Prelims from Picture Perfect, an open quiz on Indian Cinema jointly organised by Virasat Pune and Choose To Thinq, held at FTII, Pune

1. Picture Perfect!
The indian cinema quiz
Finale
Virasat pune heritage festival
At ftii
19 april 2014

2. Note on the quiz
“Picture Perfect 2014” was a part of Virasat Pune‟s Heritage Festival, celebrating different
dimensions of the city‟s heritage. Pune has a strong connection to India‟s film history, with
institutions such as FTII, where this quiz was held. The quiz was set and conducted by Choose To
Thinq, run by B V Harish Kumar and J Ramanand, which helps organisations and individuals profit
from focused curiosity.
These are the finals of this quiz, won by Prachi Bari and Sapna Sarfare.
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3. format
1. „vijayanand‟ – the silent round
2. „prabhat‟ – we can talk
3. „mangala‟ – more colourful questions
4. „city pride‟ – the multiplexed round on pune

4. Round 1. „VIJAYANAND‟
“Identify these 8 films to have won the swarna
kamal for best feature film!”
“5 points per correct answer”
“silently written round”

5. 1 2

6. 3 4

7. 5 6

8. 7
8

9. Round 1. „VIJAYANAND‟
answers
1. Do aankhen barah haath
2. Kabuliwala
3. Samskara
4. Mrigaya
5. Adi shankaracharya
6. Kanchivaram
7. Deool
8. Ship of theseus

10. Round 2. „prabhat‟
11 questions
10 points per correct answer
Infinite rebounds
No villainous negatives

11. This 1948 film has choreography by Jaya Shankar, Mrs.
Rainbird, Natanam Nataraj & Nirmala Devi. T G
Raghavacharya started directing the film and in fact made
most of the film. But ultimately, he didn't receive any credits for
direction.
Which film & who was credited as director ?

12. answer
Chandralekha, SS Vasan, known best for its
choreography in the “drum dance” sequence.

13. The controversial Indologist Wendy Doniger once wrote an
essay called “The Mythological in Disguise”, which (over-
)analysed a Hindi film.
A quote from the plot's summary: “His widowed mother,
weeping over the mangled corpse, begs him to return the debt
of revenge for this untimely death.”
Which film?

14. answer
Karz

15. This 2008 Malayalam film is about Vannuki Joseph who buys
an object from a Frenchman in the 1920s. Though he wants to
use it to entertain people, it becomes controversial among
superstitious people and eventually he throws it in the sea.
Partly based on real events, what is this object, also the name
of this film?

16. answer
“Bioscope”

17. “Jaana Pehchana” is the most recent film by Rajshri
Productions (in 2011). It was directed by an actor-director who
has featured in a few Rajshri productions.
“Jaana Pehchana” is a sequel to an old Rajshri film, starring
him. Name the director and the prequel.

18. answer
Sachin, “Ankhiyon ke Jharokhon Se”

19. In 1984 and 1997, employees of Navodaya studios, set up by
Appachan, had to install special silver coated plastic screens at
theatres screening a film. This film also required Navodaya to
manufacture one million pieces of an item.
Which film?

20. answer
My Dear Kuttichathan/Chota
Chetan; India‟s 1st 3-D film. The
item was 3-D glasses.

21. What is specifically common only to these films:
Sparsh*
Chashme Buddoor,
Salaam Bombay,
Main Hoon Na,
Om Shanti Om,
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara*
* these two are set apart from the rest for a particular
reason

22. answer
Women directors nominated for Best Director at the Filmfare
Awards (Sai P, Mira Nair, Zoya A).
* Sai Paranjpaye and Zoya Akhtar have won it.

23. K.A.Abbas wrote the screenplay for a film, adapted from his
own book : “And one did not come back”.
Film?

24. answer
Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani

25. In Sujoy Ghosh‟s “Kahaani”, Vidya Balan demands “running
hot water” and is greeted by a boy who runs away to get hot
water.
This is a reference to a famous scene from which Satyajit Ray
film?

26. answer
“Joi Baba Felunath”

27. Whose names appeared during the credits of a film for the first
time in Barsaat in 1949 and in Gori (1992) for the last time?

28. answer
The music directors Shankar-Jaikishen

29. Explain?
+1= +1= +1=

30. answer
Sivaji Ganesan (“Navratri”), ANR, and Sanjeev Kumar
(“Nayi Din Nayi Raat”) have played 9 roles in a film.
Kamalhassan did 10 in “Dasavatharam”.
M N Nambiar did 11 in “Digambara Samiyar”
Priyanka Chopra did 12 in “What‟s Your Rashee?”

31. “Evano Oruvan” is a 2007
film starring Madhavan, who
also co-produced the film and
wrote its dialogues.
It is based on a 2005 film –
Madhavan asked the director
of that film to make this as
well.
Which film?

32. answer
“Dombivli Fast” by Nishikanth Kamat

33. Round 3. „mangala‟
11 questions
10 points per correct answer
Infinite rebounds
No villainous negatives
Reversing order of passing

34. When Mrinal Sen was making a film, he went to his neighbour
K A Abbas and asked if he knew anyone who could do some
narration for him. Abbas was making a film and one of his
actors volunteered saying he also knew Bengali.
Abbas agreed to loan him only if Mrinal Sen would give him
Utpal Dutt in return. That was the first paid assignment for
which film person? Which film was this?

