FINALS

LIST IT!

RULES

There are four questions. +5 for each correct listing. No negative marking for a wrong

listing. Maximum number of listing is given

on each slide.

QUESTION 1

List 10 K-soaps by Ekta Kapoor.

QUESTION 2

List all the hosts of the national and regional versions of Kaun Banega Crorepati.

*Hint: Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Bhojpuri are the languages.

QUESTION 3

List all the actors who have played the role of Byomkesh Bakshi on screen.*A total of 14 actors have played Byomkesh on screen including both films and tv serials

QUESTION 4

List all the movies in which Uttam Kumar and

Soumitra Chattopadhyay have acted together.

*There are 9 such movies where they have acted together

QUESTION 1

List 10 K-soaps by Ekta Kapoor.

ANSWER Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Kutumb Kkusum Kasautii Zindagii Kay Kaahin Kissii Roz Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii Kahiin To Hoga Kitani Mohabbat Hai Kasamh Se Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai * Kum Kum Bhagya Kya Huaa Tera Vaada Karam Apnaa Apnaa Khwaish Kya Dil Mein Hai Kahaani Hamaaray Mahaabhaarat Ki Kahani Terii Merrii Kuch Toh Hai Tere Mere Darmiyaan Kartika

QUESTION 2

List all the hosts of the national and regional versions of Kaun Banega Crorepati.

*Hint: Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Bhojpuri are the languages.

ANSWER Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi) Shah Rukh Khan (Hindi) Suriya (Tamil) Prakash Raj (Tamil) Arvind Swamy (Tamil) Nagarjuna (Telegu) Suresh Gopi (Malayalam) Sourav Ganguly (Bengali) Sachin Khedekar (Marathi) Swapnil Joshi (Marathi) Puneeth Rajkumar (Kannada) Shatrughan Sinha (Bhojpuri)

QUESTION 3

List all the actors who have played the role of Byomkesh Bakshi on screen.*A total of 14 actors have played Byomkesh on screen including both films and tv serials

ANSWER Uttam Kumar Shyamal Ghoshal Subhrajit Dutta Abir Chatterjee Sujoy Ghosh Dhritiman Chatterjee Sushant Singh Rajput Jisshu Sengupta Soumitra Chatterjee Ajoy Ganguly Rajit Kapur Sudip Mukherjee Saptarshi Roy Gaurav Chakraborty

QUESTION 4

List all the movies in which Uttam Kumar and

Soumitra Chattopadhyay have acted together.

*There are 9 such movies where they have acted together

ANSWER

Jhinder Bandi (1961) Aparichito (1969) Stree (1972) Nakal Sona (1973) Jodi Jantem (1974) Debdas (1979) Pankhiraj (1980) Darpachurna (1980) Pratisodh (1981)

INFINITE POUNCE 1

QUESTION 1

Trilok Kapoor, Jairaj and Nasir Hussain were some of the names considered for the role till X saw Y in the 1951 film Hum Log. Identify X and Y. What did they end up making together?

ANSWER

X: Bimal RoyY: Balraj Sahni

Do Bigha Zamin

QUESTION 2The Kolkata edition of the International Film Festival of India was inaugurated by Dr.Harendra Kumar Mukhopadhyay on 29th February 1952 at the Eden Gardens. It was the first time the city saw films like The Bicycle Thieves. It had a Hollywood director who has won 3 Oscars saying, “Was deluged with garlands... Bengali people are quite different from the rest of India. They are like the Irish, emotional and sentimental. All riots and revolutions start in Bengal. I can understand it. It took me an hour to leave the airport what with the crowds and the photographers.”

Who was the icon?

ANSWER

Frank Capra

QUESTION 3

X had all the makings of a dashing hero – he was devastatingly handsome, extremely talented, stinking rich. The story goes that girls would throw gold bangles at him to draw attention, a quality which was reflected in several movies of his. After a successful career in filmmaking, many do not know that X participated in radio plays. In 1944, he played Amit, the hero, in a radio version of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel Shesher Kobita broadcast from the Calcutta Station of All India Radio. Identify X.

ANSWER

Pramathesh Barua

QUESTION 4

China Town is a 1962 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike, alongside Shakila and Helen. China Town is believed to be the inspiration for a 1978 Hindi film which in turned inspired many other films having a particular similar character. Identify the 1978 film.

