DASTAAN-E-MAYANAGRI, ELEVATION'18 ,RAMJAS COLLEGE

A quiz on Bollywood
QM-AAYUSH SHUKLA, UTTKARSH
BHALLIKA
ELEVATION '18

Rules for Prelims
• Teams of maximum Three quizzers allowed.
• Under 25 quizzers only allowed.
• 20 questions in this round.
• No negative marking.
• 11-15 are star marked questions in prelims round.
• In the case of tie, the star marked questions will be
considered.
• Be as specific as possible.
• Quizmaster's decision is final.

Question - 1
• This actor during his struggling days owned a restaurant
at Daryaganj.
• He was paid low amount for a movie so he sold tickets for
his own film at booking window
• Although he promised never to kiss on screen, he broke
his promise and even did a nude sex scene with her co-
star in 1993
• Identify this actor?

Question - 2
• Complete this list (X makes the list exhaustive)
- Raj Malhotra
- Inspector Karan Toglekar
- Inspector Vijay Kumar/ Lallu
- Akshay
- Raja
- Devraj
- Dev Kumar
- X

Question - 2
X - 72 (Bahattar) singh, Akshay
Kumar's names in the Khiladi
Series

Question - 3
• Actor X was approached for lead role in this movie. He
liked the script but he felt his character was too negative.
He insisted filmmakers to include “Maa ka Angle” to
glorify his role. Discontented filmmakers denied the
suggestion and went away.
• After loads of thoughts, filmmakers decided to include
“Maa ka Angle” but this time offered lead role to actor Y.
Actor Y accepted the offer. Later this film proved to be a
milestone in Y’s career.
• Name X , Y and the movie.

Question - 3
X - Salman Khan
Y - Shah Rukh Khan
Movie - Baazigar

Question - 4
• This Bollywood actress was once a nerd and a self-
described tomboy. Before entering industry she worked
in a bakery and a tax and retirement firm. She also
studied to be a pediatrition. Marking her first
appearance in 2005. Her first movie was released in
2012. Except Bollywood she has also worked for Tamil,
Telugu, Kannada, Marathi and Bengali movies. Two
years back, she was chosen as one of the BBC’s 100
women. Who is she?

Question - 5
• Identify the lady singing with Mohammed Rafi?

Question - 6
• This actress was born as Uma Kashyap in Lahore,1927. She
changed her name to X (name we commonly know her with) because
wife of the director (she was working with) also had same name, so
to avoid any confusion she changed her name to X.
• She also won Filmfare best actress award for film Biraj Bahu
(1955).She was critically appreciated for her performance in three
films of Rajesh Khanna such as Prem Nagar, Do Raaste, Maha Chor
and with Sanjeev Kumar- Anhonee and eight films with Manoj Kumar.
She also appeared in a popular movie in year 2013.
• Name the actress.

Question - 7
• Whose acting filmography is this? (Inexhaustive)
• Holi
• Naam
• West is west
• Goonj
• Gawahi
• Chamatkar
• Kabhi haa kabhi naa

Question - 7
Ashutosh Gowariker

Question - 8
• Director Y initially intended to title movie X
as Sathya Sodhanai (My experiments with
Truth).
• X was also the first Indian movie for which
the background score was composed
overseas (Budapest, Hungary).
• Name the movie X and its director Y.

Question - 8
X - Hey Rama
Y - Kamal Hassan

Question - 9
• In a long career that began way back in 1944, X has seen
a lot of ups and down. His last movie was “Qila” in 1998.
Very few people know that X had a narrow brush with
international fame in1962 when British director David
Lean offerd him the role of Sherif Ali in his 1962 film,
Lawrence of Arabia. However X declined the part citing
it’s a small role for a big hero like him. The role eventually
went to Omar Sharif, the Egyptian actor.
• Identify X.

Question - 10
• This is the poster of movie “Bloodstone” directed by
Dwight H. Little released in 1988.
• This movie has something to its fame,What is it?

