Researched and Conducted by

Partha Abarki

Rules

• 8 team final

• In case of a tie, the team which has scored more points in the Final will win.

Round 1 -Written

• Infographics

• Songs will be represented by Visual clues, Audio clues etc.

• Keywords will be represented –you have to identify the song from that

• Differential marking

Differential marking

• 1-3 teams get it right -10 points

• 4-5 teams get it right – 7 points

• 6-8 teams get it right – 5 points

Question 1

Question 2

Still Didn’t Find

Question 3

Your

2 Your

Question 3

Yes /No

Question 4

Question 4 contd

Please exchange answer Sheets

Question 1

Answer 1 • Hawa hawaii

Awi wiwi wiwi wi Chee ho ho honolulu lu lu lu lu, honolulu Hing bekei Hong Kong, King Kong I seenoosi, yusiloosi, hassi tosi, lassi pissi Mombaasa, ping pong Oye oye oye oye oye oye (Aka chiki laaki chiki chiki laaki chu Raapa chiki laaki chiki chiki laaki chiki chu) - 2

Question 2

Still Didn’t Find

Answer 2

• Bombay Se Gayee Poona

• Pune Se Gayee delhi

• Delhi Se Gayee Patna

• Phir Bhee Na Mila Sajna

Question 3

Your

2 Your

Question 3

Yes /No

Answer 3

• Jaadu Teri nazaar

• Khusboo Tera Badan

• Tu Haan kaar Yaa Naa kaar

• Tu hain Meri Kiran

Question 4

Question 4 contd

Answer 4

• Anjan Dutta’s Mala

Tomar kotha bola jeno Modhu Bala Tomar hata chola Sophia Loren Tomar gondho foraashi anaye anaye Obhiman Aparna Sen

Infinite Bounce 1

• Rolling Infinite Bounce with 3 Strike Pounce

• No Part Pouncing

• Once you pounce –you cannot then withdraw it.

• Throughout the final – composer will be used (without the plural form ) whether he works singly or as a pair.

Question 1

• Identify the TV series and the composer.

Answer 1

• KaramChand

• Anand Milind

Question 2 • Salim Javed have written a lot of action movies and violent

scenes – but when asked about the most violent sequence that they have written – they surprisingly mentioned this scene which had not a huge degree of physical violence ,beating up and hitting etc. Their explanation was that the psychological violence seen in this scene, and the mental trauma that it caused to the victim was far more violent than anything else they ever wrote. And it directed the like of the victim and the movie ever after. Which iconic scene are we talking about?

Answer 2

Question 3

• What is the most lasting legacy of the Character played by Dilip Kumar in this 1949 movie?

Answer 3

• Manoj Kumar took his name from Dileep Kumar’s character in this movie

Question 4

• Kali Katha is a short film released on youtube as a prologue/publicity to the film X. It shows a violent and abusive husband beating up and forcing his wife to bear a child against her wishes. It provides for the background for the divorce between the couple seen from the the beginning of the film X and tells us how Kali – the central point of the movie X was conceived.

• Identify the movie X

Answer 4

Question 5 • This song is from the 1989 HMV album Get Organized.

The singer composer is X who was one of the early rock musicians of India performing with groups like Velvette Fogg, Brief Encounter and then Savage Encounter since the 1970s. He was also a very successful actor in English and Marathi theatre and theatre composer. However –perhaps his name is most well known to us as a playback singer in one of the biggest musical hits of the 1980s. The lyricist in this album is the famous poet Nissim Ezekiel, also X’s maternal uncle.

Question 5 contd

Answer 5

• Nandu Bhende

Question 6

• The National Film Award for Best Film Based On High Literary Work was one of the National Film Awards was instituted in 1966 and awarded only at 14th National Film Awards. The only winner in this category was the Bengali film Chhuti, based on Bimal Kar’s novel Kharkuto.

• Who was the director?

Question 6 contd

Answer 6

• Arundhuti Devi.

Question 7 • A rat living in a granary does not have to worry

about the outer world that produces the grains that fills up the granary. But when the granary is empty, it turns out to be a rat trap. This is the metaphor used innovatively by the director in this acclaimed film on the decay of the feudal system. The BFI called it “the most original and imaginative film of 1982.” Generally considered to be the most accomplished work of its director – just give me the movie.

