F Bharatanatyam - Tamil Nadu
F Kayanga Himachal - Pradesh
F Mohiniyattam - Kerala
F Thamasa - Maharashtra
F Khayal - Rajastan
F Kuchippudi - Andhra Pradesh
F Yakshaganam - Karnataka
F Bihu - Assam
F Bhangra - Punjab
F Rasaleela - Gujarat
Autobiography & Authors:
@ Jakhan Choto Chilam - Satyajit Rai
@ The Tunnel of Time - R.K.Laxman
@ My Days - R.K.Narayan
@ The Scope of Happiness - Vijayalaksmi Pandit
@ Rasidi Ticket - Amrita Preetham
@ An unfinished Autobiography - Indira Goswami
@ The joy of Numbers - Sakuntala Devi
@ My Music My Life - Pandit Ravisankar
@ Unfinished Dreams - Varghese Kurian
@ My Times - J.B.Kripalani
Famous Films & Directors:
Film Director
Ø Gandhi Richard - Attenborough
Ø Making of Mahatma - Syam Benagal
Ø Pundalik - R.F.Torneey and N.G.Chitra
Ø Raja Harichandra - Dada Saheb Phalke
Ø Alam Ara - Ardesir Irani
Ø Pather Panjali - Satyajit Ray
Ø Adi Sankara - G.V.Iyyer
Ø Vanity Fair - Mira Nair
Ø The Monsoon wedding - Mira Nair
Ø Earth, Water, Fire - Deepa Mehta
Ø Sholay - Ramesh Sippi
Booker Prize and India:
Name Year Book
@ V.S.Naipaul 1971 In A free Sate
@ Salman Rushdhie 1981 Midnight's children
@ Arundhati Roy 1997 The God of Small Things
@ Kiran Desai 2006 The Inheritance of Loss
@ Aravind Adiga 2008 The White Tiger
First in Indian cinema:
F First feature film- Pundalic (1912) (Silent film)
F First indigenously produced cinema- Raja Harichandra
F First talkie film- Alam Ara.(1931)
F First Sanskrit film- Adi Sankara (1983)
F First cinema scope film- Kagas ka Phool
F First 3D film- My Dear Kuttichathan
F First colour film- Bilwa Mangal
Indian Painters and Paintings:
@ Abaneendra Nath Tagore - Ganesh Janani, Budha and Sujata, Passing of Shah jahan
@ Amrita shergil - South Indian Villagers Going to Market, Bride's Toilet
@ Nandalal Bose - Yama with Nachiketa, Sati
@ Jamini Roy - Santal Boy with Drum, Three Sisters, Virgin and Child
@ S.H.Raza - The Bindu
National Anthem & National Song:
Ø The Jana-gana-mana composed by Rabindranath Tagore is the National Anthem of India.
Ø It was adopted as the National Anthem of India by the Constituent assembly on 24th January 1950.
Ø The song Vandemataram composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee is the National Song of India. It was also adopts as the National Song of India by the Constituent assembly on 24th January 1950.
Ø It was first sung in a political occasion by Rabindranath Tagore at the Culcutta session of INC in 1896.
Ø Originally the song Vande mataram is a poem from Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's renowned novel 'Anandamath’.
Ø 'Durgeshanandhini', 'Mrinalini, 'Kapalkundala, Kamalakanta' are the other famous works of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
Indian English Authors and books:
@ Rajarao - The Cat and Shakespeare
@ Arundhati Roy - The End of Imagination, The God of small Things, Algebra of Infinite Justice
@ Mulkraj Anand - The Private Life of an Indian Prince
@ Khushwant Singh - Truth, Love and a little Malice, The Company of Women, A Train to Pakistan
@ V.S. Naipaul - In a Free State, Beyond Belief
@ Nirad C Choudhari - To Live or Not to Live
@ Shashi Tharoor - Gods Own Country, India from Midnight to Millennium
@ Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
@ Aravinda Adiga - Last Man in Tower, The White Tiger
@ Vikram Seth - A Suitable Boy, Two lives, The Golden Gate
@ Anita Desai - Fire on the Mountain, Fasting and Feasting, Clear Light of the Day
@ Kuldip Nayyar - Beyond the Lines, Distant Neighbours, India After Nehru
@ Salman Rushdie - Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses, The Moor's Last Sigh
