India creates History by winning two Oscars

March 13, 2023
Current Context: India has created history by winning two Oscars in the 95th Academy Awards ceremony. The song 'Naatu Naatu' from the film 'RRR' won the Best Original Song award and the documentary short 'The Elephant Whisperers' won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
India creates History by winning two Oscars
  • S. S. Rajamouli, who directed RRR, has created history by winning the first Academy Award for India in the category of Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu.
  • The movie RRR features N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn, Alia Bhatt, and Shriya Saran.
  • The documentary short 'The Elephant Whisperers' won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
  • Bhanu Athaiya became the first Indian to win an Academy Award for designing the costumes for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982).
  • Several Indian individuals and films have received or been nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) in different categories.

Question:

Q.1 Which Indian film won an Oscar for Best Original Song in the 95th Academy Awards ceremony? 
a. RRR 
b. Gandhi 
c. The Elephant Whisperers 
d. None of the above

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