Question - 11 *
• While shooting of this famous dialogue (or
scene), the lead actor insisted that no one but
director be around him when scene was shot in
the middle of night. Actor was so intimidated
about challenging the Almighty that it took him
about 15 takes to get the dialogue right.
• Name the iconic dialogue.

Question - 11 *
“Khush toh bohot hoge aap.”

Question - 12 *
• X is a 2017 Hindi/English Indian documentary co-
produced and directed by Khusboo Ranka and Vinay
Shukla and also co-produced by filmmaker Anand
Gandhi.
• This film received a standing ovation at its premiere at
the Toronto International Film Festival and has gone on to
have sold out screenings at major festival across the
world including the BFI London Film Festival and Busan
International Film Festival.
• Name the movie X and personality it is centered on.

Question - 12 *
'An Insignificant Man' based on
Arvind Kejriwal

Question - 13 *
• X is an actress , producer and former model
known for her works in Bollywood. She was
awarded the Femina Miss India in 1993. She is
best known for her works in films such as
Kachche Dhaage, Pukar and movie Bride and
Prejudice.
• Name X who was recently in news.

Question - 13 *
Namrata Shirodkar (Mahesh
Babu's Wife)

Question - 14 *
• Hook Ya Crook is a movie directed by David
Dhawan starring John Abraham, Genelia
D’Souza and Kay Kay Menon as leads. Despite
the movie being almost completed, this movie
never released due to creative differences
between the director and production house.
• What is so special about this movie ?

Question - 14 *
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's debut
appearance in a movie.

Question - 15 *
• This phenomenon started in 1989 and
continued till 1995 and then stopped. After
several years , this incident happened once
again but this time not in India. After sixteen
years , this incident happened once again
and this time in India.
• What phenomenon/incident am I talking
about?

Question - 15 *
Aamir Khan attending a movie
award show

Question - 16
• X was the pen name of Abdul Hayee who was a
poet and lyricist in Indian cinema. He won two
filmfare awards. X also had an affair with Y who
was a renowned poet and author .
• X’s famous songs are “Allah tero naam iswar tero
naam”, “Tora mann darpan kehlaye”, “Aye meri
zohrazabin”, etc.
• Give X and Y.

Question - 16
X - Sahir Ludhianvi
Y - Amrita Pritam

Question - 17
• “Love stories where you still want to be loving whether
you get the person or not and your love still remains pure,
still fascinate me. That part of the triangle which does not
get completed, fascinates me. I feel these are tests even
in real life which give strength of character . Are we
bitter? Are we upset with life and said no more love, I
don’t want to be in love, I have had enough of it?” – X on
why he loves “love triangles”.
• Name X.

Question - 17
Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Question - 18
• X is a delayed release movie directed by Tarun
Mansukhani. X is a remake of ____ _____ _____ _____
(blank indicative of length of the word) and has
contributions from the lead cast of original movie. Music
in the movie is given by Shankar-Ehsaan Loy.
• X’s trailer released in 2010 and movie was set to release
in 2011 but then was postponed to 2012 and then was
put on hold.
• Identify the movie X .

Question - 18
Koochie Koochie Hota Hai

Question - 19
• Connect this inexhaustive list ?
• Om Puri
• Irrfan Khan
• Satish Kaushik
• Anupam kher
• Naseeruddin Shah
• Piyush Mishra

Question - 19
Bollywood Celebrities that are NSD
alumini

Question - 20
• Identify this person who got recognition because of his
most famous disciple?

Question - 20
Barry John - Acting guru of Shah
Rukh Khan

Rules for Round 1
• Simple Pounce and Bounce round.
• +10 / -5 on Pouncing. +10 / 0 on Direct and
Bounce.

Question - 1
• Music album of movie Gumnaam is really very
interesting. Gumnaam’s most famous song is heard by
almost everyone. But another song of the movie has
some amazing trivia associated with it.
• This song is sung by Mohammad Rafi and features a
famous musicial group Ted Lyons and his cubs.
• This song appeared along with its video in Hollywood
movie Ghost World (2001).This song was used for a
Heineken commercial in 2011 and was also featured in
famous game Far Cry 4.
• Name such a significant song.

