300 Firsts

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Cinema

First Indian to win Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Devika Rani (1970)

First talkie movie in the world
“The Jazz Singer” (1927)

First Oscar winner for the Best actor
Emil Jannings(192

First black actor to win an Oscar in a major category
Sidney Poitier. It was for his role in the film, “Lilies of the Field” (1964)

First Indian Oscar winner
Bhanu Athaiya, for best costume design for the film ‘Gandhi’ (1982)

First Indian Oscar nomination for best Foreign language film
Mother India (1957)

First Oscar winner for best actress
Janet Gaynor, for her total work (192

First black actress to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel. She won the best supporting actress award for her rile as Mammy in “Gone with the Wind” (1939)

First Lady of the Indian Screen
Devika Rani Roerich

First American woman film director
Alice Guy Blache (1896)