35. answer
Amitabh Bachchan in “Bhuvan Shome”

36. “Bhavni Bhavai”, Ketan Mehta's debut
feature film, had a big starcast who all
acted for free because they were all his
friends from his FTII days - Naseer, Om
Puri, Smita Patil, Benjamin Gilani, Mohan
Gokhale etc.
The film is dedicated to playwright Bertolt
Brecht, the Bhavai exponent Asait Thakore
and to a famous pair whose style of
depicting life in a comic fashion was also
an inspiration for Ketan Mehta.
Who?

37. answer
Goscinny and Uderzo,
creators of Asterix

38. The actor Mohan Gokhale passed away in 1999 in Madras
while shooting for a multilingual (though mostly in Tamil) film.
He was replaced by another Marathi actor who had shot to
prominence for his work in the play “Gandhi Viruddha Gandhi”.
He won a National Award for Best Supporting Actor for this film.
Which film and who was this replacement?

39. answer
“Hey! Ram”, Atul Kulkarni

40. Which two people wrote the story for the following films?

41. answer
Mani Ratnam & Ram Gopal Varma

42. Sholay has inspired several remakes and parodies. Examples
are the infamous “Ramgopal Varma Ki Aag”, “Duplicate
Sholay”, and “Ramgarh ke Sholay”.
So if the character of Gabbar (or Babban) was played by
Amitabh Bachchan in “…Aag”, and Vinod Tripathi in “Duplicate
Sholay”, who
played the role in “Ramgarh ke Sholay”?

43. answer
Amjad Khan himself

44. In 1957, Vyjayanthimala won a Filmfare Award for Best
Supporting Actress for “Devdas”. Why did she refuse to accept
the award?

45. answer
She said her role was not a supporting one, but as
good as the lead‟s!

46. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is a short story by James
Thurber about a day-dreaming man.
One of its scenes was used in a 1975 Hindi film to prove that
the lead actor was indeed guilty of a crime.
Which film and what scene?

47. answer
“Choti Si Baat”; the scene were Amol Palekar dreams
of being in court having killed Asrani.

48. Images like these are
common on Bangalore
rickshaws. This is a reference
to a 1980 Kannada film
starring Shankar Nag.
Which film?

49. answer
“Auto Raja”

50. The doctoral thesis of which Dadasaheb Phalke awardee was
titled “Proposals for Preparing India‟s Basic Education to Use
Audio-Visual Techniques in Adult Education” which he
completed from Columbia University, USA?

51. answer
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika

52. His real name is Jehangir Chowdhury, also known as Raja. He
is a wildlife photographer. For a brief while during a journey he
takes on another role, which makes him the father of
“Santhanam”.
So how do we know him during this period?

53. answer
Mr Iyer in “Mr and Mrs Iyer”

54. What is common to these books?

55. answer
Made into movies by Rituparno Ghosh
“Shubho Mahurat”, “Raincoat”, “The Last Lear”

56. Round 4. „city pride‟
5 multiplexed questions about pune and indian
cinema
Written Round
10 points per correct answer
No villainous negatives
Go for it!

57. After his graduate studies from Fergusson College, he studied
experimental psychology & taught at Harrow, London, thus
earning his famous title. One of his films was one of the
earliest to win a National film award for Best Feature Film .
Who and what film?

58. answer
Acharya Atre, “Shyamchi Aai”

59. In 1976, four directors (K. Hariharan, Mani Kaul, Saeed Mirza,
Kamal Swaroop) jointly made this film as part of a cooperative
that included Om Puri. Shown again at the Berlin Film Festival
in 2014, this movie is based on a famous piece of literature set
in Pune.
What is it called?

60. answer
Ghashiram Kotwal
Image: The Hindu

61. This 2009 Marathi film was made of three parts:
“Lagnaachya Vayaachi Mulgi”
“Aushadh Ghenaara Maanus”
“Bazuula Basleli Baai”
The film won a couple of National Awards.
In 2012, the first story was remade into a Hindi film, set in
Pune.
Name both films.

62. answer
“Gandh”, “Aiyya”

63. Among the many contributors to help this 2004 film were:
• Sachin Tendulkar who auctioned some cricket gear
• Amitabh Bachchan who donated one lakh
• A school in Jogeshwari organized its children to make and
sell lamps A group of students wiped and cleaned cars to
collect some money
• A division of 10 std Nashik students in Nasik collected Rs.
10 each and their teacher added some more to donate Rs.
1001
• A Marathi theatre group collected around Rs. 65,000.
For what specific reason did they collect this money?

64. answer
For Shwaas‟s Oscar bid expenses after it was selected
as India‟s entry to the Oscars

65. Among the many contributors to help this 2004 film were:
• Sachin Tendulkar who auctioned some cricket gear
• Amitabh Bachchan who donated one lakh
• A school in Jogeshwari organized its children to make and
sell lamps A group of students wiped and cleaned cars to
collect some money
• A division of 10 std Nashik students in Nasik collected Rs.
10 each and their teacher added some more to donate Rs.
1001
• A Marathi theatre group collected around Rs. 65,000.
For what specific reason did they collect this money?

66. answer
For Shwaas‟s Oscar bid expenses after it was selected
as India‟s entry to the Oscars

67. This subject of this 2014 documentary is FTII, Pune, starting
from the days of the Prabhat Film Company. It gets its apt title
from a traditional religious procession in the morning that was
a feature of many Indian towns.
What is this title?

68. answer
“Prabhat Pheri”, literally meaning “a journey of
Prabhat”

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