CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -In the main ceremony, Moonlight won three awards including Best Picture-after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner-as well as Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali.

Detailed explanation-2: -Few sequels are nominated for best picture, and only two have won: “The Godfather Part II” (1974) and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” (2003). When “Parasite” won best picture in 2020, it became the first non-English language film to take home the Academy’s highest honor.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the past 90 years, only three films, It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991) have won all five Oscars from the forty-three films that secured nominations in all five prestige Academy Award categories.

Detailed explanation-4: -As of 2022, apart from Mother India, only two Indian films have been nominated for the Oscars-Salaam Bombay! (1988) and Lagaan (2001). In 1992, filmmaker Satyajit Ray was bestowed with an Honorary Academy Award, becoming the only Indian to date to receive the honour. Resul Pookutty and A. R.