BOLLYWOOD QUIZ the prelims

BOLLYWOOD QUIZthe prelims AAJ KHUSH TOH BAHOT HOGE TUM HAINNN ?

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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.

1. Id the actress in the postage stamp

ANSWERSDEVIKA RANI

2.The ace composer has won four National Film Awards, fifteenFilmfare Awardsand 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 ?

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3. TWO MOVIES, HALF POINTS EACH

answerDo Dhooni Chaar and Dil Dhakne do

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 Dwivedi, Amrita Rao and Mithun Chakraborty as the lead protagonists. The film is directed by E. Nivas.

ANTONY GONSALVES

5. Which movie connects ?

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6.Yangon () is a combination of the two words yan () and koun (), 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 ?

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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.

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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 womens 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 ?

ANSWER- PAHLAJ NIHALANI

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 ?

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10. Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif are recreating the poster of a Bollywood classic. Which movie ?

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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 everFilmfare 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 ?

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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 ?

13.Connect

answerDAWOOD IBRAHIIM

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?

ANSWER- MEHBOOB STUDIOS MOTHER INDIA

15. Half points each

ANSWERSWADES AND 2 STATES

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.

Mandwa agneepath

17Tom 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 ?

ddlj

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 ?

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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 ?

Bata and

20. MINIMAL POSTER OF A DIALOGUE. ID THE DIALOGUE AND THE FILM

BUS TRAIN AUR LADKI, EK JAAEGI DUSRI AAEGIISHQ

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.

SOORAJ BARJATIYA AND PREM

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 ones soul, where the moon is the beloved giving light to the soul of the beloved.

Which Term ? Which Movie ?

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)

OM SHANTI OM THE RETRUN OF KHILADI

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 whenIndiaovertook 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 ?

BOLLYWOOD

25. Which movie used this advertisement in one of their scenes ?

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 ?

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 ?

28. Who ?Debut Movie in English- EpistleDebut Movie in Kannada- Chinnada GombeDebut Movie in Telegu - Manushulu MamathaluDebut Movie in Tamil- Vennira AadaiDebut Movie in Hindi- Izzat

29. Half points eachThis 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 ?

Aashiqui 1 and

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 ?

tubelight

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