Question 7

Answer 7

Question 8

• When Nehru led India into the nonaligned movement (NAM) in 1961 – Shailendra supposedly told Radhu Karmakar that – my song must have inspired him. For I have described the exact same principles in my lyrics. Which song was he talking about?

Answer 8

• Mera Joota Hain Japani.

Question 9

• Identify the singers. Also identify the poet . Mirza Ghalib was such a fan of his poetry that he had said in exchange of a couplet of his shayri – Ghalib would give away all his life’s poetry.(5 plus 5)

Answer 9

• Ahmed Hussein and Mohammad Hussein

• Momin

Question 10 • X was roped in to play the role of the lover of Sri

Devi’s daughter(also played by Sri Devi) in Khuda Gawah and several scenes were shot with him including a couple of expensive high octane action sequences. But then both AB and X had a movie released during the making of the film, which had very similar songs. It was not quite clear who copied whom –but the clash of songs became the clash of egos and X left the film.Nagarjun stepped in. X and the songs please (5 plus 5)

Answer 10

• Sanjay Dutt

• Jumma Chumma De de and Tamma Tamma Loge.

Question 11

• .Identify X- the costume designer of this movie.X does the costume designing for all of this director’s movies in recent times and in that capacity has been nominated for quite a few awards.(video next slide)

Question 11 contd

Answer 11

• Bindya Goswami (wife of director J.P Dutta)

Question 12

• This is a list of acting credits from the IMDB profile of Y. Just give me the movie X (a 2013 film).

• Pics next slide

Question 12 contd

Answer 12

Question 13 • The first song is composed by X for a 2001

film, for which X won a Filmfare Award. The second song is composed by Y for a critically acclaimed 2004 film. X and Y are siblings. Identify X ,Y and their illustrious father Z ( 3 + 4 + 3).

Answer 13

• X – Karthik Raja (movie –Grahaan)

• Y – Bhabatarini Illayraja(movie – Phir Milenge)

• Z – Illayraja.

Question 14 • X was in a meeting with Jhammu Sugandh when Jhammu got a

call informing him that Gulshan Kumar has been shot dead. A shocked Jhammu told X that Kumar had called him an hour back and said he had just woken up and will now go to a temple, meet some singers and then come to meet Jhammu. This got X thinking that when someone dies- we all recount what they had been doing or were going to do. But what about the killer? What was his routine? Did he set an alarm to wake up in time for the murder or did he ask his mother to wake him up? Did he have breakfast or was he too nervous to eat? Basically X thought we never show what the killer or criminals in general do between when they commit their crimes and when they are caught or killed . This was the genesis of the idea of the film Y .Give me X and Y.

Answer 14

Question 15 -connect

Answer 15

Question 16 • According to K.A Abbas –She was a daredevil in an era when this

was such a rarity among actresses. She symbolized woman power both on and off the screen; she was the only actor who dared to take on Baburao Patil of FilmIndia whose vitriolic writing the entire industry was afraid of –she entered his office and hit him with a cane –an incident which seemed to have mellowed Patil down. She also tamed the bosses at Prabhat studio when they were not allowing her to work outside the studio.She staged a hunger strike in 1939 at the Prabhat Studios gate until they were forced to relax the clauses of her contract.

• Considered by most in her industry to be the one of the most impactful woman in the history of their industry, identify this famous star – who died in 1964 at the age of 47.

Answer 16

• Shanta Apte

Question 17

• According to rediff.com box office records, this film was released simultaneously with Yash Chopra’s Veer Zaara, Abbas Mastan’s Aitraaz and RGV’s Naach and still held its own in the box office. In fact , in many regions it beat all the three films to become the top grosser.

• Which film am I talking about ? Only a very specific answer will get you the points (if that is a clue –use it)

Answer 17

• Colourized version of Mughal e Azam

Question 18

• Identify the composer. The lyrics are an adaptation by Varun Grover of a poem by X. X is known as first Hindi Ghazal writer of India and one of the foremost Hindi poets of the 20th century.Identify X.

Answer 18

• Answer – Indian Ocean

• Dushyant Kumar(sung by Swanand Kirkire)

Question 19

• Danny Dengzongpa was studying at FTII when the Indo China war broke out. Whenever he stepped out of the institute –people hurled abuses at him due to his appearance and ethnicity. He remembered one particular racial slur and asked it to be incorporated into the name of his character in one of the more famous roles that he essayed much later.

• Which film and what character?

