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Q115 (CDS-I/2025) Miscellaneous & General Knowledge › Persons in News, Books & Authors › Persons in News, Books & Authors

Consider the following statements about a prominent film personality of India : He was born in Hyderabad. He emerged in the 1970s with a series of films that challenged mainstream Bollywood. He became widely known for Bharat Ek Khoj, a landmark 53-episode television series. He directed a 2023 biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Identify the personality from the following :

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SIMILAR QUESTIONS

NDA-I · 2010 · Q17 Relevance score: 2.49

Consider the following paragraph about one of the prominent personalities of India and identify him/her using the code given below : One of the founder members of the Progressive Artists Group, he / she painted several important series of paintings like the Mahabharata and Ramayana, Christ and the Lamb, Peace Doves, Women with Roosters and Mother Teresa. He! She made a symbolic film, Through the Eyes of a Painter, which won him/her the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Code :

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NDA-II · 2016 · Q38 Relevance score: 0.69

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CDS-II · 2009 · Q44 Relevance score: 0.02

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CDS-I · 2010 · Q63 Relevance score: -0.17

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