A quiz presented as part of Chai Pe lockdown series on Sri Mohanlal's birthday

1. Lalettan
Prelims

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American Jn..
Ithu ente puthan Ray Ban
Kindi
Mudhugau
Savaari Giri Giri
These and many other famous lines uttered by Lalettan found place in the title design
of a Malayalam movie released somewhere within last 3 years.
Give the name of the 2 lead characters of this movie.

4. Sethumadhavan and Meenukutty

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In what way is Mohanlal associated with Shobhana’s dance ballet
Maya Ravanan?
Please be specific

7. As Voice of Hanuman

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Identify this actor pictured along with
Mohanlal. This was taken from the
sets of a V Ashok Kumar directed
Movie.
This incidentally is the only movie in
which he has acted.

10. Pyarelal, his brother

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Need a very specific answer - Give me the title of this movie, having a song with
the following lyrics
मैं दिल्ली का शेह्ज़ािा
मुझपे मरती हैं सब छोरी
झंझट न तू मुझसे करना बे
मैं भी हूूँ साहबजािा
मुझपे मरती हैं सब गोरी
िर िर के चल मुझसे न टकरा

13. Dharam Yodha, dubbed version of Yodha
This is Padakaali in Hindi

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As per Ramchandra Babu the cinematographer of Udayon, the shoot of the movie
was in Pollachi under scorching heat.
To aid the process of the shoot, especially with Lal doing dual roles of father and
son, something was done and this became Malaylam industries first _______.
What?

16. Caravan

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Mohanlal has edited a book on Humor by someone. (translated to English the title
will be ‘My favorite ____ Humor’). The subject of the book was in discussion
recently on release of a movie where one of the answers the central character
gives was inspired from what this person once gave to a question.
Mohanlal once famously dressed up as the subject of this book. Who?

19. Osho

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This documentary on the life of a famous and revered Keralite entered
the Guinness Book of World Records last year. Who was the subject?
Name the director of this documentary who should ideally be a news
item for next couple of days.

22. Philipose Mar Chrysostom
Blessy,
Mohanlal being the Narrator

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This movie was a remake of a Tamil movie and was co directed by
the Tamil movie’s director and another person.
Mohanlal lent his voice for the motion poster. The lines he
uttered in the poster while revealing the title was from a famous
novel where this name was actually introduced. Name the movie
and also the novel.

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He has directed only 3 movies out of which the first 2 were with Lal. The 3rd one,
released in 2010 was supposed to have Lal, but more of a cameo.
The role if materialised would probably have been the only non Malayali role he
did in a Malayalam movie.
Name the director and the character that Lalettan was supposed to portray in
this historic movie

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Clippings from which movie?
The movie in the poster is?

31. Golanthara Varthakal
And
Gandharvam

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Name the movie where this news item appears

34. C/O Saira Bhanu

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Announcement of which
movie?

39. Finals…

40. 1
How does Hanuman address Seetha when he meets her in
the Lavanasura Vadham Kathakali .
This is also the title of a Malayalam movie

43. 2
As a voice artist he was recently in news for being the Tamil voice of a
lead character in a 2019 Hollywood movie directed by 2 brothers.
Before he became an actor, he had started his career as a voice artist
and was the voice of Mohanlal when Varavelpu was dubbed to Tamil.
Who?

45. Vijay Sethupathi

46. 3
What was launched by the company - Routeroys cashing on the release of a Lal
movie.
As per Arun Manohar who designed it for the movie, the product may not be user
friendly as people expect it to be. What was the product?

48. Pulimurugan footwear

49. 4) What was the title of this movie and who is the
Director who posted this?

52. 5
The song ‘Uyirum Neeye Thaaye’ from the the Tamil movie Pavithra earned P
Unnikrishnanan and Vairamuthu National award for Best Singer and Best Lyricist
respectively.
Another song from this movie - Sevvaanam Chinna Pen.. turned out to be very
familiar to Malayalees as this had the same tune as a song from a Mohanlal
starrer. The song was a hit though it did not find a place in the movie. Which song
is this?

54. Maampoove song from Yodha

55. 6
At five thirty on the morning of August 15, 1947, _______ ____________ became
the first Indian to make the announcement of India's Independence in an external
broadcast from All India Radio to East Asia, reading out the Tamil news. His one
liner announcing the freedom was followed by the Tamil translation of Nehru’s
Tryst with Destiny speech. He later acted in many movies with about 4-5 movies in
Malayalam of which (as per various sources) 3-4 movies starring Mohanlal.
Most Malayali’s will remember the role of Ramachandran Menon he portrayed in a
landmark Malayalam movie.
Who?

57. Poornam Vishwanathan. The said role being in
Chithram

58. 7
In the movie Sarvakalasala, there is a scene where Mohanlal goes after some student who has
taken pictures of girls using his camera.
He pulls the roll out and gives the camera back, scolding the guy for pestering girls. "kazhuthil
camerayum thookki nadakkaan neeyaaraa ? ______ _______?
The blanks form a name. The guy was the winner of a gold medal at Cannes in 1978. He was also
quite famous for the audience of that era.
Who?

