry professionals, academics, and critics in a British Film Institute poll conducted in 1999. [199] Lawrence of Arabia (1962) was voted the "best British film of all time" in August 2004 by over 200 respondents in a Sunday Telegraph poll of Britain's leading filmmakers. [200]
At the 36th British Academy Film Awards, Rohini Hattangadi became the first Indian to win a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Gandhi (1982). Bhanu Athaiya was nominated for Best Costume Design and Ravi Shankar was nominated for Best Original Music for the same film. [1]
Neelam Gill is the first British Indian model to feature as a high fashion model. [91] Supriya Lele is a British Indian fashion designer who blends her heritage into her work. [92] Priya Ahluwalia is a British designer of Nigerian and Indian descent and the founder of menswear brand Ahluwalia and was given the Queen Elizabeth II Award for ...
Black Narcissus is a 1947 British psychological drama film jointly written, directed and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, based on the 1939 novel by Rumer Godden. It stars Deborah Kerr , Sabu , David Farrar , and Flora Robson , and features Esmond Knight , Jean Simmons , and Kathleen Byron .
[50] [51] It is one of the top ten highest-grossing British independent films of all time adjusted for inflation. [ 50 ] In India, it was one of the highest-grossing films of all-time (and the highest for a foreign film [ 19 ] ) during the time of its release by earning over ₹ 100 crore or 1 billion rupees .
Thomas is the first British woman to win Best Picture. Thomas and Nolan are the first British husband-and-wife team, as well as the third married couple overall, to win Best Picture. [8] Shared with Charles Roven. James Wilson The Zone of Interest: Nominated 2024 Tessa Ross Juliette Howell Conclave: Nominated Shared with Michael A. Jackman Tim ...