INDIA’S TRYST WITH OSCARS
QThis Indian-American computer engineer from IIT Kharagpur is part of the Academy Awards’ list of winners for Technical achievement 2017. He is honoured for developing expression-based facial performance-capture technology. It has been used to create animation magic in many movies including Alice in Wonderland, Monster House, Hancock and Spiderman. Who are we talking about?
QShe created cinematic history by appearing in 1979 as the first bald film actress in Star Trek. She presented the Oscar for documentary (feature) for Best Boy to Ira Wohl, and another Oscar for documentary (short subject) for Paul Robeson:
Tribute to an Artist to Saul J. Identify the actress who was also called “the prettiest Indian girl to be seen in the US”.
QMany Indian films in the past were nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category. This Indian film competed with the films like Amélie (France), Elling (Norway), Son of the Bride (Argentina) and lost to Bosnia & Herzegovina movie called the No Man’s Land. Identify the Indian movie.
QThis Indian shared the Oscar with a British counterpart called John Mollo, becoming the first Indian to win an Oscar in a competitive category. A few years earlier this person accused the Central government of neglecting Oscar contribution and criticised the government for not creating ample spaces or museums to take care of things. In December 2012, the Oscar trophy was returned to the Academy following a health scare. Who are we talking about?
QResidents of Dabai village in Uttar Pradesh’s Ahura district have a lot to smile and cherish about the Oscar awards. A short documentary based on the life of a girl from the village born with a lip deformity, won an Oscar for best Short Documentary category in 2009. Megan Mylan’s film depicts the saga of a six-year-old girl, who became a social outcast because of her cleft lip. Which movie are we talking about?
FOR THE READERS
QHe was the Indian-born film producer and had a partnership with the American director James Ivory that lasted for over 40 years and 40 films. The late ’80s and the early ’90s marked the height of his success. There were Oscar nominations for his works like A Room with a View, Howards End, Remains of the Day, The Creation of Woman. In 2002, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan. Who are we talking about?