Film Quiz finals at Calicut University

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About Malayalam cinema, its works and the trivia!
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2. X has is been described as a “bard of science” who
explores the role of science in achieving the human
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potential.
X also penned the lyrics for the film Nirmala
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X also led an active public life as a member of Rajya
Sabha.
Who‟s X?

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G.Sankarakurup

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X is a cinema lover and a poet. He has acted in several
movies and even directed one. He will be most
remembered for his contribution to Malayalam film history
for being the producer of the film ’Vaisali’ although he is
more famous in an entirely different field. Who‟s X?

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ATLAS RAMACHANDRAN

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Which 1988 romantic Malayalam film shares the name
with this girl, a political ad used in US Presidential
elections once?

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DAISY

8. He won the 2002 Kerala State Film
Award for THE BEST CHILD
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ARTIST for his role in the
4 film ‟Punarjani‟ directed by Major Ravi
which was his first movie as a
director!
WHO?

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PRANAV MOHANLAL

10. X was founded in Spokane, Washington at
the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd. Its
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first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on
June 19, 1910.
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X is also a name for a Malayalam movie released
in 2012. Id the movie!
Clue: Resul pookutty made his acting debut

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12. He is controversial in his own style from his first work
„Penkutti oru raashtramaanu‟, a book
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Then his English film „Temptation between my legs‟
was rejected by the Sensor board!
6 And his newest movie „What the F‟ features Ranjini
Haridas and Manoj K Jayan in lead roles…
He was in news recently for a great reason!

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Roopesh Paul

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Which Malayalam dialogue stands at number 7 in
Outlook magazine's Terrific 13 lists published in the
13th anniversary edition of the magazine, in the
7 section '13 Cheesiest Chalkiest dialogues in Indian
Cinema'..?

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We are not beggars…

16. Popular Kerala Chenda artist Mattannoor
Sankarankutty created the music for the movie.
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The film tells the story of Sankara Narayanan, a 55-
year-old gangman from the Railways. From his
teenage days onward he was afraid of the strange
8 voices that talked to him incessantly. To escape the
fear, he seeks refuge in alcohol, alienating himself
from his family and ending up in an asylum. His son
Ramu could never sympathise with a father who had
shirked his responsibility as a husband and a father.

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CONNECT

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20. Her theatre career that began with Girish Karnad's Nagamandala.
She is an expert keyboard player.
She began her training in classical piano when she was 8 and
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toured & performed all over India and teaches piano also.
She composes her own music to poetry and then there's the
poetry, though that's mostly self-indulgent, she says.
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She‟s a playback singer too starting from „Vettayadu Vilayaadu‟
She also launched a company named The Show Must Go
On (TSMGO Productions) to promote live art and artistes
Current focus is on acting..Has acted in a malayalam movie too!

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22. Film „NJAATTADI‟ was directed by X
who is a Bharath Award winner and
was the debut of another Bharath
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Award winner „Y‟
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Id X and Y

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X-Bharath GOPI
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Y-Bharath Murali

24. This film was dubbed to Tamil as
„Sirai Chaalai‟. Overwhelmed by the
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outcome of the film, technicians
including art director Sabu Cyril and
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cinematographer Santhosh Sivan
accepted no remuneration. This is
the first Malayalam film to record
in Dolby soundtrack

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27. Although born in Srilanka, his first film was as a
cameraman in Malayalam film „Nellu‟ which won the best
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cinematographer award from Govt.of kerala. He also has
got won 5 national awards!
1 Later he went on to become a famous director and
according to him, his inspiration to become a director
started when he saw David Lean directing the movie The
Bridge on the River Kwai during a school field trip in Sri
Lanka..

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Balu Mahendra

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Was born as Mahalakshmi Menon..
2 Mother was a malayalam film actress…
Won state award for best actress in 1978

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SOBHA

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Connect!

32. National film award for best
actress from TAMIL
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33. On 5 December 1992, What
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incident happened near
4 Cherthala made the shooting of
film „Cheppadividya‟ stopped for
a while..?

34. Accident of the car in which
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Monisha and her mother was
4 travelling and the death of
Monisha

35. This 2009 romantic song gave a
break to a till then junior artist born
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as Siby Varghese in malayalam
5 industry as a lead actor!
Id the song…

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5 Anuraaga Vilochananaayi..

37. The state of Ohio in the US
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celebrates June-26 as X day, to
6 appreciate X‟s talents!
Who‟s X?

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CONNECT

40. Brand ambassadors-Joy Alukkas
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This is the only movie Lohithadas
produced of his own and ultimately led
8 him to an economic crisis!

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Kasthooriman

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44. This is a film about a mariner who operates a cargo vessel near the
sea port of Kodungalloor
One day, the local police station discovers an unidentified body that
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has washed ashore. A Budhist nun, Revamma, comes forward to claim
that she can identify the rotten body, and she recognises it. Police
enquire her relationship with him. Meanwhile, another Latin Christian
woman, Pemenna, too claims to recognize the dead man. Finally a
1 mute woman, Kali, joins them and seeks permission to see the corpse.
She, however, rejects the claim made by the other women and argues
that the body is not that of him.
The ultimately leaves behind a story of a man who convinced three
very different women that he was a committed and faithful husband
while successfully keeping his relation with the other two women a
secret.

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46. This is a Malayalam film written by P. Padmarajan and
directed by I. V.
Sasi, starring Mohanlal and Mammootty in the lead
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roles. The film revolves around the life and revenge of a
few villagers against each other. It had a huge star cast
2 and was a big hit in box office when released. With
time, this film is also considered as a classic in
Malayalam cinema history. It is considered one of
Mohanlal's best performances and gave him critic's
acclaim.

