In 2019 which Indian short film won the Oscar ?

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) 'Piper' is a Pixar animated short that won Best Animated Short at the 2017 Oscars — not a 2019 Indian film.  (c) Not the 2019 Oscar-winning short; used here only as a distractor.  (d) 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.

Concept: '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').

State PCS 2019 Q90 — Current Affairs & Sports PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2019 Q90 — Current Affairs & Sports PYQ with Answer