ANSWER

Don

QUESTION 5

CONNECT

ANSWER

All are based on The Comedy of Errors

QUESTION 6

Director X reveals that the character Y took shape in his head when he saw the rocky terrains of Ramanagara, a town near Bangalore. At a time when a lot of dacoit films were based in the Chambal valley, X wanted a different setting. “The moment I reached the place, I knew this would be my Ramgarh. I could visualise where the house would be and the rocks Y would sit on,” he said. Identify X and Y.

ANSWER

X: Ramesh SippyY: Gabbar Singh

QUESTION 7

This trend started with Jurassic Park in 1994 and Titanic in 1998. The success of these two films which contributed 25-40% of their gross collections due to the trend resulted in other films following suit. What is the trend which has now become a ritual almost?

ANSWER

Dubbing of English movies

QUESTION 8X is a 2010 thriller film which was directed by Priyadarshan starred by Ajay Devgan, Akshaye Khanna and Bipasha Basu based on the Hollywood movie Mississippi Burning about three friends who go disappearing without any clue. Another movie having the same name X is a 1998 crime movie starring Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shetty. But the most famous movie of the same name is a 1980 movie which won six Filmfare Awards and the Golden Peacock at the IFFI. Identify all the movies having the same name X.

ANSWER

Aakrosh

QUESTION 9In his memoir, X revealed that when Richard Attenborough announced his desire to make a film about MK Gandhi, he was one of the many young Indian actors who wanted to play the lead role. He was convinced that he could pull off the role. Unfortunately, during his audition in London, X found out that Ben Kingsley had already been cast as Gandhi and the whole process of tom-tomming that X was  being tested was only to delude the Indian press into thinking that an Indian was being cast as Gandhi. X calls it a "pungent irony" that the one role he actively chased, eluded him completely. X later fulfilled his desire with a film in 2000. Identify X.

ANSWER

Naseeruddin Shah

QUESTION 10

As a youngster, he was very fascinated by typography in both his vernacular language and English. While working in advertising, and designing book covers for Signet Press, he couldn’t find metallic letters to go with the moods of certain books. So, he brought in more Indian motifs and calligraphic elements to advertising which led to the creation of four Roman fonts all of which are patented under his name. Who is he?

ANSWER

Satyajit Ray

QUESTION 11Before gaining recognition for his talent, X used to work as a touch-up guy for cars in a garage in Worli, Mumbai. Finally he got his break in a 1963 movie named Bandini. He made a documentary in 1990 on the legendary sarod player, Amjad Ali Khan. During the making of that film, he met Y, with whom he later produced many memorable songs, one of which came into news last year and their recent collaboration being as recent as a movie which was released in February of this year.

ANSWER

X: GulzarY: Vishal Bharadwaj

QUESTION 12

Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai is an upcoming Hindi movie directed by Apoorva Lakhia starring Shradhha Kapoor and Sidhhanth Kapoor. Shradhha is portraying the role of the protagonist Haseena Parker who happens to be the sister of Dawood Ibrahim which is being played by Sidhhanth. As a result, a certain ‘first’ is happening in Bollywood. What ‘first’ am I talking about?

ANSWER

Real life siblings play the role of on screen siblings

QUESTION 13

Identify the person on whom Google made a Doodle in honour of her birthday. This person was born as Fatima Rashid and is known by the name which stuck with her after her first film.

ANSWER

Nargis Dutt

QUESTION 14

The first film that was made on a story by X was Mazdoor in 1945. The second film was Heera Moti (1959), based on a short story called Do Bailon ki Kahani starring Balraj Sahni and Nirupa Roy. Godan which was the last complete novel by X was made into a film in 1963 directed by Trilok Jaitley. In 2004, Gulzar made a 26-episode TV series (one of which was Godan) for Doordarshan as part of 125th centenary celebrations.

Who is X?

ANSWER

Munshi Premchand

QUESTION 15

Who is the singer?

ANSWER

Naresh Iyer

MEMES

RULES

There are eight memes. Identify the movies from which the

memes have been taken. +5 for each correct identification.

