SSR and Rishi Kapoor were also remembered in the segment.
Irrfan, from left, Bhanu Athaiya, and Soumitra Chatterjee were among the Indian stars remembered at the Oscars. (Images: The Academy)
Longer acceptance speeches, no jokes/sketches/songs for entertainment, and a shot at diversity marked the intimate 'redesigned' Oscars that skipped Dolby Theater for the Los Angeles’ Union Station.
History was created with Chloe Zhao's best director win, Anthony Hopkins Best Actor honour, and Yuh-Jung Youn's Best Supporting Actress Oscar. While Zhao became the first woman of colour (and second woman ever) to bag the honour, Hopkins is the oldest person to have won the statuette, and Youn became the first Korean actor to win an Academy Award.