6. 2.
It was, once upon a time, recommended that the winner of Best Film Award at
the National Awards should be India’s official entry to Oscars. However we
see this with only three films till now.
It happened in 2011 with Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam), in 2004 with
Shwaas (Marathi) and in 1959.
Which was this highly acclaimed movie?
7.
8. 3.
We keep on talking about films like Ben-Hur, LOTR and Titanic winning the
maximum number of Oscars in an year.
But which is the Bollywood movie to have won the maximum number of
Filmfare awards and what is that magical number?
9.
10. 4.
Some details about a production house:
Founded in 1934, produced 102 movies
First public limited film company in India
Have launched the careers of several prominent Indian film industry
luminaries including Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor,
Mehmood Ali, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar
Kismet created a local record for the longest continual showing of the same
film. The movie continued to run for more than three and half years at the
Roxy movie theater in Calcutta
Name it.
16. 7.
Catherine Martin (production designer and L’s wife) and I went to India to
work on "Midsummer Night's Dream." We went out one night and there was a
big poster up for a Bollywood movie. I said, "Let's go see that." We did - 2,000
audience members, high comedy, high tragedy, brother kills brother, [they]
break out in some musical numbers, all jumbled up together in 4 hours of
Hindi. We thought that was amazing. So our question was, "Could we create a
cinematic form like that? Could a musical work?" A musical must be able to
work in western culture again, and could it be comic-tragic? So then began this
commitment of moving toward “X."
What did this inspired L to make?
17.
18. 8.
How do we better know Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu Singh Nagpal in
Bollywood?
* She married a muslim and started her career as a child artist at age three in
film Nazarana as child Shyama.
* Has won National Award thrice (in 2002, 2006 and 2007) and 8 filmfare
awards
32. 15.
The movie was based on the death of the late Divya Bharti and the mystery
surrounding it, as even today the circumstances of her death are unknown. The
movie was surprisingly made under the banner of Warner Brothers
However when it released in 2011, desperately failed at the box office due to
multiple releases at the same time.
The film had Jackie Shroff, Naseeruddin Shah and Divya Dutta among its cast.
What’s the sheer significance of this movie?
33.
34. 16.
1915 – 2003: X’s epic work B is is a novel based on the riots of the 1947–48
Partition of India which he witnessed at Rawalpindi. It portrays the terror-
stricken Hindu exodus from Muslim majority areas, though the overall theme
remained the human-story behind the carnage. This work won 1975 Sahitya
Akademi Award. The work was later made into a television series in 1987 by
Y.
X also wrote the biography of his brother Z (titled _____, My Brother) who
was elected the first president of All India Youth Federation, the youth wing of
CPI. Z has also won the “Soviet Land Nehru Award”.
35. X - Bhisham Sahni
B - Tamas
Y - Govind Nihlani
Z - Balraj Sahni
36. 17.
Who has a penchant for making films with such titles?
40. 19.
Y Comes from Andhra Pradesh and has been staying in Mumbra suburb in
Mumbai since past several years with her two sisters. One day filmmaker
Anand Surapur came across her and offered her to sing for an album. In fact it
was at Anand Surapur's office that music director X came across Y. So
impressed was X by the texture of her voice that she offered her to sing for the
sequel film released in 2012.
Rest is history as they say!
What song?
43. 20.
X is possibly derived from a dockside village Y near Mumbai. By 1891
Kipling was using the word to refer to a kind of garment (in the plural) as well
as a fabric. X is often compared to denim, but the two fabrics are colored in
different ways, the former traditionally being woven from pre-colored yarn,
while denim was made from uncolored yarn and only colored after weaving.
In which movie did Y gain prominence in 2012?
44. “_______ ki Basti me rehnewala Aaj yaha aaya he Mumbai bechne Badle me
kuch to chahata hoga?”
46. 21.
Name all the other
collaborations between
the boy and the girl
47.
48. 22.
Chor Machaaye Shor ----------- 1995
Baton Baton Mein ----------- 2001, 2007
Julie ---------------- 1999
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak --------- 1996
_______________ --------- 2011
Give Funda and what is the blanked film?
49.
50. 23.
Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna,
Rakesh Roshan, Vijay Arora, Waheeda Rehman, Sharmila Tagore, Mala Sinha,
Bindu, Simi Garewal and Simple Kapadia
“The event is a jubilee function for Dharam Veer. Normally the whole industry
shows up for such an event but here the list is rather selective. It’s actually a bit
of a Desai ‘family’ gathering!”