60. Marcus Bartley

61. 8
The Queen Elizabeth 2, often referred to simply as QE2 is a floating hotel and
retired ocean liner built for the Cunard Line. Since April 2018 she has been
operating as a floating hotel in Dubai.
The 1974 movie ‘Juggernaut' starring Richard Harris, Omar Sharif and Anthony
Hopkins is based on a threat that was faced by QE2 in 1972 while traveling from
New York to Southampton.
The movie is widely considered as the first movie to show a particular dilemma,
one that was made famous to us by Priyadarshan in a Mohanlal movie. What
dilemma?

63. Which wire to pull? Red or Blue
The Mohanlal movie in question being Vandanam

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Hotel Astoria is a name that will be forever linked to Lalettan.
a) One is more of a historical reason. Why?
b) Much later in the 90's in another Lalettan movie, he finds a place with much
difficulty. This place was also Hotel Astoria in real . This Hotel was later made
into a school - Imperial School. But recent evidences in social media suggest
that this is again a hotel.
Which movie is this.

66. 1 - In Kodaikanal near which first shot of Mohanlal
was taken for Manjil Virinja Pookal
2 - Kuttymama’s house in
Yodha

67. 10
This Priyadarshan - Mohanlal movie of 80’s was remade to Telugu, Kannada and
Tamil.
The name they used for the Tamil movie is of interest as it indicated something
related to but at the same time entirely different from the name of the original one.
The word used in Malayalam is generally used to denote superiority and the Tamil
word is of much pride for the Tamilians.

69. Aryan and Dravidan

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As per Mohanlal, the first time he did 'something' is in the movie Rangam
directed by IV Sasi.
He made this statement in a blog post when he was preparing for a
related thing.
He also mentioned some other project where he could do this but
Rangam is special in a way so be specific in your answer.

72. Playing the role of Bheeman under MT’s script.
(In a Kathakali pictured in the movie)
He was mentioning about the opportunities he got to
play Bheema.

73. 12
When the director-writer duo initially planned this 1988 Mammootty movie, the
character was given a name. Later as per the suggestion of the writer the name
was changed to something else.
The character name was later used by the duo for a Mohanlal movie released in
the same year. Id the movies

75. Oru CBI Diary Kuripu and Moonaam Mura

76. 13
P Anil directed one Telugu movie - Adavilo Abhimanyudu which was a remake of his
own Malayalam movie.
The Malayalam movie was famous for its action scenes and for the curious ones, it
was also scripted by noted poster designer Gayathri Ashok.
The original was also dubbed to Tamil as Captain Dhevaram.
Who acted as the hero of the Telugu movie and also name the original.

79. Douthyam and Jagatpati Babu

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Sanchari is one of the earliest movies of Lalettan and is also considered special
because this is the only movie where he shared screen space with someone.
Who?
Who was the music director of this movie?

82. Jayan
Music Director - KJ Yesudas

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Who about which movie?

85. Madhavikutty on Padamudra

86. 16
Filmography of someone who is probably more famous for another ‘project’(next
slide).
Name this other project of his, which was based on someone who was also
famous for these curry powders

89. Nairsan movie

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One of Mohanlal's shelved project is the Shaji N Karun movie that was based on T
Padmanabhan's novel Kadal.
The title of the movie was same as the character name of the heroine of a Malayalam movie.
This probably is the only time that such a name was used for a character name in
Malayalam
Name this shelved movie/character
Now this actress was roped in for another Malayalam movie by the same director that was
also shelved. Name this one as well

92. Gaadha is the shelved project.
Also the name of Girija Shettar in vandanam
The second shelved project is Dhanushkodi

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The most movies that Mohanlal acted in is under Priyadarshan, 30 (33 if you
consider non Malayalam movies).
With 22 movies, who is 2nd in this list?

95. IV Sasi
Sathyan Anthikkad comes next

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The English name for this animal belonging to Muridae family is derived from the
Telugu word Pandikokku. The Malayalam word for the animal is what interests us.
What is it?

99. 20
In the movie Boeing Boeing, there is a segment where Shyam 'hires' a father for him to present in
front of Eleena. Turns out that more than many fathers starts appearing when Olassa has himself
established as the father.
When multiple people starts coming together pretending to be the father of Shyam, Olassa
delivers a performance and saves Shyam.
This performance probably inspired a portion of another movie where an actor, when presented
with a difficult situation escaped using a similar method. This situation infact used a bit of exact
same stuff that Olassa used and hence the note of inspiration. What was this about?

101. The Degenerating Decencies part in Kilometers and Kilometers dialogue of Mazha
peyunnu.. was earlier used in Boeing Boeing