Question - 2
• When director approached actor X for this unorthodox role, actor
was surprised as he expected the lead role (not this one) coming in
his way. Director convinced the actor by saying, “I want someone
handsome for this role, I want someone who is conscious or
consistently insecure of girl being too good for him. I am talking
about cultural difference like someone from lower strata in
comparison to nice fair village bell.”
• When actor told his mother about the role and that director wants X
to shave his head, his mother instantly replied, “ Is he(director) gay?
Sometimes if you are director and are constantly confused of your
sexuality ,one can become bit of sadist.”
• Identify the actor X and the film he was talking about.

Question - 2
X - Saif Ali Khan
Movie - Omkara

Question - 3
• Because the cinema industry was still
considered a low profession in the early phase
of Bollywood industry, music director X was
introduced by his parents to his bride as a tailor.
• Ironically, the music that played in his ‘baraat’
was from- “Rattan”- that had been composed by
him.
• He composed music for movie Y at the age of
86, thus becoming the world’s oldest composer.

Question - 4
What is this exhaustive list about ?

Question - 4
Walk of the Stars - Mumbai

Question - 5
• In Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), when Munna ask
Circuit “Koi aur raasta nhi hai kya ?”, Circuit replies,
Bhai woh dusra radio station hai na waha ek item hai –
X ,usse milo, dinbhar (everytime) woh Shah Rukh Khan
ki baat karti hai, uske buddhelog pakka Dilip Kumar ke
fans honge. Unko apun sambhal lenge .”
• Who is X about whom Circuit is talking to Munna and
how is she related to team of this movie.

Question - 5
X - Anupama Chopra (Vidhu Vinod
Chopra’s wife)

Question - 6
• X made his debut with the 1985 film Arjun in a supporting role. It
was the 1986 blockbuster Naam that established himas an actor
with great talent. He then appeared in over 100 films throughout the
1980s and 1990s, mostly as the main villain, such as in Kabzaa,
King Uncle, Daud, Baazi and so many more. X was born in a
Gujarati family in Mumbai. He is married to Swaroop Sampat, an
actress and winner of the Miss India contest in 1979. He also had a
very successful acting career in Gujarati plays, the latest hit being
Dear Father.
• For television he has produced several Hindi soaps including Teen
Bahuraaniyaan, Main Aisi Kyun Hoon and Laagi Tujhse Lagan.
• He will be next seen playing Sunil Dutt in Raju Hirani’s “Dutt”.

Question - 7
• In 2009, two of director X’s great movies released with less than a
month’s difference between them. Interesting fact is that X manages
to give us a glimpse of lead actor of movie Y (played by Raj Singh
Chaudhary) in movie Z. And that too with his iconic helmet which
you will surely remember if you have watched this master-class
movie Y.
• Wizardry doesn’t end here. A particular scene (which has leads of
both the movies) is included in both Y and Z , so lead actors of both
the movies are making camoes in each other movie in their
respective characters.
• Identify the movies Y and Z.

Question - 7
X - Anurag Kashyap
Y - Gulaal
Z - DevD

Question - 8
• All of us know about playback singers like Lata
Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and music directors like
R.D. Burman who have been associated with more than
1000 songs in Indian movies.
• Gentleman in the next slide(next to the lady) is Nagesh
Surve who has been associated with over 1600 hindi film
songs listing from “Ik HaseenaThi”of movie Karz to
“Subhanallah” song in the movie Fanaa.
• Nagesh Surve has played an important role in making all
these songs unforgettable. How?

Question - 8
Whistle Blower of Bollywood

Question - 9
• This is the cover of book “Chhoti Chhoti Baatein” by
poet Mithilesh Baria. Recently, he became very famous
due to controversy related to some movie.
• Identify the movie and controversy related to it.

