Which Indian film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1957?
- A.Pather Panchali
- B.Aparajito
- C.Do Bigha Zamin
- D.Neecha Nagar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Aparajito, the second film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy, which won the Golden Lion, the highest award of the Venice Film Festival, in 1957. The trilogy follows the boy Apu from his village childhood to his life in the city, and Aparajito is the middle part of it.
Option A, Pather Panchali, is the first film of the trilogy, made in 1955, and it was honoured at Cannes in 1956 rather than at Venice. Option C, Do Bigha Zamin, the 1953 film of Bimal Roy about a farmer who loses his land, was honoured at Cannes. Option D, Neecha Nagar, the 1946 film of Chetan Anand, shared the highest prize at the first Cannes festival, which makes it the earliest Indian success at a European festival but not a Venice winner.
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