Indian Theatre and Cinema GK Questions and Answers

1. Who among the following made the first fully indigenous silent feature film in India?

Lumiere Brothers
Mani Sethna
Dada Saheb Phalke
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly

Answer: Dada Saheb Phalke

2. Which of the following regional cinema referred to as Kollywood?

Punjabi Cinema
Tamil Cinema
Marathi Cinema
Malayalam Cinema

Answer: Tamil Cinema

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3. Which is the first narrative feature film in India?

Pundalik
Raja Harishchandra
Alam Ara
Sant Tukaram

Answer: Pundalik

4. Which is the first indigenous feature film in India?

Pundalik
Alam Ara
Sant Tukaram
Raja Harishchandra

Answer: Raja Harishchandra

5. Which is the first Sanskrit film?

Shankaracharya
Bhagavad Gita
Gunda
Margazhi Raagam

Answer: Shankaracharya

6. Which is the first serialised animation film in India?

Ek Anek aur ekta
Ghayab Aya
Kittu
Motu Patlu

Answer: Ghayab Aya

7. Which was the first film to win the Filmfare Best Film Award?

Chandani
Jagriti
Boot Polish
Do Bigha Zamin

Answer: Do Bigha Zamin

8. When was the black and white movie "Jama Masjid Street Journal" made by Mira Nair?

1979
1989
1992
1980

Answer: 1979

9. From which year Indian Government sponsored National Film Award

1972
1973
1984
1980

Answer: 1973

10. Which of the following actresses won the Best Actress Award at the 2023 Dadasaheb Phalke International Awards?

Alia Bhatt
Kriti Sanon
Mrunal Thakur
None of the above

Answer: Alia Bhatt

11. Who among the following actresses has been conferred with the International Association of Working Women Award 2022?

Sushmita Sen
Kajal Agarwal
Shabana Azami
Deepika Padukone

Answer: Sushmita Sen

12. For which of the following the term Sandalwood is used?

Kannada Cinema
Telugu Cinema
Tamil Cinema
South Indian Cinema

Answer: Kannada Cinema

13. Which is the first talkie film in India?

Pundalik
Alam Ara
Sant Tukaram
Raja Harishchandra

Answer: Alam Ara

14. Which is the first telefilm of India?

Sadgati
Pather Panchali
Pikoo
Bala

Answer: Sadgati

15. Which was the first Color movie in India?

Alam Ara
Lagaan
Kisan Kanya
Raja Harishchandra

Answer: Kisan Kanya

16. Who got first Oscar award in India?

AR Rahman
Bhanu Athaiya
Anil Kapoor
Sri Devi

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya

17. Which was the first Cinemascope film in Bollywood?

Sholay
Lok Parlok
Kaagaz Ke Phool
Naya Daur

Answer: Kaagaz Ke Phool

18. Which was the first Indian movie nominated for Oscar?

Mother India
Salaam Bombay
Lagaan
Mr. India

Answer: Mother India

19. Satyajit Ray win Oscar in the year

1992
1994
1986
1990

Answer: 1992

20. Which of the following film emerged as first runner-up for the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award in the 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)?

Dear Jassi
A Match (Sthal)
KILL
American Fiction

Answer: KILL

21. Who among the following was the first Indian woman producer and director in Indian cinema?

Fatima Begum
WM Khan
Alam Ara
Ardeshir Irani

Answer: Fatima Begum

22. How many films are produced in India every year?

1600
2000
900
500

Answer: 1600

23. Which is the first golden jubilee film of India?

Pundalik
Alam Ara
Sant Tukaram
Raja Harishchandra

Answer: Sant Tukaram

24. Who among the following produced India’s first dubbed film, Harischandra, in 1944?

A. V. Meiyappan
S. S. Vasan
L V Prasad
Kadaru Nagabhushanam

Answer: A. V. Meiyappan

25. Who was the first Indian actress to receive the Padma Shri award?

Madhuri Dixit
Nargis Dutt
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
Meena Kumari

Answer: Nargis Dutt

26. Who among the following made first Film Theatre of India?

Lumiere Brothers
Mani Sethna
Dada Saheb Phalke
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly

Answer: Mani Sethna

27. Who among the following invented the cinematograph?

Lumiere Brothers
Mani Sethna
Dada Saheb Phalke
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly

Answer: Lumiere Brothers

28. Which of the following the first foreign film was demonstrated in India?

Magic Lamp
Arrival of the train
Life of Christ
Sea Birth

Answer: Life of Christ

29. Which was the first India's talkie film?

Alam Ara
Pundlik
Raja Harishchandra
Nal Damayanti

Answer: Alam Ara

30. Dhundiraj Govind was the first name of which of the following legends of Indian Cinema

Dada Saheb Phalke
Dev Anand
Guru Datt
Prithviraj Kapoor

Answer: Dada Saheb Phalke

31. Which Hindi movie got first National Award?

Jagriti
Mirza Ghalib
Tezab
Shree 420

Answer: Mirza Ghalib

32. Who among the following is known as 'Father of Indian Cinema'?

Dhundhi Raj Govind Phalke
Dada Sheb Phalke
Both 1 and 2
Mani Sethna

Answer: Both 1 and 2

33. Pandavani is a traditional dance/ drama/ theatre of which of the following states?

Chhattisgarh
Bihar
Jharkhand
Maharashtra

Answer: Chhattisgarh

34. Which Indian film has been named among 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium by Time magazine?

Mother India
Pakeeja
Devdas
Awara

Answer: Devdas

35. Who has been nominated for the Scoop' Drama at Busan Film Festival?

Harman Baweja
Karishma Tanna
Hansal Mehta
Inayat Sood

Answer: Karishma Tanna

36. Which movie from India won the best film award in the Asian Film Competition section at the 20th Dhaka International Film Festival in January 2022?