Answer 19

• Agneepath

• Kancha Cheena

Question 20 • X (1967) was the first musical collaboration between Y and

Z,both aged 30 at that point. The album follows a day in the life of an Indian shepherd from Kashmir. It became an overwhelmingly successful album internationally –and probably is the highest selling Indian album worldwide .

• Apart from Y and Z , the guitarist Briz Bhushan Khabra was part of the album.

• It is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery and Michael Lydon.

• Y and Z later came together for many different types of musical collaborations –again hugely successful.

• Identify X (5 points), Y and Z (5 points)

question 20

Answer 20

• Shiv Hari

Question 21 X(2012)

2013

2014

2014

Answer 21

Question 22

• The lead actress asks for some money for her forthcoming tour –but her boss deflects her. She then complains that he is engaging in X , a Punjabi expression which means “tal Matol” or trying to avoid or put something off. And then she expresses the same sentiments in a song called X. Give me X, which has since become almost a generic expression.

Answer 22

• Lare Lappa Lare lappa (from Ek thi Ladki)

Question 23 • Fill in the blanks (6 words)

Answer 23

Question 24 - connect

Answer 24

• The Greatest Story Ever Told

Question 25

• This clip from the comedy series AIB on Air.

• Who is the song about?

• Why are they so angry on the peacocks?(5 plus 5)

Answer 25

• Great Indian Bustard

• They were the other candidate who the peacock beat to become the national bird.

Question 26 • The films depicts a tribal community living on

the border with China; the song "Mera pass Aao" was considered particularly offensive to the Ao Naga community in Nagaland.however –who did the male playback?

Answer 26

• Danny Dengjongpa.

Question 27 • Director X and actor Y had developed a strong

friendship . And X cast Y in all of his movies during this period and had even made a promise to cast Y in all movies directed by him. However, in 1935, X cast Pahari Sanyal in the lead role of both versions of his bilingual film and Y was very hurt by what he took to be rejection .Acording to X, what did it start on the part of Y? Also Identify Y.

Answer 27

• K L Saigal Started drinking.

Question 28 • Vishwanath Nayak was the chartered accountant for

Arun Nalawade, a stage actor. Nayak came across a story by writer Madhavi Gharpure, about how a young boy with retinal cancer ran away from the hospital a day before an operation which might cure him but will also turn him blind. On his suggestion Nalawade produced and starred in the film based on this story–which went on to become the first film in its language to win the Golden Lotus for Best Film at the National Awards in nearly 50 years. Identify the movie.

Answer 28

Question 29 • Identify the movie • According to an interview given by the director –

which doomed love affair is this movie based upon?

• The opening bars of this song Shairana si hain was also used as the opening bar of which other composition by the same music director- a bigger hit. (3 plus 3 plus 4)

Answer 29

• Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Ayee

• Mahesh Bhatt And Parveen Babi

• Tumsa koi pyara koi masoom (Khuddar)

Question 30 • X is a medical doctor and a PG n Psychiatry. While pursuing

his studies, he fell in love with theatre by Utpal Dutt and has since carved out an illustrious career for himself on stage and in films. Along side that –he is the founding Director of Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health. He is currently the Principal Investigator for an Indo-US joint project on Cultural Disorders of Fatigue and Weaknesses and he is an internationally reknowned expert on the effect on mental health of natural disasters.

• Amidst all this –he has also served a director of FTII.

• Identify this multifaceted individual.

Answer 30

• Mohan Agashe

Question 31

• Identify the movie

Answer 31

• The Evil within (Starring Dev Anand)

Question 32 • In one of X’s more well appreciated roles ,playing a thief

with a heart of gold in the film Y, X had a particular way of looking closely at people and things . According to X, he picked up this particular mannerism from the director((Ravi Tandon ) of the movie Y, who always used this gesture while framing or analysing his shots. When the film released in the 1970s, it is reported that people used to copy this gesture when trying to closely at things.

• Give me X ,what did he do and Y (3 plus 4 plus 3)

Answer 32

Question 33 • _____ _____ _____( English: Mom, I want it) is a song

composed by Vicente Paiva and Jararaca in 1937. The original recording was made by the Jararaca in 1937and is today one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time.

• The song, however, won international level visibility, under the title "I Want My Mama" by Carmen Miranda. The "carnival march" was included in her debut on Broadway and then in the film "Down Argentine Way"

• The original portugese title of the song was used as the opening line of a RD Burman hit – which was remixed by Meet Brothers Anjaan in a biopic a few years ago.