Question - 9
Zero and SRK’s tweet

Question - 10
• Filmmaker completed the movie and decided to show it to his mentor, Manoj
Kumar. Manoj Kumar liked the movie but said that it was too fast paced in the
second half and a song was required to give it some breathing space.
• Then director approached film’s music directors Kalyanji Anandji, for a
solution. Incidentally, the younger brother of Kalyanji Anandji, Babla was
present there at that time. He suggested the usage of a song that was made
by the duo for another movie. Another movie was Dev Anand’s “Banarasi
Babu”. Dev Anand didn’t like the song and thought it did not go with his
image. So the song was not taken for that movie and it was still in the
collection of music duo.
• Director thought song to be perfect for the lead character of the movie and
added this song to his movie.
• Identify song which changed fortune of the movie.

Question - 10
Khai ke Paan Banaras wala

Question - 11
• When Raj Kapoor met Nargis for the first time in
her house, she opened the door while her
hands had flour on it which she mistakenly used
to set her hairs and the flour got onto her hairs.
• Raj Kapoor was mesmerized by this scene and
decided to recreate this scene in one of his
movie X where the lead actress’s first scene is
similar to this incident.
• Identify the movie X.

Question - 12
• Kishore Kumar was not only known for his
beautiful voice but also for his acting
skills. He has acted in over 80 movies like
Shehnai (1947), Bhagam Bhag (1956),
Chalti ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Half Ticket
(1962) and many more.
• What makes his movie Ragini (1958) so
unique?

Question - 12
The first time when Rafi did a
playback for Kishore.

Rules for Connect Round
• Written round of 6 questions.
• +10 for correct answers.
• +20 bonus points for all 6 correct
answers.

Question - 14
Cameos By Shah Rukh Khan

Question - 15
Few earlier adaptations of
“Godfather”

Question - 16
All movie remakes done by
Govinda

Question - 17
1st Filmfare Award

Question - 18
• (Except the fact that Amitabh has acted in all these
movies)

Question - 18
• In his movies Amitabh Has written
books with these film titles
• In movie “Ek nazar” book titled
Manzil
• In other three with same title as that
of movie

Rules for Round 3
• Simple Pounce and Bounce round.
• +10 / -5 on Pouncing. +10 / 0 on Direct and
Bounce.

Question - 19
• The national award for Best Book on Cinema (2011)
was given to book- “X: The Man, The Music” which had
foreword by Javed Akhtar and an introduction by
Shammi Kapoor. This book was written by Anirudha
Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal.
• Ironically, the person X whose biography it is, has never
won a national award himself, much to the
disappointment of his fans.
• Who is the person X?

Question - 20
• On 19th March 2016, T20 World Cup’s Match
No.19 was played between arch rivals India and
Pakistan at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Match was
witnessed by many eminent celebrities like
Shafqat Amanat Ali , Amitabh and Abhishek
Bachchan. A complaint against Amitabh
Bachchan was filed at the Ashok Nagar Police
Station in New Delhi .
• What was the complaint about ?

Question - 20
• Amitabh Bachchan taking 30
seconds extra to sing National
Anthem

Question - 21
• A punjabi singer once said, “Dukh toh hota hai. I
was upset when they got __________ to sing
the Hindi version and the recording label chose
to ignore me who sang the original version.
Who gaana dil mein bas gaya hain. We’ve sung
that song so many times and it is so special that
I’d have loved to sing its Hindi version as well.”
• What is this punjabi singer so upset about?

Question - 21
• On Arijit Singh singing “soch na
sake” which is the Hindi version
of his song “Soch”

Question - 22
• About Ten years ago, Mr. Trilochen Singh, a film
distributor and trader issued notices to Aamir Khan and
production company Geeta Arts for troubling him. Mr.
Singh wants the actor to fork out Rs.50 lakhs in
exchange of immense mental torture, trauma and
inconvenience he bore due to their action. Mr. Singh
claimed that he experienced a significant loss in his
professional and personal life due to unwanted attention
and calls (from unknown number) he received.
• Why according to Mr. Singh, Aamir Khan and Geeta
Arts was responsible for his sufferance?

