Awards for Satyajit Ray

Abhijan (The Expedition)

President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1962

Aparajito (The Unvanquished)

GoIden Lion of St Mark, Cinema Nuovo and Critics' Award, Venice, 1957
FIPRESCI Award, London, 1957
Critics' Award for Best Film and Direction, San Francisco, 1958
Golden Laurel for Best Foreign Film 1958-9 USA
Selznick Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1960
Best Non-European Film, Denmark, 1967

Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)

Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1959
Sutherland Award for Best Original and Imaginative Film, London Film, 1960
Diploma of Merit, XIV International Festival, Edinburgh, 1960
Best Foreign Film of 1960, National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, USA

Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder)

For Music and Direction, President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1972
Golden Bear, Berlin, 1973
Golden Hugo, Chicago, 1974

Charulata (The Lonely wife)

President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1964
Silver Bear for Best Direction, Berlin, 1965
Catholic Award, Berlin, 1965 Best Film, Acapulco, 1965

Chiria Khana (The Zoo)

Best Direction, West Bengal Government, 1968

Devi (The Goddess)

President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1961

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha)

President's Gold and Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1970
Silver Cross Award, Best Direction and Originality, Adelaide and Auckland, 1969
Merit Award, Tokyo, 1970
Best Film, Melbourne, 1970

The Inner Eye

Prime Minister's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1974

Jalsaghar (The Music Room)

President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1959
Silver Medal for Music, Moscow, 1959

Jana Aranya (The Middle Man)

Best Direction, New Delhi, 1975
Best Film, Direction, Screenplay, West Bengal Government, 1975
Karlovy Vary Prize, 1976

Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God)

Best Children's Film, New Delhi, 1978

Mahanagar (The Big City)

Certificate of Merit, New Delhi, 1964
Silver Bear for Best Direction, Berlin, 1964

Nayak (The Hero)

Best Screenplay and Story, New Delhi, 1967
Critics' Prize and Special Jury Award, Berlin, 1966

Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)

President's Gold and Silver Medals, New Delhi, 1955
Best Human Document, Cannes, 1956
Diploma of Merit, Edinburgh, 1956
Vatican Award, Rome, 1956
Golden Carbao, Manila, 1956
Best Film and Direction, San Francisco, 1957
Selznick Golden Laurel, Berlin, 1957
Best Film, Vancouver, 1958
Critics' Award, Stafford, 1958
Best Foreign Film of 1959, Afro Arts Theater, New York
Best Foreign Film, Tokyo, 1966
Best Non-European Film, Denmark, 1966

Pratidwandi (The Adversary)

Special Award, New Delhi, 1971
President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1971

Rabindranath Tagore

President's Gold Medal , New Delhi, 1961
Golden Seal, Locarno, 1961

Seemabaddha (Company Limited)

President's Gold Medal, New Delhi, 1972

Shatranj ke Khiladi (The Chess Players)

Best Feature Film in Hindi, New Delhi, 1977

Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress)

President's Silver Medal, New Delhi 1974
Best Direction, and Screen Play, West Bengal Govemment, 1974
Best Feature Film for Children and Young Adults, Teheran, 1975

Teen Kanya (Three Daughters)

President's Silver Medal, New Delhi, 1961 (Samapti)
Golden Boomerang, Melbourne, 1962
Selznick Golden Laurel Award, Berlin, 1963 (Samapti and The Postmaster)

 
Ray accepting his Oscar for the Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award in a Kolkata hospital.

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