Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra, who passed away in November 2025, didn’t find a mention in the ‘In Memoriam’ segment at the 98th Academy Awards.
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The tribute segment at this year’s Oscars ran for 15 minutes longer than in previous years with special remembrances for Hollywood legends Rob Reiner, Diane Keaton and Robert Redford.
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Despite the extended runtime, Dharmendra’s name was absent from the broadcast.
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The “Sholay” star, however, was included in the official online list of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) alongside five other Indian film personalities — actors Saroja Devi, Manoj Kumar, Jayasree Kabir, Kota Srinivasa Rao and documentary filmmaker S Krishnaswamy.
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Earlier in the awards season, Dharmendra received a tribute at the 79th BAFTA Awards held at the Royal Festival Hall in February 2026, where he was the only Indian actor included in the ‘In Memoriam’ montage.
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In previous ceremonies, the In Memoriam segment has occasionally featured Indian film personalities.
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At the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, cinema icons Shashi Kapoor and Sridevi were honoured in the montage, with the two stars receiving a musical tribute by Eddie Vedder.
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More recently, at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021, actors Irrfan Khan and Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athaiya were also remembered in the segment. Other names also absent from the broadcast included Brigitte Bardot, James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Malcolm-Jamal Warner and ‘Harold and Maude’ actor Bud Cort.
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โItโs been an unimaginably hard year where weโve lost a lot of icons and titans of the film industry. So yes, we are going to expand the In Memoriam because it feels so important that we do a tribute that is worthy of the people that weโve lost this year,” Oscars producer Katy Mullan said ahead of the ceremony.