The document provides thanks and acknowledgments to several people and organizations for their help and support related to old Malayalam cinema. It then lists 6 multiple choice questions about authors related to the Malayalam film field, with 10 points for each correct answer and a 10 point bonus for getting all correct. The questions are about identifying authors based on roles they played in certain films.

1. Finals

2. Thanks for all the help and support:
Cine Matters, (
http://oldmalayalamcinema.wordpress.com/)
Hrishikesh Varma,
Manjith,
Adv Narayanan Ramakrishnan,
Snehaj,
Sreeram ,
Vipin Nair (http://www.musicaloud.com/)
Thanks to http://malayalasangeetham.info/ for
providing content in the public domain.

3. Written

4. 6 questions on book covers, all related to
Malayalam film field.
Identify the author for each slide
10 points each. 10 points bonus for getting all
correct

11. 1) If it was Baburaj in Mr Marumakan,Vivek in
Cowboy Suraj Venjaramoodu in Manthrikan
Who was in Edavapathy?

12. 2) As per The Theatre Classification Committee
appointed by the government to study the
condition of the cinema theatres in Kerala, Which
theatre was rated the best and was the only one
graded as Platinum Plus?

13. 3) He won Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy
winner for Sculptor in 1977 and is currently
invovled in a huge sculpture of Jatayu built atop a
rock at Chadayamangalam.It is 60 ft tall, 150 ft
broad and 200 ft long. This will have three storeys
and among other attractions,will house a museum
and mini film theatre. Once finished, Jatayu sculpture
would be the biggest functional sculpture in the Asian
continent. It can be termed as the tallest sculpture as
well. Identify the sculptor who is also a director

14. 4) ______ Daa, let me call you ______ Daa,
I know that you are no more.
But I am, alive for you
Believe me. When the seventh seal is opened
I will use my camera as my gun and I am sure the echo of the
sound
will reverberate in your bones, and feed back to me for my
inspiration.
Thank you ______ Daa, I am thanking you
not with impotency and insipidity ______ Daa,
I remember you, when the words fails to criticize you,
______ Daa, eternally you are
in my brain
in my spirit and
in my Holy Ghost ,Amen.

15. 5) 'Malabar Banded Peacock' is
considered as one of the most
dazzling butterflies' in the world
and also rated as the third most beautiful
butterfly in India. Its flight is extremely swift;
possibly swifter than that of any other 'Peacock'
butterflies. It is a favourite of the butterfly
collectors. It is endemic to the Western Ghats
and is found essentially between southern Goa
and northern Kerala. What is the scientific
name for this butterfly.

16. 6)When Sasikumar’s announcement
for the movie, Chula came in, the music
director announced was ___A____ and
lyrics by Sathyan Anthikad. But ______A______
asked Sasikumar to give _______B______ a chance
to make his debut as the music director. The
director and producers were not happy with it, but
____A_____ told them that in case they are not
satisfied by ______B’s_______ music, then he will do
it. They agreed to it and thus ____B____ who was till
then a track and dubbing artist made his entry as a
music director. ID A and B

17. 7) Born Kochukunnel Mathai Chacko, he writes
under a pseudonym. Following is his
filmography, credited for Story
Santham Beekaram(1985) (Dir - Rajasenan)
Gajaraja Manthram (1997) (Dir -Thaha)
Captain(1999) (Dir Nissar)
Thrill(2008) (Dir -B Venugopal)
Who?

18. 8)Whose words (taken from an interview given in
Madhyamam a few years back) - “Among the
heroes who are alive today, after Madhu Sir and
Raghavan, I am the most senior. I have done
what no heros will do. I acted and also did the job
of a light boy. Later in John Abraham movies I did
3 extra roles. I was a hero in one movie and an
extra in next. John introduced me to others a ‘He
is my extra’. ”

19. 9)Who is the president of The Forum For Better
Spirit - The forum's manifesto asks the
government to provide liquor through the state-
subsided public distribution system, boost toddy
production, slash prices for elderly drinkers and
supply free alcohol to drinkers over 90.

20. 10)He started his film acting career in
Aravindans Oridathu. His last movie was
Ardhanari. His most popular character might
have been in a TV Serial.Name this artist who
passed away in 2012.

21. 11)In the movie Vilkanundu Swapnangal,
Mammooty's voice was not used. Instead
someone else dubbed for him. Who?

22. 12)‘Udaya Pictures’ was started by Alleppy Vincent
and X.Later the activities went into a slow pace
when X got arrested. Later Kunchako took over
this and was made famous as Udaya Studio. X left
the venture after having disagreements with
Kunchako. Name X

23. Azed
10 points each. Bonus 10 for getting
all correct

24. Mani Kaul's movie Duvidha had A as the lead.
A also went on to act in significant roles in other Hindi movies. He was
cast as the male lead for Basu Chatterjee’s Hindi movie B but he
rejected it.
B is more famous for us in Kerala for its songs. Basu instead cast C
instead for the role and the movie was a huge hit.
C went on to star in a Malayalam movie D directed by E.
Director F has made a movie about something that happened in E’s
life.
Coming back to A, why he rejected the offers in Hindi was to come
back to Kerala and make big in movies. His first notable role came in G.
The movie is more famous for the performance of H which fetched
him National award.
Coming back to Mani Kaul,his other movie Uski Roti had as the
Assistant Director, 'I' who went on direct 4 movies in his career - 3 in
Malayalam and one in Tamil.
Another of Kaul’s movie Satah Se Uthata Aadmi, had J a famous

25. 13)This movie was simultaneously released in
malayalam , tamil and telugu. It was titled
Nankampirai in Tamil and in Punnami Rathri
Telugu. How do we know this movie as?

26. 14)Which controversy which was much debated in
the media started just before Singer
Unnimenon’s Musical program ‘Ormikkan
Omanikkan’ in the year 2004

27. 15)This movie was based on Pallissery’s short story
- 'Pooram' and started with John Paul as script
writer and was named as Oralkkukoodi
Idam.Later John Paul was out of the project
allegedly due to the insistence of the Male lead
and Lohitadas was roped in. The movie was also
renamed and released 90’s. Which movie?

28. 16)Sindhu santhamayi ozhukunnu was an award
winning drama written by Lohitadas. Name the
movie adaptation which gave the male lead the
State award for Best Actor

29. 17)P Kesavadev’s association with movies started
much before his novels were made to movies. He
used to be an integral part of movie exhibition in
the earlier days. Under what capacity did he
serve these exhibitions?

30. 18)Kabani nadhi chuvannappol won the State Film
Award for the 2nd Best movie in 1975. PA Bakkar
won the award for best director. When K
Karunakaran, who was the Cultural Affairs
minister during the time was asked why a Naxal
themed movie was given these awards, What
was his reply?

31. 19)He was initially cast as the lead in Thrishna
before Mammooty replaced him. The shooting
had proceeded with him and later MT and IV Sasi
felt that he was not fit for the role.He later got
supporting roles in many movies. Which actor?

32. 20)Name the movie scripted by MT which was also
the name for one of his travelogues?

33. 21)In 2006, Rajeevnath announced a
project on the life of Mother Teresa.
He also announced that for the role of Mother,
he was planning to cast a certain lady after
finding a photo in social media which had striking
resemblance to the Mother. This news on casting
was reported widely worldwide. Later Rajeevnath
retracted the decision and said that he had no idea
about who she was when he made his decision
public. Who was he planning to cast?

34. 22) For whose murder was Jebaraj (driver), Lakshmi
Narasimhan alias Kutty (watchman) and
Ganeshan (cook) sentenced to death

35. 23)When Vigathakumaran was released,
the first show was inaugurated by a
famous criminal lawyer of the time,
Mullur Govinda Pilla. When the movie
Marthandavarma was made,Kamalalayam Book
Depot, who held the rights for the novel filed a case
against the makers. It was widely believed that
Mullur was behind the suit as he felt insulted for
not even being invited for the first show. He
appeared as the lawyer for Kamalalayam. Which
lawyer, whose name is a part of history of Kerala
and an old quiz question appeared for Sundarraj?

36. 24) When Jos Kattukaaran built Jos
Theatre in Thrissur, the Kochi royal
family was invited for the first show.
What arrangement that he made for them for
this show was continued and then later
adopted by other movie theatres for a long
time.

37. List it

38. There are 6 people who has won National Film
Award for Best Screenplay for their work in a
Malayalam movie. Name them all.
10 points each. Bonus 10 for getting all

39. 25) ”A Voyage” is a silent short film directed by
Biju Vishwanath, produced by writer John Paul
and has music by Johnson
The plot is about two people - A director and one
of his famous character. How the seed for the
character was present in the directors mind even
as a child etc are shown in the brief narrative.
Name this director and the character

40. 26) Audio (Qn on next slide)
Note:(The chirping of the bird discovered in the
movie Pattanapravesham was played)

41. 1) Of which species is this bird believed to be
2) What peculiar characteristic about the bird being
visible to Isaac (ornithologist)does he mention to
Prof Vidyadaran

42. 27) Video. Question on next slide
(Moonam Pakkam video – Thilakan consoling
Kirti Singh’s character mentions about the
story of Velasco)

43. Which work is being mentioned by Thilakan
here?

44. 28) What request about a title first made by Poet G
Sankara Kurup was made by MLA Haibi Eaden in
Kerala assembly. Cultural Affairs minister KC Joseph
cited Article 18 of the constitution as a reason for
not taking forward the request. What was the
request?

45. 29) Audio. Question on next slide
(Song from the movie Valarthu Mrikangal was
played)

46. Who wrote the lyrics?

47. 30) Raamanam is a 2009 Malayalam film directed
and produced by M. P. Sukumaran Nair.
Jagathy Sreekumar plays the lead character in
this film. The movie won the kerala state film
award for second best film in the year 2009. The
film is a re-depiction of which novel?

