Question: Recently the BRICS film festival was held in which of the following city of India?
(a) Jaipur
(b) Udaipur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Mumbai
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 2 September 2016. The BRICS Film Festival-2016 was started at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
- It should be known that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed a BRICS film festival and film awards at the last BRICS Summit.
- Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore and Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh inaugurated the first BRICS film festival.
- The five day festival served as a platform for people of the film industry of member countries to explore areas of cooperation in the domain of cinema, culture and cuisine.
- It is a step taken to build bridges and bring harmony amongst the BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- Indian film Thithi won the best film award at the BRICS Film Festival.
- Best Director Award went to Huo Jianqi of China.
- South Africa’s Thabo Rametsi took home the best Actor award while Russian actor Yulia Peresild was given best actress award.
- The next BRICS film festival will be hosted by China.
- A total of 20 films from BRICS member countries were screened during the festival in the competitive segment.
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http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=149515
https://sputniknews.com/art_living/20160906/1045023428/india-russian-actress-award.html
http://ddinews.gov.in/Entertainment/Entertainment%20-%20Top%20Story/Pages/bricsfilm.aspx
http://airworldservice.org/english/archives/32572