1) OSCAR AWARDS ARE GIVEN FOR THE"EXCELLENCE IN CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENTS'HOSTED BY"UNITED STATES"
2) THE WINNERS ARE AWARDED A COPY OF STATUETTE OFFICIALLY CALLED AS"ACADEMIC AWARD OF MERIT”
AND NICK NAME AS"OSCAR".
3) OSCAR AWARDS ARE PRESENTED BY"ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES"[AMPAS]
4) FIRST AWARDED ON "MAY 16,1929"AT HOLLYWOOD"ROOSEVELT HOTEL".
5) THE AWARD WAS FIRST BROADCAST TO RADIO IN 1930....TELEVISED IN 1953...
6)IT'S EQUIVALENTS,
*EMMY AWARDS FOR TELEVISION
*TONY AWARDS FOR THEATER
*GRAMMY AWARDS FOR MUSIC&RECORDING
7) FIRST OSCAR WINNERS
*BEST ACTOR - BAGGED BY "EMIT JANNINGS"[GERMAN ACTOR]
*FILMS - "THE LAST COMMAND AND THE WAY OF ALL FLESH...
*HOSTED BY AMPAS PRESIDENT-"DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS"
* BEST ACTRESS-"JANET GAYNOR"
*FILMS - SEVENTH HEAVEN,STREET ANGEL AND SUN RISE...
*BEST PICTURE - WINNINGS,MOST AWARDS - 7th HEAVEN AND SUN RISE
*BEST DIRECTOR - SHARED BY 2 PERSONS
*DRAMATIC PICTURE - FRANK BORZAGE
*COMEDIC PICTURE - LEWIS MILESTONE...
8) IN 1966,THE AWARD CEREMONY TOOK PLACE IN COLOR..
9) WHILE INDIA SENDS AN OFFICIAL ENTRY UNDER"BEST FOREIGN FILM CATEGORY"WINNER CINEMAS.
*SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRES
*GANDHI..
10) HINDI FILM"MOTHER INDIA[1957]WAS INDIA”[1957]WAS INDIA’S FIRST SUBMISSION,
WAS SHORT LISTED ALONG WITH 4 CINEMAS,BUT FAILED TO
"NIGHTS OF CABIRIA"BY A SINGLE VOTE..AS OF
11) 2014 ONLY 3 INDIAN FILMS WERE NOMINATED
*MOTHER INDIA
*SALAAM BOMBAY
*LAGAAN
12) MOHANLAL'S "GURU" WAS SELECTED AS INDIA'S OFFICIAL ENTRY TO THE OSCARS,
TO BE NOMINATED IN THE BEST FOREIGN FILM CATEGORY.
*BUT FAILED TO GET NOMINATION AND DISCARDED BY THE JURY.
13)INDIAN'S WHO WON AN OSCAR
1)BHANU ATHAIYA - COSTUME DESIGNER,WHO STYLED MANY BOLLYWOOD ACTORS..
2)SATHYAJIT - SATHAJT RAY HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO FILM MAKERS ACROSS THE
WORLD AND HIS “LEGACY” REMAINS EVEN TODAY....
3)A.R.RAHMAN -GREAT MUSICIAN AND MUSIC COMPOSER...
4)RESUL POOKUTTY[MALAYALEE]
*SOUND DESIGNER
*SOUND MIXER
*SOUND EDITOR
5) GULZA-GULZAR AND A.R.RAHMAN WON AN OSCAR FOR THE SONG
"JAIHO"OF SLUM-DOG MILLIONAIRE...
14)OSCAR WINNER OF 2016
1)BEST PICTURE -SPOT LIGHT
2)BEST ACTOR - LEONARDO DICAPRIO[FILM - THE REVENANT]
3)BEST ACTRESS - BRIE LARSON [FILM - ROOM]
4)BEST DIRECTOR - ALEJANDRO G .INARRITV [FILM -THE REVENANT]
5)BEST SONG - "WRITINGS ON THE WALL"FROM SPECTRE...
MUSIC & LYRICS -"JIMMY NAPES AND SAM SAMITH"
6)BEST FOREIGN FILM - SON OF SAUL[HUNGRY]
7)BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - ARMY "ASIF KANADIA AND JAMES GAY-REES"
8)BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - MARK RYLANCE - BRIDGE OF SPIES
9)BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - INSIDE OUT [PETE DOCTER & JONAS RIVERA].
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