Question: In which of the following cities Museum of Indian cinema has been inaugurated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Delhi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Chennai
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the national museum of Indian cinema (NMIC) in Mumbai on 19th January 2019.
- The state of art Museum, built at a cost of Rs. 140.61 crore, aims to take its visitors through an absorbing journey of over a century of Indian Cinema in a story telling mode with the help of visuals, graphics, artifacts, interactive exhibits and multimedia expositions.
- The creation of the museum has been guided by the Museum Advisory committee headed by Shyam Benegal.
- Prasoon Joshi headed an innovation committee in order to provide an upgrade to NMIC.
- The museum is housed in two buildings – the New Museum Building and the 19th century historic Palace Gulshan Mahal – in the films division campus in Mumbai.
- Gulshan Mahal is an ASI grade-2 heritage structure which has been restored as a part of the NMIC Project.
- It is divided into 9 sections namely The origin of Cinema, Cinema comes to India, India Silent Film, Advent of Sound , the studio Era, the impact of second world war, creative resonance, new wave and beyond and regional cinema.
Links:
http://ssmb.in/national-museum-of-indian/
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187559
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/now-open-national-museum-of-indian-cinema-in-mumbai/as67641078.cms