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48. The protagonist, working as a clown in a circus in the
town, comes to visit his village. He is looking for a
bride. The heroine, a tall lady, gets charmed by the
wealthiness (compared to the other citizens of the
village) of the protagonist even though he is a dwarf.
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She assents to marriage. Married, they go to the
town to join the circus camp.
Things come to a different world when they reach the
3 circus. Here the clown is a very insignificant figure.
His wife sees the difference very quick. She soon
gets attracted to a heroic figure in the circus camp - a
bike jumper. They shows the signs of moving into
affair. Some drama follows and the protagonist, the
clowns regains his wife and goes back to his village
with her.

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50. The story is about the problems faced by the people
of a hamlet where electricity in unavailable, when
electric supply finally reaches there. The film reaches
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a conclusion that life is better without electricity.
4 The indefinability of the human mind is the theme of
the film. Though the film is discussing a serious
issue, the treatment of it is very simplistic. Humour
and intensity characterise the film that is set in the
mid-fifties.

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ORIDATHU

52. This is the story of Nandan and Thara getting
married as their personal love affairs failed. Nandan
was in love with Devi, but circumstances forces Devi
to choose another person.
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Thara was in love with Sunny, but he gets killed in an
5 accident. The film also show the good side of
friendship between Sunny and Vinod, who survives
the accident, but living his a mechanical life. The film
was a treat for campus lovers. The film is directed
and written by Venu Nagavally who describe the film
as his own tragical love story.

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54. The plot is structured around the search for a
missing infamous tabla player of a touring drama
group. Investigation of members of the drama group
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reveals complicated sexual rivalries and internal
conflicts within the group, yielding several possible
6 suspects to the conspiracy.
Sub Inspector Jacob Eeraly (Mammootty),
investigates the missing tabla player, Aiyappan
(Bharath Gopi), a raging alcoholic and a criminal.

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57. Teams can select their opponent through a draw..
The team can decide which question to be asked to
their opponent, out of the 2 qns shown!
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If the opponent answers the question, they get 15
points. If they don‟t answer, they lose 5 points.
If the opponent doesn‟t answer, the first team has to
tell answer, otherwise they will lose 10 points.If they
get it right, they get 20 points!
If both teams don‟t answer the first question, it goes
for a buzzer with the other 4 teams! They get 10 if
right..
The 2nd question carries 5 points

58. A) In which malayalam
movie, Yesudas played the character
of TANSEN?
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B) Which famous film personality
was born as Gnanadesikan in Theni
district of Tamilnadu?

59. A) Songs originally recorded for
which announced film was used in
‘Bhakthajanangalude sradhakk’?
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B) Name the malayalam
film in which she acted
as the heroine?

60. A) Which film‟s plot is also loosely
inspired by Sidney Sheldon's crime
novel If Tomorrow Comes..and a 1978
film I Spit on Your Grave?
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B) IDENTIFY

61. A) Ilayaraja‟s daughter Bhavatharini
sang a song in which Mammooty
starrer Malayalam movie?
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B) Who was listed as "India's hottest
vegetarian" in polls conducted by PETA in
2011 and 2012?

62. A) Adoor's usual cinematographer Mankada
RaviVarma filmed half of the project. But he was
later replaced by Sunny Joseph, since the former
fell ill and was later found to be suffering from
Alzheimer's disease. Which film?
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B) „Aladdinum Albhuthavilakkum‟ is the
first malayalam movie of which actor?

63. A) Bhimsingh was a famous south indian director
who also directed malayalam films like
Ragam,Nirakudam,Maatoli etc.Who‟s his famous
wife?
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B) Which actor produced movies like
Sharjah to Sharjah, chirikudukka and
Ezhupunna Tharakan?

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Vaaku, Ganga, Saakshi, Ammayu
1 de Ezhuthukal

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Irulin….
CLUE-2

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CLUE-2
Naranathu Bhranthan…

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Madhusoodanan Nair

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He was interested in martial and was an
expert in Kalaripayattu, the traditional martial art
2 of Kerala. He published an English book
titled Indian Art of Fencing and Sword Play

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He established a film
2 studio in Kerala named
The Travancore National Pictures.

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In 2013, Kamal wrote and directed a
2 biopic on him, titled Celluloid

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Jc daniel

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Music director of Bollywood films like
Chandni
Darr
3 Lamhe
Silsila
Faasle
Vijay
Sahibaan

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3 Also music director of Malayalam films like
Pokkuveyil
Oridathu

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3 He is regarded as the best flute player of
Eastern Classical music

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chaurasia
Hariprasad

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This movement has gathered a
community of enthusiasts,
4 believing it to be the proof of
Indian bubbling creativity, or a
cost-effective way to solve the
issues of everyday life

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Clue-2
Song Chamcham

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cost around Rs. 50,000 (less than US$
1,000). They are powered by diesel
4 engines originally intended to power
agricultural irrigation pumps.

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JUGAAD

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5 Song- Devangane..
CLUE-1

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5 Kerala’s first formula-1 racing team

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5 Controversial Ayurvedic company

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CLUE-1

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Did an important character in Kazhakom
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CLUE-3

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Mullanezhi

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CLUE-1

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Quoted in the film Sandesam by
7 Sreenivasan!

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Best known for his novels
7 including Brave New World and
a wide-ranging output of essays

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CLUE-3
Aldus Huxley

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He was conferred an honorary Black
Belt of Taekwondo by World Taekwondo
8 Headquarters in Kukiwon by South Korean
Government.

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He is the chairman of JOSE THOMAS
8 PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE in Kochi

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He debuted on the stage as Karna (a character
8 in the Indian epic Mahabharata)
in Karnabharam, a Sanskrit play

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mohanlal