Question - 22
• In movie Ghajini, Aamir tattooed his
phone number to his body. (Right Biceps)

Question - 23
• Once film producer J Om Prakash kept complaining to music
director R D Burman that he had never expected this song would
be so expensive and song must do justice to its production
expenses.
• R D complained about this nagging to lead actor who was also his
good friend. They both became pensive.
• When Kishore Kumar entered the studio and learnt about the
whole incident, he took it lightly. And when the song reached its
climax; he suddenly uttered- “Bajao Bajao Imaandari se Bajao,
Pachas Hazaar Kis Kaam Ke Diye Hai”, which is actually included
in the song.
• Identify this song.

• Jai Jai shiv Shankar
Question - 23

Question - 24
• Sriram Raghavan, the director of movies such as Ek
Hasina Thi, Jhonny Gaddar and Badlapur, in 1987
directed a student film called “The Eight Column Affair”
which went on to win a National Award, The movie was
very innovative and stylishly shot in black and white.
Coincidentally this movie was edited by Sriram’s batch
mate who later onto became a very famous and
successful director himself.
• Name Sriram’s famous batch mate.

Question - 25
• In the 1960s, Kishore Kumar landed in income
tax trouble and was also undergoing a lean
patch in his career which saw a string of B
grade flops. After this, he decided to focus more
on his singing and made an exception of sorts
in it as he needed money for getting out of
financial troubles.
• What is the exception I am talking about?

Question - 25
• Earlier he sang only for Dev
anand and himself, he made
exception by singing for Rajesh
Khanna in Aradhana

Question - 26
• X is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Shyam Benegal, based on an
original screenplay by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film features
an ensemble of parallel cinema actors including Girish Karnad, Amrish
Puri, Shabana Azmi, Anant Nag, Sadhu Meher with Smita Patil and
Naseeruddin Shah( his debut) .
• This film focusses on the power of the rural elite and the sexual
exploitation of women during feudalism in India.
• The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes
Film Festival . The film was invited to the London Film Festival
1976,Melbourne International Film Festival 1977 and Chicago International
Film Festival 1977 where it was awarded Golden plaque.
• Tell the name of this critically acclaimed movie.

Question - 27
• “Some years ago I was working with a lot of special kids
in workshops and one day, one of them was visibly very
upset. The teachers could do nothing to calm her, but
as soon as the caretaker, a deaf and dumb guy, came
into the room, she calmed down. The communication
between the two of them was fascinating and it stayed
with me. I went home that night and wrote a short story
about it. Two years later, I decided to develop it into a
full screenplay,” said filmmaker about the origin of plot
of his movie X.
• Identify the movie X.

Question - 28
• Bollywood celebrity X started his career with Nepal Radio. He used
to sing Maithili, Nepali and Bhojpuri songs during 1970s. He also
acted in Nepali films “Kusume Rumal” and “ Pirati”.
• X married Deepa in year 1985. There was a big controversy
surrounding his marriage as an woman ,named Ranjana Jha, from
Bihar claimed that she is X’s first wife. Finally, X accepted her as
his wife, whom he had earlier refused to acknowledge as his
spouse. It was a “working arrangement” under which Deepa , X’s
another wife and son’s status would remain unchanged but
Ranjana would be also be accorded the status of the singer’s wife.
• Identify the Bollywood celebrity X.

Question - 28
• Udit Narayan

Question - 29
• In 1958, Lata Mangeshkar received Best
Playback Singer female for her song in
movie Madhumati. She was called on
stage to receive the award but she
refused to accept the award.
• What made her reject such prestigious
award ?

Question - 29
• Filmfare statue was a female wearing no
cloth. Later she accepted to take It when
It was wrapped with white cloth.

