Which 1957 film was the first Indian movie to be nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes and is the only Hindi film whose original screenplay was handwritten by Ritwik Ghatak?
Correct: C
Although ‘Mother India’ was India’s first official submission for the Foreign Language Oscar, it was Mehboob Khan’s earlier 1957 release that competed for the Palme d’Or. Ritwik Ghatak, then on the payroll of Mehboob Productions, personally wrote the full screenplay in longhand before it was typeset, making this film a unique collectible for cine-historians.