Question. Who among the following is the director of the film ‘Village Rockstars’ India’s official entry to Oscar for 2019?
(a)Nandita Das
(b)Rima das
(c)Satyajit Ray
(d)Mira Nair
Answer. B
Related facts-
- Film ‘Village Rockstars’ is an Assamese language film released in 2017. It was edited, written, co-produced and directed by Rima das.
- This film was premiered in Toronto film festival in 2017. It has won the best feature film award at 64th National Film Award.
- The coming-of-age film had bagged the Best Feature Film trophy at the 65th National Film Awards, besides also winning Best Child Artist, Best Location Sound Recordist and Best Editing. It has won ‘Swarna Kamal’ award.
- Film Federation of India (FFI) has been chosen this film for India’s official entry to 91 Academy Awards (Oscars). Hindi film Newton by director Amit Masurkar and starring Rajkummar Rao was India’s official submission to the Oscars last year.
Reference:
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