Actress Quiz

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• The National Film Awards are presented by the President of India each year for the films of the preceding year. First given out in 1954, they were called the ‘State Awards’ and were limited to recognising the best films from a dozen regional languages. It was in 1968 that separate awards for artists and technicians were given.
• Nargis won the inaugural Award for Best Actress, for her performance as a schizophrenia patient in ‘Raat Aur Din’, while Uttam Kumar won the Best Actor award for both ‘Antony Firingee’ and ‘Chiriyakhana’. The Awards were officially designated Urvashi Award and Bharat Award respectively.
• Shabana Azmi holds the record for having won the Best Actress Award five times, including three back-to-back wins for ‘Arth’, ‘Khandhar’ and ‘Paar’, from 1982-84.
• Riddhi Sen won Best Actor for his portrayal of a trans woman in ‘Nagarkirtan’ (2017), he is also the youngest recipient of the Award till date.
• This year, tamil film ‘Soorarai Pottru’ has won in five categories: Best Feature Film, Best Actor for Suriya, Best Actress for Aparna Balamurali, Best Music Direction (Score) for G V Prakash Kumar, and Best Original Screenplay for Sudha Kongara, who also directed the film.
• Suriya shares his Award with Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan, who has won for his role in ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’. The film has also won the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
• This time, no award was given for Best Critic. The Best Book on Cinema went to Kishwar Desai’s ‘The Longest Kiss’, which is about Devika Rani, often called “The First Lady of Indian Cinema”.

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The Emmy Awards 2022 Awarding Ceremony was held recently in Los Angeles. Lead Actor in a Drama Series title was won by Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game while the Lead actress in the same category was won by Zendaya for Euphoria.
Hwang Dong-hyuk won the directing Emmy for the dystopian Korean thriller, Squid Game. Jason Sudeikis won Best Actor in Comedy Series for Apple’s show Ted Lasso.

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The senior Maithili and Hindi actress who will be honored with ‘Natraj Samman’ is Premlata Mishra.

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Godrej Consumer Products-owned Godrej Expert Rich Crème has launched a television ad campaign for its new mini pack featuring actress Anushka Sharma who is also its brand ambassador.

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Ajoy Kar was a noted Bengali film director, who directed more than 25
films. His famous films are Shyamoli,
Haranosur, Saptapadi, Parineeta, Sat
Pake Badha, Datta, Khelaghar, etc. His film Sat Pake Badha is regarded as
one of the all-time great films of Bengali cinema and Suchitra Sen won the Best Actress Award for this film at the
prestigious Moscow Film Festival. More than 30 years, Kar worked as a film director in Bengal.

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Suchitra Sen was born on 6th April, 1931 at Pabna, now in Bangladesh. Her famous films included Sharey Chuattor, Devdas, Harano Sur, Saptapadi, Hospital, Indrani, Uttar Phalguni, Datta, Deep Jwele Jai, Sat Pake Badha, etc. Her role in the Hindi film Bombai ka Baboo, Mamta
and Aandhi was well acclaimed. She was the first Indian actress awarded in an
International Film Festival.

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The Indian Army has recently named one of its military firing ranges after the famous Indian actress Vidya Balan, to recognise her contribution to cinema. The Vidya Balan Firing Range is located in Gulmarg, Kashmir.
Earlier, the actress was invited to join the board of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Earlier this year, the actress had attended the Gulmarg Winter Festival organised by the Indian Army.

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Famous Odian actress, producer, director Bijaya Jena once served on the Governing Council of FTII (From 1992 to 1995).

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Academy award winning American actress Renee Zellweger won the ‘Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama’ award in the Golden Globe awards 2020. With this year’s award, Zellweger has been presented with the coveted Golden Globe awards for the fourth time. In the biopic film ‘Judy’, she had played the critically acclaimed role of Judy Garland. She had earlier won the Academy award for best supporting actress for her role in the movie titled ‘Cold Mountain’.

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Actress Deepika Padukone has been honoured by the 26th Annual Crystal Award for raising mental health awareness. She is the only Indian actress to feature in Davos 2020 winners list. With more than 300 million people suffering with the illness, depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability in the world and a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease.