1. 1.
X is 2000 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh
Darshan. It was the biggest disaster of the year.
Actress Karishma Kapoor was first offered the female
lead but due to date issues, she declined the
offer. The role ultimately went to Twinkle Khanna. In
order to display resemblance between Kapoor and
Khanna, the director had the same clothes and the
same wig that Karishma had worn in Raja Hindustani
for Twinkle.
ID X.
5. 3.
Naseeb is a 1981 Hindi film produced and directed
by Manmohan Desai.
One of the songs in the film sung by Mohammed Rafi, "John
Johnny Janardhan," has cameo appearances by many actors
playing themselves. The appearances include Raj
Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Dharmendra, Rajesh
Khanna, Vijay Arora, Waheeda Rehman, Sharmila Tagore, Mala
Sinha, Bindu, Simi Garewal and Simple Kapadia. The event is a a
Golden Jubilee celebration of a Manmohan Desai film. Which
film?
9. 5.
Bait Bazi is a verbal game and a genre of Urdu poetry played by
composing verses of Urdu poems. The game is common among
Urdu speakers in Pakistan and India. It resembles
the Malayalam Aksharaslokam and, more generally, the
British Crambo.
Schools and colleges regularly organize Bait Bazi competitions.
Bait Bazi competitions are also held using radio, television and
now the Internet. A very popular example is frequently played
Bait Bazi of popular television show "Tariq Aziz Show" a.k.a.
"Bazm-e-Tariq Aziz" formerly known as Neelam Ghar of PTV.
Which Indian game does it bear resemblance to?
11. 6.
X plays multiple roles in a film. He guards the
bridegroom’s boots during the wedding. He is the
umpire during a cricket tournaments.
But crucially, he is smart enough to deliver a letter. But
for X, all would not have ended well in this feel-good
film.
Identify X.
13. 7.
Sunil Grover is an Indian actor. He acted in India's first silent
show on SAB TV's Gutur Gu in the initial 26 episodes. He hosted
a show called Kya Aap Paanchvi Fail Champu Hain? on Sahara
Filmy, which is a parody of Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez
Hain?.He hosted a show called Kaun Banega Champu on Sahara
Filmy, which is a parody of Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Where else have you heard his ‘voice’?
14. He plays SUD on Hansi ke Phuwaare on Radio Mirchi.
15. 8.
Movies
1. LotR: Return of the King (ex): 836
2. Kingdom of Heaven (ex): 610
3. 300: 600
4. Troy (ex): 572
5. The Last Samurai: 558
Characters
1. Ogami Itto (Lone Wolf and Cub:White Heaven in Hell): 150
2. Smith (Shoot 'Em Up): 141
3. John Preston (Equilibrium): 118
4. Topper Harley (Hot Shots! Part Deux): 103
5. Tetsuo (Akira): 96
17. 9.
“One day, I found this singer by the name of Vedesh Sookoo who,
though of Bihari parentage, had never been to Bihar. I loved his
voice and asked him if he could write smutty lines and he wrote
about the _______ and his ___. We recorded it then and there,”
Who talking about the creation of which hit song?? (2 points)
21. 11.
X was a noted Indian painter. He was part of the noted Bombay
Progressive Artists' Group, which included greats like F.N.
Souza, S.H. Raza and M.F. Husain, and the first post-
colonial generation of artists in India, like John Wilkins who also
broke free from the nationalist Bengal school and
embraced Modernism instead, with its Post-
Impressionist colors, Cubist forms and
brusque, Expressionistic styles.
Among his most noted later paintings were
his triptych Celebration, which when sold for Rs 1.5 crore
($317,500) at a Christie’s auction in 2002, was not only the
highest sum for an Indian painting at an international auction,
but also triggered the subsequent great Indian art boom.
29. 15.
• Schooling from Kulachi Hansraj Model School, in Delhi
• Appeared in the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
(AIEEE) 2003, AIR 7000
• Mechanical Engineering (Didn’t complete the degree) from
Delhi College of Engineering
• Joined Barry John's theatre and Shiamak Davar's dance classes
• Assisted Mohit Suri on Raaz 2
Who are we talking about?
37. 19.
These are the popular recurring segments of which
famous India TV show
• Janta Ki Hajamat
• Ratan Re-Imburse
• Cutting with Jaggu
• Tau ke bole.
41. 21.
Target was the biggest rival of Tinkle at the time. Their
flagship character that time was Moochhwala ("the man
with a mustache") by Ajit Ninan. Moochhwala who was a
detective with penetrating eyes and a huge
mustache. Tinkle decided to create a competing
character. Subba Rao and Dhruva, two of the creators
at Tinkle, came up with the proposal for such a character.
They decided to base this new character on a boastful
but cowardly character in the then famous television
drama, I Love Lucy.
45. 23.
The crew went through all these vehicles during the shoot of
a multiple Oscar winner film. Which film?
46.
47. 24.
“I had written a very real and horrendous end where the entire
______ family lines up in front of American Consulate for visas
to migrate because Khurana has taken over the land. Jaideep
almost beat me up. He said “You are taking the audience’s
victory away. Lets give them what they want but through the
genre of film.”
This is about an alternative ending for which film?
48.
49. 25.
What memoirs of Hemingway take their title
from what he said to a friend, “If you are lucky
enough to have lived in paris as a young man,
then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it
stays with you, for Paris is X”.
50.
51. 26.
In the famous Madhuri song from Tezaab, “Ek
do teen…”, till what number does she count
the days of her lover’s arrival?
55. 28.
A single from the debut album of a Grammy award winning
band was shot in India with members of the band featured
on scooters riding through the streets of Goa while a
Marching band played music.
Identify the band and the single?
56.
57. 29.
‘A’ teamed up with singer and musician Eddie Vedder,
lead singer of Pearl Jam in 1995 on two songs for a
movie soundtrack. After A's death in 1997, Vedder
was partnered by A's successor and nephew ‘B’, and
performed these songs at several stages.
ID A or B?