In 2019 which Indian short film won the Oscar ?
- (a)Period-End of Sentence
- (b)Piper
- (c)Kamera
- (d)India's Daughters
Correct — A, 'Period. End of Sentence.' (the paper writes it 'Period-End of Sentence'). This 26-minute documentary won the Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 91st Academy Awards in February 2019. Directed by Rayka Zehtabchi and co-produced by Guneet Monga's Sikhya Entertainment (with Melissa Berton), it is set in a village near Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, and follows women fighting the stigma of menstruation while making low-cost sanitary pads.
- (b)Piper — 'Piper' is a Pixar animated short that won Best Animated Short at the 2017 Oscars — not a 2019 Indian film.
- (c)Kamera — Not the 2019 Oscar-winning short; used here only as a distractor.
- (d)India's Daughters — The paper prints 'India's Daughters'; the well-known film is 'India's Daughter' (2015), a documentary by Leslee Udwin on the 2012 Delhi case — it did not win an Oscar and is not a 2019 short.
'Period. End of Sentence.' is a documentary short on menstrual hygiene in rural India. Its win made producer Guneet Monga one of the Indians with an Academy Award, and it spotlighted menstrual-stigma and women's-empowerment themes linked to the low-cost sanitary-pad movement popularised by Arunachalam Muruganantham (the 'Pad Man').
This is awards current affairs — the 91st Academy Awards (2019). The key distinction is category: it won as a short documentary, not a feature film, and it is separate from the 2015 documentary 'India's Daughter'.
- Award: Oscar for Best Documentary (Short Subject), 91st Academy Awards, February 2019
- Director: Rayka Zehtabchi; co-producer: Guneet Monga (Sikhya Entertainment); producer Melissa Berton
- Setting: a village near Hapur, Uttar Pradesh; theme — menstrual hygiene and breaking taboo
- Inspired by the low-cost sanitary-pad machine associated with Arunachalam Muruganantham ('Pad Man')
- Confusing 'India's Daughter' (2015 documentary) with the 2019 Oscar winner
- Assuming it was a feature film, or mixing 2019 with India's 2023 Oscar wins
Awards current affairs — 'which film/person won award X in year Y', often with a category twist.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Period. End of Sentence.' won the 2019 Oscar in which category?
- (a)Best Feature Film
- (b)Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- (c)Best Animated Feature
- (d)Best Original Song
Answer(b) Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 91st Academy Awards.
- practice — not a real PYQ
At the 2023 (95th) Academy Awards, the Indian song that won Best Original Song was
- (a)Jai Ho
- (b)Naatu Naatu
- (c)Chaiyya Chaiyya
- (d)Kal Ho Naa Ho
Answer(b) 'Naatu Naatu' from the film RRR.