48. 31)Connect

49. 32) X wrote the story and screenplay for
Avanazhi and Inspector Balram
Y wrote the story and screenplay for Athiratram
X and Z wrote the screenplay for Balram Vs
Taradas. X,Y,Z?

50. What has been blanked out?
33

51. 34) Padmarajan's son Ananthapadmanabhan has
published a book 'Swam' containing 2 unseen
movie synopsis by Padmarajan, one titled Swam.
About the other, its written that once producer
came along with his son who was a director. They
discussed about a story and Padmarajan wrote
and gave it to them. He never got acknowledged
for it. The story was titled Pirannal Kutty Oru
_________ Katha. Which movie, as per Ananthan
was thus made?

52. 35) Tamara de Treaux was one of the uncredited
performers to portray the role of ET, in Steven
Spielbergs movie of the same name. She has
acted in around 5 movies and holds a certain
'distinction/achievement' as a female actress.
Who holds the corresponding distinction as a
male actor?

53. 36) Audio. Whose first Malayalam song?
(mask screen)
(Song from Kilichundan Mampazham- Parayuka
Nee)

54. LVC

55. 20 Visuals
Points:
1-4 50 points
5-8 40 points
9-12 30 points
13-16 20 points
17-20 10 points

56. 1

57. 2

58. 3

59. 4

60. + 50 / -10

61. 5

62. 6

63. 7

64. 8

65. + 40 / -10

66. 9

67. 10

68. 11

69. 12

70. +30 / -10

71. 13

72. 14

73. 15

74. 16

75. +20 / -10

76. 17

77. 18

78. 19

79. 20

80. 37)Starring Fahad Fazil and written/directed by
Shalini Usha Nair, This movie was a
contemporary retelling of a classic
Novel/Movie. Which one?

81. 38)During the 17th and 18th centuries AD this
place had served as source for the horses of the
stable of the Arcot Nawab. It is believed that the
name that we know today might have been
derived from the Urdu word "Garden of Horses"
What is the name?

82. 39)Whose works - Akalumthorum
Adukkunnavar, Ullaasa Thenmazha . Also wrote
Mandaarapushpangal under apseudonym

83. 40) There are 2 playback singers for the song.
One is PB Srinivas. Who is the other and for
whom is he doing payback for?
(A song from movie Anarkali was played)

84. 41) Which movie?

85. 42) Re union of a movie crew. Which one?

86. 43)When Thilakan was denied (rather than
saying ‘missed out’) the Best Actor Award in the
38th
National Film Award, who won the best
supporting actor and best supporting actress.

87. 44) “Some shots in ________are too long. What
happened is that I first recorded the music and
then edited the scenes accordingly. But as I was
editing, I had to encounter some unforeseen
practical problems, mainly recording the length of
the film roll. That is why some shots remained
lengthier and I could not avoid it. I wanted the
movie to be a visual expression and manifestation
of music, its many moods and variations, with an
end in the past.”. Directors words on one of his
movies. Which one?

88. 45)Director duo P. Baburaj and C.
Saratchandran has made two documentaries
on the same subject titled - '1000 days and a
dream' And Kaippuneeru. What was the
subject of these movies?

89. 46) Australian Theatre artist Jesse Fox Allen
has a Malayalam movie to his credit. He will be
one of the rare non Indians to have his
character name in the movie title. Id the movie

90. 47) Crossbelt Mani’s 1975 movie Penpada had a
song ‘Vellithenkinnam Pol’ sung by
Jayachandra, recently both Yesudas and
Bharanikavu Shivakumar both mentioned that
the music for this was actually done by X. Id

91. 48) Why is this song special?
(A song from Ezhu Rathrikal was played)

92. Theme

93. Non Exhaustive
Written round.
1)Each question carries 10 points
For theme , point will be awarded as following:
1/2 - +60/ -10
3/4 - +40/ -10
5/6 - +20 /-10
You can attempt the questions again after the
theme is revelealed for 5 points per question

94. 1) The Shaji Kailas - Prithviraj movie
Simhasanam was conceived as a remake of
an old hit. Later as Shaji developed the script,
it deviated very much from the original and
they felt it is inspired from the english movie
'The Godfather'. Which movie was they
supposed to remake initially?

95. 2) Vishnu and Arundhathi, working in Mumbai,
meet each other at their common friend,
Ramettan's house. They fall in love at first sight
and get married. The film is their struggle to lead
a family life and to find an accommodation in a
city like Mumbai.
Plot of which movie directe dby Kamal

96. 3)Which 80's movie had some of its important
scenes shot at this location in Illickal,
Kottayam?
Visual in next slide

98. 4)Along with P Jayachandran, whose voice is heard in
this song? Also name the film

99. Conne
ct

100. 6) This daily train was named so as Cochin
Harbor Terminus was one of the endpoints for
its journey. This terminal has since been
extended to a station in Tamil Nadu and the
train too got renamed accordingly. What is
the old name of this train?