CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s directorial ‘Gully Boy’ has won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian actress Tillotama Shome won the Best Actor award at the 2021 UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF). She won the award for her role in the film Raahgir: The Wayfarers. The film has been directed by Goutam Ghose. The UK Asian Film Festival (UKAFF) 2021 was the 23rd edition of the annual event.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries. It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris.

Detailed explanation-4: -Academy Awards, popularly known as “Oscar” - the award of the American Academy of cinema - is the most famous and prestigious award in film making industry, both domestic and international. The first award ceremony “Oscar” was held in 1929.