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4. RULES
Total 30 Questions
Total score out of 35, the two pointers questions will be explained.
No Negatives.
Hints on the discretion of the quizmaster.
7. 2.
The ace composer has won four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare
Awards and numerous other awards and nominations. The hard work
he has done has earned him the nickname Isai Puyal (Music Storm).
The composer has a street named after him in Markham, Ontario,
Canada and the board having the street's name reads ‘X st'. When this
happened he posted a picture of him holding the board and tweeted
"Welcome to my street! (In Markham, ON, Canada)."
WHO ?
11. 4. WHO IS HE ?
‘X’ was the first music arranger in
Bollywood. He would also compose
the interludes, the music that plays
in between the paragraphs of the
songs.
He worked with music composers
like Madan Mohan and SD Burman
and was also responsible for
teaching staff notations to many
younger musicians.
But this man remains largely
unknown until a Laxmikant-Pyarelal
composed song made him immortal
in Bollywood.
He shares his name with a drama
film starring newcomer Nikhil
15. 6.
Yangon (ရန်ကုန်) is a combination of the two words yan (ရန်) and koun
(ကုန်), which mean "enemies" and "run out of", respectively. It is also
translated as "End of Strife".
The word X comes from the British imitation of the pronunciation of
"Yangon" in the Arakanese language.
Which word, which now has a Bollywood significance ?
17. 7.
A pristine turquoise gemstone studded in thick silver chain is quite
apt to be carried with any style, be it cool denims or chic formals.
Turquoise is a powerful gemstone of protection with strong cosmic
properties. Its beauty is accentuated by the sky bluish shades of this
stone. It saves its possessor from any evil and ill health. With better
clarity and sharp intuition, Turquoise enhances the probabilities of
success in life.
This is the description of a certain object, and the superstition behind
it. Give me the personality associated with it.
19. 8.
"I don't think there was anything vulgar about the dance" insisting
that "I am sure they would have had no objection if I had shot a
seductive song instead..." Furthermore, he found the objections on
Twinkle's dress "senseless" saying, "It was a ridiculous objection. Are
they going to stop showing women’s tennis on television? Twinkle
only wore cycling shorts with a skirt on top. The censors seemed to
mistake the shorts for underwear. Are they living in the 18th
century?”
This was said by a certain producer, in 1996 before the release of his
film titled Dil Tera Deewana (starring Saif Ali Khan and Twinkle
Khanna) was caught in some "senseless“ censoring. Who was this
person ?
21. 9.
The character mostly played by Mark William Callaway, made an
appearance in the 1996 movie Khiladiyon ka Khiladi, starring Akshay
Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Rekha. The character was played by
Brian Lee Harris, well known as "Prime Time" Brian Lee. Brian Lee who
looks like character also played the role of imposter X (i.e the
character) in 1994 in a different scenario .
Which Character had a cameo in the movie ?
25. 11.
The movie is in the Guinness book of World records and the Limca
book of World records for the most number of awards won by a
single Bollywood movie. The director collected his first ever Filmfare
Award, which he won as producer and as director. Shahrukh Khan was
initially offered the film, but due to his tight schedule he had to leave
it. One of his assistant directors from his earlier movies said that the
director has worked with the Khans a lot hence he should try
something new. The director cased the assistant director in the
movie. Following the release of the film, the assistant director turned
actor became an overnight superstar. The debut actress also became
an overnight star.
Which movie am I talking about ?
27. 12.
If the first ever Indian movie to gross 200 Cr worldwide in India was
‘Dasavathaaram’, the Tamil movie Starring Kamal Hassan.
The first Indian movie to gross 300Cr worldwide was 3 idiots.
Which was the first ever movie to gross 100cr worldwide on the box
office ?
31. 14.
The opening sequence showed a Hammer
and Sickle symbol reflecting the producers
company. However, since this movie was
nominated for the Oscars during the cold
war anti-communist period, the sequence
had to be edited out. Which movie?
35. 16.
A village in Raigad district, Maharashtra in reality, the film makers
fantasized X as an island, once in Goa and then in Diu. X served as
the setting for conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist. It
was close to Mumbai, yet beyond the reach of law and was thus
favoured by antagonist for his shady business.
Identify X.
37. 17
Tom Cruise was the first choice for the lead role but then it was not
approved the producer Yash Chopra. Shah Rukh was initially not
interested because of the romantic nature of the role, having had
success playing villainous roles. Saif Ali Khan was approached first but
he declined due to unknown reasons and then so did Aamir Khan.