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QUESTION 1

ANSWER

Andaaz Apna Apna

QUESTION 2

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Hum Sath Sath Hain

QUESTION 3

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Kaho Na Pyar Hai

QUESTION 4

ANSWER

Karan Arjun

QUESTION 5

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Dil Dhadakne Do

QUESTION 6

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Mohabbatein

QUESTION 7

ANSWER

Mughal-E-Azaam

QUESTION 8

ANSWER

Special 26

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INFINITE POUNCE 2

QUESTION 1It is said that for the role of a famous singer in Abhimaan, director Hrishikesh Mukherjee had asked Jaya Bachchan to observe ‘her’ carefully and incoporate those nuances on screen. In an interview, the singer reveals, “Jaya came and sat in front of me while I was recording. I felt conscious. But when I watched the movie, I saw Jaya had emulated me perfectly. The way I tend to pull my saree pallu over my shoulder seemed so real.”Who is the singer?

ANSWER

Lata Mangeshkar

QUESTION 2

The area highlighted in red is an area in Mumbai which shares its name with a 2011 film starring Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra and Kriti Malhotra. Name it. (bigger pic in next slide).

QUESTION 2

ANSWER

Dhobi Ghat

QUESTION 3

In May 2016, a statue of X was unveiled in Interlaken, Switzerland by his wife and daughter-in-law. The event was organised by Interlaken Tourism and Jungfrau Railways. Earlier in 2011, X was awarded the title of “Ambassador of Interlaken” and Jungfrau Railways named a train after him. Who is X?

ANSWER

Yash Chopra

QUESTION 4Initially Kareena Kapoor was signed for the lead role for this movie but was later dropped due to her tensions with the Bachchan family. Snow was essential for the story of the movie, so for the first part of the shoot, the entire unit went to Shimla in mid-January. It was cold but there was no sign of snow. Since the unit could not wait around, kilos of salt bags bought from the local market and snow making machines from Bombay helped complete that schedule. The shooting would be done early at 4 am. And when the locals emerged they'd be amazed to see so much snow; it looked so authentic that they would touch it to check whether it was real. Which movie am I talking about?

ANSWER

Black

QUESTION 5The director of Masaan, Neeraj Ghaywan was the assistant director to X for Y. He planned the story of Masaan in 2012 and wanted X to produce it. But due to tight schedule, X couldn't but promised Neeraj to produce the film in future and he kept it. Neeraj Ghaywan first met actor Vicky Kaushal on the sets of Y, in which Kaushal was also an assistant director. Masaan's writer Varun Grover was a lyricist on the film Y. Nitin Baid, the film's editor, was an assistant to Y's editor Shweta Venkat. "The post production of Y took a year and a half so we became buddies while working in the studio," says Ghaywan talking about Baid.Identify the director X and the film Y.

ANSWER

X: Anurag KashyapY: Gangs of Wasseypur

QUESTION 6

Though a work of fiction, the script for this movie was inspired by the 11th July 2006 Mumbai train bombings. In fact, the incidents that followed the bombings were used as details in the plot. This movie happens to be the debut film for a ‘certain director’. The movie has been remade into a Tamil version starring Kamal Hassan and Mohanlal and a Telugu version starring Kamal Hassan and Venkatesh. In 2013, it was remade by Sri Lankan director Chandran Rutnam into a film ‘A Common Man’ starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross. Identify the film and the ‘certain director’.

ANSWER

A Wednesday!Neeraj Pandey

QUESTION 7Buniyaad was a TV serial directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup which was first aired on DD National in 1986. The serial was based on The Partition of India and was reaired on Doordarshan in the year 2013. X played the role of Master Haveliram, a freedom fighter and a patriot in Buniyaad. X had earlier played roles in films like Gandhi and Saaransh. X has acted in quite a number of Hindi TV serials and became quite popular in social media sites around late 2013. Who is X?

ANSWER

Alok Nath

QUESTION 8

Shakti Kapoor played the role of Crime Master Gogo in the cult film Andaz Apna Apna. Crime Master Gogo is supposed to be the nephew of another great villain Mogambo played by Amrish Puri in the film Mr.India. Now Crime Master Gogo cannot say 'S'. He replaces 'S' with 'T' and hence instead of saying 'Namaste' his character says ‘Namate’. As a result, the makers of the film did something unique in the post credits scene. What did they do?