• Identify the song and the original movie.

Answer 33

• Mama yo quiero( quiero quiero mama) –became Mamaiya Kero Kero Kero Mama – Arjun.

Question 34

• Identify this 1943 movie and the unique distinction it holds.

Answer 34

• Ram Rajya

• The only movie Gandhiji ever watched.

Question 35 –Connect.

Chaap tilak Saab Chini –Main Tulsi Tere Angaan Ki

Zihale Miskin MuKun . Movie - Ghulaami

Kaahen Ko Byaahen Bidesh – Umrao Jaan

Answer 35

• Amir Khusrav (Songs based on or using lines written by him)

Question 36

• Which musical collaboration/partnership was seen for the first time in this title song of the DD series Daane Anaar Ke ?

Answer 36

Question 37

• Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet was based on Gyan Prakash’ s book Mumbai Fables. The cover of Mumbai Fables features a painting titled “Bombay Buccaneer” by Atul Dodiya. So what was the inspiration behind this painting?

Question 37 contd

Answer 37

Question 38

• . He was a popular playback singer of the 1980s ,particularly associated a very successful composer of the 1980s but after the death of his brother in 1991, he quit playback singing and devoted himself to religion and now is a Gospel Singer. Identify X

Question 38 contd

Answer 38

• Vijay Benedict

Question 39 -connect

Answer 39

• Hansal Mehta

Question 40

• What happened for the only time in this song (though technically this song was ultimately dropped from the movie)?

Hello Hello Kya Haal Hain

Answer 40

• Kishore Kumar’s only song for Naushad (Movie –Sunhera Sansar).

Question 41 • She was born in a family of professional singers and

received training in Hindustani classical music since childhood. She cut her first album at the age of only 14 in 1932 and soon she was recognized as an accomplished exponent of light classical music. Initially she was known as XY(with Y being a reference to her gharana of training). But later on –when she entered playback singing –she was known as XZ (Z referring to her place of birth in Punjab). You will hear a remixed version of perhaps her most popular song.(this version is not in her voice of course). Give me XY and XZ (no part marks if I get a full answer)

Question 41 contd

AnKhiyan Milaake Jiyan Bharman Ke Chale Nahi Jaana

Answer 41

• X Y– Zohrabai Agrewali

• XZ – Zohrabai Ambalewali

Question 42 • According to Chaitanya Tamahne, the director of the

movie Court, the preproduction and workshop for his movie included watching the documentary X which deals with the 1997 Rambai Dalit Killings by the police(where the police opened fire on a “peaceful” march and killed 10 people) and its fallout including the subsequent legal case. X was 14 years in the making –as the director wanted to follow the complete course of the case against the police in the courts.

• Human Rights Watch called X the most important documentary to come out of India. Identify X.

Answer 42

Question 43

• What are these song the first and last to be?

Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hain Tujhe Dekha to Yeh Jaana Sanaam

Answer 43

• The first and last songs to top the year end list of Binaca Geetmala (including its subsequent name changed avatars).

Question 44 • X was extremely worried that he might not get this iconic death

scene right. He sought help from Mehmood, in whose house he was then staying. Mehmood said –“ just think that the unimaginable has happened –and that Y himself is dying – not just Z. And you will get everything right.” X explains – “It was not so much a tutorial in acting that he expounded; it was an exalted acknowledgement of Y’s presence and position in the psyche of the nation that he was drawing my attention to.”

• Ultimately – the scene became a landmark in Hindi cinema – and X’s performance was appreciated by all.

• X Y and Z. (five for 2 parts – no part marking if I get a complete answer)

Answer 44

• X – Amitabh Bacchan

• Y – Rajesh Khanna

• Z – Anand.

Question 45 • . According to director X, Y is his favourite work .But

he is very glad that this 1980s movie was a commercial failure. Otherwise, says X, he might have become a better director but one with no money. Y’s failure made him realise that he needed to add mainstream sensibilities in his movies to be successful. About Y –he says that it is the only movie set in Kashmir which does not exploit its beauty and that was a conscious decision. Identify X and this critically acclaimed movie Y which now enjoys cult popularity.

Answer 45

• X –Vidhu Vinod Chopra

• Y – Khamosh.

Question 46

• The last question –ending the quiz with the rather unusual end sequence of this movie. Just Identify the movie.

Answer 46

• In Which Annie Gives it Those ones