Question - 30
• Identify the personality making
guest appearance in the next two
videos. (One in each video)

Question - 30
• Ayaan Mukherjee for Tumhi
Dekho Na
• Reena Dutta (Aamir Khan's 1st
wife) for Papa Kehte Hai

Rules for Scandals & Controversies Round
• Written round of 6 questions.
• +10 for correct answers.
• +20 bonus points for all 6 correct
answers.

Question - 31
• Married Bollywood Actor X was once madly on love with a writer
Jessica Hines who he had met during the shoot of Vikram Bhatt’s
movie. They were in a live-in relationship at that time. Hines got
pregnant and according to the reports , X told Hines to abort the
child or forget their relationship.This story was featured in Stardust
Magazine, it claimed that X indeed had a relationship with Hines.
• At that time, Hines said that she never gave any such interview. But
in 2015, it was revealed that Hines and X’s alleged son “Jaan” is
now a model.
• Identify the renowned actor X.

Question - 32
• Few years back, bollywood actress Geetika Tyaagi released a
video where she was seen slapping a famous movie director X and
also accused him of molesting her, “forcing himself” on her and
“dragging her” during a party held at that time.
• To which director X responded, “I don’t understand one thing, why
is it that women wait for years to complain in such cases. If you are
hurt, the complain should happen within 24-48 hours. Filing
complaint after few years from the date of incident really zaps me. I
would expect the court and the cops to check a blackmailing and a
vengeance angle in such cases.
• Identify director X mainly famous for one of his movie franchise.

• Subhash Kapur director of Jolly
LLb franchise
Question - 32

Question - 33
• X’s shocking disappearance is one story that has the ingredients of
a Bollywood masala potboiler. If speculations around the same are
anything to go by then , X’s allege affair with international drug
kingpin Vicky Goswami and her friendship with underworld don
Chhota Rajan may have led her to this anonymous existence .
According to a report in India Today, X apparently converted to
Islam and shifted to Nairobi after leading an anonymous life in
Dubai. After getting involved with Vicky, her Bollywood career
shattered. According to a report in India TV , a picture of X visiting
Vicky in jail was released in newspapers. A picture of a visibly old X
came out at least 10 years from the release of her last movie.
• Who is X ?

Question - 33
• Mamta Kulkarni

Question - 34
• Bollywood actor X, while walking down the ramp at the Lakme
Fashion Show in 2009, had suddenly stopped in front of his wife
who was seated in the front row. X then asked her to unbutton his
jeans, which offended many people .
• As a result of this act, X’s wife was arrested following a case
registered against her and X for indulging in an ‘obscene act’
during a fashion show. She was immediately released on a bail of
Rs. 950.
• X’s wife later clarified, “It was only the top button. The next day, X
was receiving his Padma Shri and I got a call from mom saying that
police is looking for me because of this act.”
• Identify X.

Question - 34
• Akshay Kumar

Question - 35
• These are some of the tweets by
Salim Khan as a response to Milkha
Singh, who criticized Salman Khan
regarding something.
• What was the reason of Milkha
Singh’s disappointment ?

Question - 35
• Milkha Singh criticized Salman
Khan being appointed as Indian
Olympic Association goodwill
ambassdor

Question - 36
• Manjeet Singh Sirsa, The Gurudwara
Management Committee’s general secretary
wrote a letter to Pahlaj Nihalani ( the then head
of CBFC) against Jacqueline Fernandez and
filmmakers of Dishoom (2016) for hurting
sentiments of Sikhs as he had received
numerous complaints in that matter from
various Sikh bodies.
• What was basically the reason of Sikh protest?

• Jacqueline wearing Kirpan around
her waist in “Sau Tarah Ke” song
Question - 36

The End
But picture abhi baaki hai mere dost.. ;)

Credits :-
• Anmol Singh Bhanderhal (Hon'ble President)
• Abhijeet Kushwah (Hon'ble Vice - President)
• QM - Aayush Shukla (Hon'ble “ECA Quizzer”)
• QM - Uttkarsh Bhalika (Hon'ble “The Marwari
Jugaadu”)

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