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72nd National Film Awards, 2024 [Prelims Bits]

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Source: The Hindu

Context: President Droupadi Murmu presented the 72nd National Film Awards at Ekta Nagar (Kevadia), Gujarat.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Anant Nag — highest honour in Indian cinema; second Kannada actor to receive it after Dr. Rajkumar (1995).
Best Feature Film: Article 370.
Best Actor:Mammootty (Bramayugam) and Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion); Best Actress: Yami Gautam (Article 370).
Mammootty: Fourth Best Actor award, equalling Amitabh Bachchan’s record.
Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy — Amaran.
Special Mention: Dhanush — Captain Miller.
Best Debut Film of a Director: Randeep Hooda — Swatantrya Veer Savarkar.
Best Non-Feature Film: Bhangaar — directed/produced by Sumira Roy.
Best Costume Design: Pushpa: The Rule.
Best Screenplay: Sukumar — Pushpa: The Rule.
Best Editing: R. Kalaivannan — Amaran.
Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev — songs in Article 370.
Best Background Music: G. V. Prakash Kumar — Amaran.
Prelims fact: National Film Awards are administered by the Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and are among India’s major national cinema honours.
Additional: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 in memory of Dadasaheb Phalke, regarded as the father of Indian cinema.

Q1. With reference to the 72nd National Film Awards, consider the following statements:

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 in memory of Dadasaheb Phalke.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award constitutes the highest honour conferred in the National Film Awards framework.
Anant Nag became the second Kannada actor to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, after Dr. Rajkumar.
The National Film Awards are administered by the Ministry of Culture.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: (b)

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 to commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke.
Statement 2 is correct: It is regarded as the highest honour in Indian cinema under the National Film Awards.
Statement 3 is correct: Anant Nag became the second Kannada actor to receive the award after Dr. Rajkumar, who received it in 1995.
Statement 4 is incorrect: The National Film Awards are administered by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, not the Ministry of Culture.