MELA quiz @ SVNIT

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2. “X” is movie under the banner of RK production relased in1951 which
became an overnight sensation in South Asia, and found success abroad in
the Soviet Union, East Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. In 2012, “X” was
included in the 20 new entries to All-Time 100 greatest films by TIME.
In “X”, there are three generation of the Kapoor family in the film. There is
Deewan Kapoor in the film, who was the grandfather of Raj Kapoor (father of
pritviraj ) who plays the role of judge, who comes in the beginning of the
film and in the end, then Raj Kapoor's father, Pritviraaj and also his young
brother, Shashi Kapoor (junior raj kapoor ) were also in this film.
In a outdoor scene of Raj with Nargis, in the background, the music of the
song ' na mangu sona chandi' could be heard there, 20 years later this tune
was used in a song of. Bobby.
Identify X
Q.1

5. Q.2
Don’t let the Prohibition era setting fool you. There are
plenty of wild times to be held on ____________ led by
Steve Buscemi as Atlantic city politician, this period
piece measures history with fiction to create a visually
stunning, richly populated show, full of characters you
don’t wanta meet in dark alley. With women, booze and
corruption as the order of the day this is not someone’s
father’s gangster show.
Identify the T.V. series

7. Broadwalk Empire

8. Q.3
“X” is a Pakistani romantic drama serial that still is aired on Zee
Zindagi. This is a highly melodramatic T.V. serial and so much
philosophical in nature that it bangs a 9.2 rating on IMDB. The
serial revolves around a young boy who loves Cricket and
sometimes he Gambles too, he puts his stakes in cricket matches,
and his fate led him to became a known gangster of Pakistan who
secretly was hired by an undercover agent of Pakistani secret
agency.
The soundtrack of this T.V. series is one of the most popular and
heart touching song of Hemant Kumar from movie “Pyaasa”.
Identify X

11. Q.4
In the opening scene of Shahrukh Khan’s “Kal ho na ho”, a
song is picturized in which he apologies for his mistake to
Preeti Zinta.
This song was the adaption of a 1964 song recorded by
Roy Orbison for which he got a Grammy Award,
posthumously, in 1991. In 1999, the song was honored
with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award and was named one
of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped
Rock and Roll.
This song became a background score in the opening
scene of the 1990 romantic drama movie by Garry Marshal
Identify the song.

14. Q.5
The ____________ of India have long had a very turbulent reputation.
Once seen as advisor’s to the Mughal courts, they are now objects
of sexual glorification.
It is the matter of pride and honor among the Bollywood actresses
to act the role of _____________ at least once in their career.
Madhubala, Meenakumari, Rekha, Tabu, Madhuri Dixit,
Vaijanthimala all had played the role of ____________ once in there
career and gets worldwide acceptance and fame.
FITB

16. Courtesan or Tawaif

17. Q.6
1998 was the year for Cartoon Network when they first broadcast a
cartoon show which initially has to run for 4 seasons. But it turns out to
be the great success and aired for next 10 years, longest running show
ever before Ben10.
This features the story of three friends in a cul-de-sac who bears exactly
the same name with little manipulations.
The name of the shows in the series frequently makes meta-references
and almost every episode contains references to pop culture, especially
movies like For your “eyes” only, The Day the “Earth” Stood Still and
Mission “Im”possible.
Identify the cartoon.

19. Ed, Edd
and Eddy

20. Q.7
The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he
meets the most famous film star in the world can be,
undoubtedly, the best and simplest description for a
1999 movie directed by Roger Michell.
Identify the movie.

23. This 1989 American Romedy written
by Nora Ephron features a story of
the title characters from the time
they meet just before sharing a
cross-country drive, through twelve
years or so of chance encounters
in New York City. The film raises the
question "Can men and women be
“friends” forever ?
How do we know this, in quite a
similar manner, in Bollywood ?
Q.8