What are we talking about?
54. 25.
Nikhil ____ is the Managing Director of Escorts
Limited which was founded in 1948 by his paternal
grandfather, H.P. ______. He was among the five
Indians selected as the Global Leaders of Tomorrow by
World Economic Forum, Geneva (2001)
He is a bizman with Bollywood connections through his
wife and his mother and he himself is a connection
between two famous families.
Identify his connections from both the sides.
55. He is the cousin of Ranbir Kapoor (maternal granson of Raj Kapoor) and the
husband of Shweta Bachchan Nanda
56. 26.
In 2006, Jerry Pinto came out with a book X: The Life and Times of an H-
Bomb. It addressed the question: Why did a refugee of French-Burmese
parentage succeed as wildly as she did in Bollywood? and subsequently looked
into various facts about her life. The book won Best Book on Cinema Award at
the 54th National Film Awards.
Who was the subject of the book?
57.
58. 27.
A romantic musical of 1976, it was based on a Bengali story, Chittachakor by
Subodh Ghosh. An uncredited remake titled Mindappoochaykku Kalyanam
released in 1990 in Malayalam starring Suresh Gopi, Lizi Priyadarshan and
Mukesh. It has also been remade in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu which stars
Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Kanta Rao.
In 2003, this movie was remade in Bollywood but could not replicate its success.
Which movie? (out of all the films by the director, this is the only flop movie)
59.
60. • Jhootha Kahin Kaa
• Hare Rama Hare
Krishna
• Awara
• Dil Hi To Hai
• Mere Humsafar
• Aashiq Hoon
Baharon Ka
• Tere Mere Sapne
• Tere Ghar Ke Samne
• Shaadi Ke Baad
• Mili
• Khel Khel Mein
• Shor
• Johny Mera Naam
• Shin Shinaaki
Babulaa Boo
• Bandalabaaz
• Ladki
• Milan
• Geet Gaata Chal
• Pyaar Ka Mausam
• Besharam
• Ishq Ishq Ishq
• Naughty Boy
• Bluff Master
• Ye Rastey Hain Pyar
Ke
• Dil Tera Deewana
• Mere Jeevan Saathi
• Khubsoorat
• Humare Tumhare
• Munna
• Guddi
• Aamne Saamne
• Chalte Chalte
• Mastana
• Deewana Mastana
• Chhalia
• Anjaana
• Pagla Kahin Ka
• Aashiq
• Begana
• Loafer
• Anari
• Badhti Kaa Naam
Daadhi
• Chalti Kaa Naam
Gaadi
• Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota
Hai
• Sanam
• Jawaani Deewani
• Ziddi
• Padosan
• Chori Mera Kaam
• Jab Yaad Kisi Ki Aati
Hain
• Jaaneman
• Bandhan
• Kangan
• Chandan
• Jhoola
• Dil Diya Dard Liya
• Jhanak Jhanak Paayal
Baaje
• Chham Chhama
Chham
• Geet Gaya Patharon
Ne
• Sargam
• Pyaar Kiye Jaa
• Satyam Shivam
Sundaram
• Tinku
• Ram Aur Shyaam
61.
62. 29.
Maine Pyar Kiya - 1:17:00 to 1:27:00
Mujhse Dosti Karoge – 1:14:00 to 1:25:00
Kahin Pyar Na Ho Jaye – 1:10:00 to 1:15:00
63.
64. 30.
First was an Indian model turned Odissi exponent who died in 1998 in Kailash
Mansarovar; she established "Nrityagram", a dance village near Bangalore
Second was a British-born fashion designer Susan Humphreys
Third a TV and radio presenter Nikki Moolgaoker who curates, writes and
presents The Arts Hour for the BBC World Service
Last as of now we hear it is British born Parveen Dusanj, who has been a
consultant for social change with the UK government
65.
66. 31.
This song has become one of the Bollywood’s greatest contributions to the
oeuvre of Indian patriotic music. The prominence that this song has gained in
the desh-bhakti genre of Indian music is somewhat ironic given its context in
the film: it is picturized on Rehman, an alienated Pathan in India who yearns
for his homeland of Afghanistan.
Which famous song?