So the director came back to Shahrukh Khan who eventually did the
movie.
For which movie was Tom Cruise the first choice for ?
39. 18.
Neeraj Pandey is an acclaimed Indian film director, producer and
screenwriter. In his first movie A Wednesday, his work was largely
praised by audiences as well as the critics. He has directed many
critically acclaimed movies as well as movies which have done well on
the box office. Movies like A Wednesday, Baby, Rustom.
Director Pandey, who has not seen any of X's films, followed his
intuition when it came to casting him. The actor was always his first
choice given that the character he was about to play on screen
technically hails from the same part of India, which made it easy for
him to get the dialect.
Which Actor and Which Character ?
41. 19.
When the trailer of the movie was released in January 2017, it was
very well appreciated by the audience. However he film's trailer had
shown a derogate reference to a Cezch Republic brand. The firm
Kocchar & Co, on behalf of the brand had issued a legal notice to the
filmmakers for the comment and filed a lawsuit of ₹3 crore
(US$450,000).
The CBFC had edited out the reference to the brand with respect to
the filed lawsuit.
Which film and Which brand ?
45. 21.
This director was born in a Marwari Jain family in Mumbai. He
attended St. Mary's School, Mumbai & The Scindia School in Gwalior.
He was encouraged by his paternal grandfather to come into the
business. He started working as an assistant director to Mahesh
Bhatt, after that he has directed 7 movies.
The fun fact is that in all the movies he has directed, the name of the
lead character has always been the same.
Name the director and the ‘iconic name’.
47. 22. WHICH TERM ? WHICH
MOVIE ?
The term in Hindi and in a Punjabi accent and Punjabi language
means nothing but ‘my moon’ which is used for one's beloved.
But, the twitter account of the makers of the movie tweeted that it
means 'light of my soul' which is a very nice poetic meaning. The
term was then understood to be that the light the moon gives to
one’s soul, where the moon is the beloved giving light to the soul of
the beloved.
Which Term ? Which Movie ?
48.
49. 23.A certain Bollywood Movie takes “inspiration” from this scene from
the Swedish movie KOPPS released in 2003. Which Bollywood
movie? (Two different Answers accepted)
51. 24.
This is a port mantaeu word between an Indian City and a type of
business for which the city of California is the centre for. The term
became more fluent when India overtook America as the world's
largest film producer. Credit for the term has been claimed by several
different people, including the lyricist, filmmaker and scholar Amit
Khanna, and the journalist Bevinda Collaco.
What Term am I talking about ?
53. 25. Which movie used this advertisement in one of
their scenes ?
54.
55. 26.
The marketing team of Excel Entertainment ? for the film is in talks
with Google. They wanted to replace one word in the Google system
with the name of the movie for 24 hours, for the promotion the film.
This would have been one of the best promotion strategy used by any
Indian movie. The lead actor even said that they had contacted
Google about it.
The promotion strategy did not work out, as Google declined the
proposal.
Which movie was this ?
56.
57. 27.
We all know that Yash Chopra was instrumental in the growth of
Switzerland Tourism, he always had one song which was shot in
the Swiss Mountains. There is even a train named after him. He
was the brand ambassador of Switzerland Tourism, but in 2016
which actor kind of replaced him as the brand ambassador for
Switzerland Tourism ?
58.
59. 28. WHO ?
Debut Movie in English- Epistle
Debut Movie in Kannada- Chinnada Gombe
Debut Movie in Telegu - Manushulu Mamathalu
Debut Movie in Tamil- Vennira Aadai
Debut Movie in Hindi- Izzat
60.
61. 29. HALF POINTS EACH
This is the first Indian song to cross 200 million views on
Youtube, the song was shot in Antalya, Turkey.
The artist recorded this song on his iPhone and composed it
on his Laptop during his Bipolar Disorder. The track was
released on August 31, 2015 as a single on Hotstar. It is an
adaptation of the song which shares the same name from the
1990 all-time blockbuster movie album Y.
Which Song ?Which movie ?
63. 30.
This is the Chinese actor and
singer Zhu Zhu, She rose to fame
as a VJ on MTV China. She will be
making her Bollywood debut in
2017 with a certain movie.
That movie is also the last movie
of Om Puri the legendary actor.
He had completed the shoot of
the movie before his demise.
Which movie that connects both ?