Oscars bear in mind Indian stars Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, B Saroja Devi and Kota Srinivasa Rao in Memorium phase |

The 98th Academy Awards took a pause throughout its awards present for the In Memoriam phase to honour a number of legendary artists and filmmakers who handed away between the 2025 and 2026. Whereas the printed solely featured a handful of names and extremely personalised tributes to Hollywood stars like Rob Reiner, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Catherine O’Hara, Diane Keaton, amongst others. Owing to the lengthy record of stars who handed away this previous 12 months, the organisers put out a extra detailed record on the Oscars‘ official web site. Within the record, the Oscars honoured notable figures from Indian cinema equivalent to Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, B. Saroja Devi and Kota Srinivasa Rao.The photographs of the Indian movie stars featured among the many trade veterans whose contributions left a long-lasting mark on world cinema. Dharmendra, certainly one of Bollywood’s most beloved stars, whose profession spanned greater than six a long time and over 300 movies, featured on the record with Manoj Kumar, celebrated for his contribution to movies. From the South Indian movie trade, legendary actress B. Saroja Devi, who acted in additional than 200 movies throughout Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi cinema was additionally remembered for her outstanding profession. She handed away in July 2025 on the age of 87 after reportedly battling age-related illnesses. Veteran Telugu actor and former politician Kota Srinivasa Rao was additionally remembered. He handed away on July 13, 2025, on the age of 83, following a chronic sickness. Fellow Hollywood star, Eric Dane, who handed away final month was additionally included within the record with the opposite 300 names, together with actors, administrators, producers, and screenwriters who the movie world misplaced over the previous 12 months.