OSCARS

*The highest honour in film industry in the world
Ans : OSCAR awards
*OSCAR awards are given by the
Ans : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (AMPAS)
*The Model of OSCAR award statuette was designed by
Ans : Cedric Gibbons
*The Muse Statue at the Hollywood Bowl was sculpted by
Ans : George Stanley 
*OSCAR award is made of
Ans : Britannium (gold plated)
*1st Academy Award ceremony was held on 
Ans : May 16,1929
*The first person to win an OSCAR and a Nobel Prize
Ans : George Bernard Shaw
*George Bernard Shaw won the OSCAR for the best Screen Play for the movie
Ans : Pygmalion(1938) 
*OSCAR presentation ceremony is held at
Ans : Dolby Theatre (old name - Kodak theatre, Los Angles)
*First OSCAR for Best Picture was bagged by
Ans : The Wings
*First OSCAR for Best Actor was won by
Ans : Emil Jannings (first person to receive OSCAR statuette)
*First OSCAR for Best Actress was won by Janet Gaynor
First OSCAR recipient for Best Director 
Ans : Frank Borzage
*The person to win most number of OSCARS for acting category is
Ans : Katherine Hepburn (4 times-Best Actress)
*The only actor to receive 3 OSCARS for Best Actor in a leading Role
Ans : Daniel - Day - Lewis
*Youngest award winner in the acting category
Ans : Tatum - O - Neal 
*Movie to win most number of OSCARS (11)
Ans : Ben - Hur (1959), TITANIC (1997) and Lord of The rings: Return of the King (2003)
*The only Film to win every single category it was nominated for
Ans : Lord of The rings: Return of the King
*OSCAR awards were telecast on television from
Ans : 1953 (25th Academy awards)
*First colour movie to win the OSCAR for Best Picture
Ans : Gone with the Wind (1939)
*The woman who won most number of OSCARS (8) for Best Costume Design
Ans : Edith Head
*The director who won most number of Oscar for Best Director (4)
Ans : John Ford

INDIA IN OSCARS

*Three Indian Aims which have been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film
Ans : Mother India, Saiam Bombay and Lagaan
*First Indian to win an OSCAR
Ans : Bhanu Athaiya (Costume Design for the film Gandhi; 1983)
*The only Indian to receive an honourary Academy Award
Ans : Satyajit Ray (1992)
*First Malayalam film selected to represent India in OSCARS
Ans : Guru (Directed by Rajeev Anchal)
*The Malayalam film selected to represent India at the OSCARS in 2012
Ans : Abu, Son of Adam
*The first Malayalee and 3rd Indian to win an OSCAR
Ans : Rasool Pookutty (for sound mixing for the film Slumdog Milionaire;2009)
*Only Indian to win two OSCARS (best original score & Best Original Song)
Ans : A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
*Slumgdog Millionaire was directed by
Ans : Dannie Boyle
*Slumgdog Millionaire was based on the novel
Ans : 'Q&A' by Vikas Swarup
* Slumgdog Millionaire won a total of 8 OSCARS including the best picture
*The language to win most number of OSCARS for Best Foreign Language (14 times)
Ans : Italian
*The oldest person to win an OSCAR is 
Ans : Jessica Tandy
*The only woman to win 3 competitive OSCARS in one Year
Ans : Fran Walsh
*The person who hosted most number of Academy Awards presentation ceremony
Ans : Bob Hope (19 times)
*Which movie won an Academy Award 20 years after its release
Ans : Lime Light (A Charlie Chaplin movie)
*First woman to win an OSCAR for Best Director (The Hurt Locker)
Ans : Kathryn Bigelow
*The film Gandhi was directed by
Ans : Richard Attenborough 
*The film which dramatizes the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 
Ans : Gandhi
*It has won a total of 8 OSCARS including the best film and Best Director 
*The film 'Gandhi' is based on the novel 
Ans : The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
*The role of Gandhi was played by
Ans : Ben Kingsley (Krishna Bhanji) 
*First Indian actress to win a BAFTA - award (Best - actress in supporting role)
Ans : Rohini Hattangadi (for her performance as Kasturba Gandhi)

OTHER IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE FILM GANDHI :

*Jawaharlal Nehru 
Ans : Roshan Seth 
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
Ans : Saeed Jaffrey 
*Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Ans : Alyque Padamsee 
*Nathuram Godse
Ans : Harsh Nayyar
*Syam Benagal's film titled 'The making of the Mahatma' (about the early life of Gandhiji in South Africa) is based upon the book
Ans : The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma by Fatima Meer
*An award ceremony in recognition of a worst film
Ans : Razzies Award (Golden Raspberry Awards)