ANSWER

Shakti Kapoor’s name was shown as Thakti Kapoor.

QUESTION 9

For the film Mughal-E-Azam, director K Asif was bent on having X to provide the singing voice of Tansen in the film. X declined and was asked to name his price by the director. He asked for Rs 25,000 - a small fortune at the time - to put K Asif off. Not only did K Asif agree to the price quoted, he also paid X an advance fee. In the film, X sings two songs - Prem Jogan Ban Ke and Shubh Din Aayo Raj Dulara. Who is X?

ANSWER

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali

QUESTION 10“What many people do not know was that around the same time X approached Dileep, another director in Kollywood—Kathir—had already signed him on. Kathir was working on a movie with Illayaraja but the composer and he had a fight and Kathir ended up storming out on Illayaraja and straight into Dileep’s studio because he had heard through his ad agency friends that Dileep was good. Kathir walked right up to Dileep and handed him Rs 10,000 as an advance and said ‘Work with me’. Dileep was shocked because he had never done movies and here was someone putting all his faith and money on him. He agreed to work on the movie.”This is an excerpt from Kamini Mathai’s biography of Dileep. But X’s movie released before Kathir’s movie and that was fortuitous for Dileep. Who is X? What was X’s movie?

ANSWER

Mani RatnamRoja

QUESTION 11In 1990, famous Indian director Mrinal Sen was among a group of 12 international film directors who created a short film on their own city. These directors included Eagle Pennell, Krzysztof Kieslowski among others. In the short film about Kolkata, Sen compared Kolkata to an ancient legend which has changed from a man to a city to an empire over time. There has also been two expeditions in search of the place. With which legend was Kolkata compared?

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QUESTION 12

This song was originally sung by Ashok Kumar for the 1941 film Jhoola. 27 years later, Kishore Kumar asked the lyricist of the movie X, Rajinder Krishan to do an extended version of the same song and sung it himself. Which song am I talking about and identify the movie X.

ANSWER

Ek Chatur Naar Kar Kar SingaarPadosan

QUESTION 13"I was so embarrassed while doing these scenes. As Abhaya I am shown to hold a grudge against X because he knows that my husband Irfan is cheating on me, yet he does not alert me. The first time I meet X is aboard a ship headed for Burma where I narrate my woes to him. He blesses me that I may find Irfan. But later in Burma, he chooses to remain silent about my husband's infidelity. So I take him to task.'‘

About whom (X) does actress Mrinal Kulkarni says these words on the lines of the shooting for the TV series Shrikant?

ANSWER

Farooq Sheikh

QUESTION 14

Whose voice?

ANSWER

Geeta Dutt

QUESTION 15

Identify the

singer.

ANSWER

Alia Bhatt

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2.0 is an upcoming Indian science fiction film starring Rajnikanth and Amy Jackson with Akshay Kumar making his debut in Kollywood. It is the successor to the 2010 film Enthiran. The filming of the movie depicts an encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium between two teams, sparking rumours that the teams are based on X and Y. Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan visited the stadium during the filming. Identify the teams.

ANSWER

Chennaiyin FC and Mumbai City FC

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Chu Chin Chow is a musical comedy written, produced and directed by Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, based (with minor embellishments) on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The piece premièred at His Majesty's Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances. This comedy is supposed to be the inspiration behind a popular song from a 1958 movie which was composed by O.P.Nayyar. Which song?

ANSWER

Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu

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The Citadel is a novel by A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937, which was groundbreaking with its treatment of the contentious theme of medical ethics. It was made into an English film in 1938. In 1971, it was made into a Hindi film starring Dev Anand and Mumtaz. The following year it was remade into a Bengali film named Jiban Saikate and was made into a Telugu film in 1982. Name the Hindi film.

ANSWER

Tere Mere Sapne

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C Ramachandra, the prolific film music director was entrusted with the score for the film Asha in 1956. One of the songs called for a fun and spice melody designed to tease the senses. Immersed in creative thought in his music room, he was distracted by his kids playing outside. The game which was being played involved a certain rhyme which turned out to be the inspiration for the song Eena Meena Deeka which C Ramachandra came up with. What were the kids playing?

ANSWER

Eenie Meenie Miny Moe

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Whose voice?

ANSWER

Akshay Kumar