The Revenant had a golden run at the 88th Academy Awards, where its lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio broke his Oscar jinx by winning the best actor trophy and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was named best director. The gala night in Los Angeles saw British filmmaker of Indian origin Asif Kapadia winning for Amy; late India-born British actor Saeed Jaffrey getting an 'In memoriam' honour and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra taking to the stage as a star presenter.

DiCaprio, who had been nominated for the golden statuette four times for his acting earlier, took home his first Academy Award in the Actor in a Leading Role category for his power-packed performance in The Revenant. He rightfully received a standing ovation and accepted the honour with an impactful speech, in which he addressed climate change.

It was also a first for Brie Larson when she won an Oscar in the Actress in a Leading Role category for her portrayal of a kidnapped girl imprisoned by a psychopath in Room.

The big surprise came when Spotlight—a movie which shines the spotlight on journalism and a story of uncovering a child molestation scandal—won the Best Picture title at the ceremony held at the world-famous Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

However, the maximum awards went to George Miller's directorial Mad Max: Fury Road that picked up six trophies—Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hair Styling, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design categories.

The awards ceremony, held at the Dolby Theatre here, was hosted by actor-comedian Chris Rock who tackled the 'lack of diversity' and #OscarsSoWhite controversy, in a light-hearted manner—drawing mixed reactions.

For India, while Marathi film Court, the country's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film, did not make it to the final nomination list this year, there were proud moments for the country in abundance.

Priyanka Chopra looked stunning in an elegant white gown, a creation by Lebanese designer Zuhair Murad. Besides flaunting a perfect red carpet appearance, she exuded confidence as she presented the Oscar in the Best Film Editing category to Mad Max: Fury Road along with Hollywood star Liev Schreiber.

Also presenting an award at the event was British actor of Indian origin Dev Patel, while London-based filmmaker of Indian origin Asif Kapadia bagged the Best Documentary Feature Oscar for "Amy", based on the life of late singer Amy Winehouse.

However, Indian-American Pixar artist Sanjay Patel's animated short Sanjay's Super Team, which tells the story of an immigrant community and "a family of colour", lost the Oscar to Chilean film Bear Story.

Also, Indian-born British actor Saeed Jaffrey was remembered in the annual "In Memoriam" montage, along with Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Leonard Nimoy.

For Pakistan, it was time for celebrations as filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won the Oscar for Best Documentary-Short Subject for her project based on honour killing titled A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness.