Which of the following statements about movie "Santosh" are correct? i. The Movie was premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival…

Question

Which of the following statements about movie "Santosh" are correct?

i. The Movie was premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival 2024.

ii. The Movie is Britain's Oscar entry in the international feature category.

iii. The Movie is India's Oscar entry in the international feature category.

iv. The Movie is directed by an Indian Director Sandhya Suri.

Choose the correct answer given below:

1. A. i and ii Only (Correct answer)
2. B. i, ii and iii Only
3. C. i, ii, iii and iv
4. D. i and iv Only

Correct Answer

Option A — i and ii Only

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is i and ii Only.

Key Points

• Statement i is correct. *Santosh* premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in 2024, in the Un Certain Regard section.
• Statement ii is correct. The film was selected as the United Kingdom's official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards.
• Statement iii is incorrect. It was not India's entry. India's official submission that year was the Kiran Rao film *Laapataa Ladies*.
• Statement iv is incorrect as framed. Sandhya Suri is a British filmmaker of Indian descent, and the film was a British production — which is precisely why it represented the UK rather than India.

Additional Information

• *Santosh* is a Hindi-language film shot in India with Indian actors, telling the story of a young widow who inherits her late husband's job as a police constable. Its lead, Shahana Goswami, won Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards.
• The unusual point of interest is that a Hindi-language film shot in India competed as a British entry, because Oscar country submissions depend on the production's nationality, not the language of the film.
• India has won three Academy Awards in recent years: *RRR*'s song "Naatu Naatu" (Best Original Song, 2023), The Elephant Whisperers (Best Documentary Short, 2023) and earlier Slumdog Millionaire's Indian winners A.R. Rahman and Resul Pookutty (2009).
• India's only Oscar for Best International Feature remains unwon — *Mother India* (1957), *Salaam Bombay!* (1988) and *Lagaan* (2001) reached the final nominations but did not win.