The World Of Hindi Cinema: A Quiz Book

Do you know the name of the first Hindi feature film?

Do you know which famous lyricist also sang a song in a Hindi film?

This book offers all such interesting facts about Hindi films. It contains all the information about Hindi films right from its birth till the millennium years.

The word Quiz may have initially be referred to someone odd or eccentric and has a myth that it was a bet this person made that he could introduce a new word in the language within 24 hours and hired a group of street urchins to write this word quiz on walls all around the city. Quiz is the best form of judging someone’s knowledge on any subject

What you have in your hands is a very exciting piece on Hindi films. This book offers an interesting variety of information on Hindi films in the form of questions and answers.

It has over 50 different quizzes and over 1000 questions.

The information ranges from the firsts of Hindi films to the major stars and super stars. The most money making blockbusters to the duds on box office. It also gives equal weightage to all departments of Hindi films such as acting, direction, production, music direction, story, screenplay, editing and lyric writing.

I hope this book gives you great pleasure in reading and knowing about Hindi films as much as it has given me in writing it.

Nishant Labh

01. Mixed Bag 1

1. The movie Masoom starred Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi in the lead roles. Also, Jugal Hansraj and Urmila Matondkar played important roles in the film as child artists. On which novel was this film based which was directed by Shekhar Kapur?

2. For which Mukul S Anand movie did Mithun Chakraborty win a National Award?

3. K L Saigal sang the famous song "Babul mora in the movie Street Singer". Who is the lyricist of this song?

4. Sampooran Singh has been a very famous producer/director in the world of Hindi film industry having worked in films like Parichay & Aandhi. He is also a very well-known lyricist. How is he better known in the world of Hindi cinema?

5. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film Rang Birangi ends when a police inspector, played by Utpal Dutt, gives orders to arrest a particular film personality. Which personality?

6. Who sang the title song of the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai apart from Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik?

7. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is one of the most famous novelists whose books have been made into films. One such book ‘Parineeta’ was made into a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production starring Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan in the lead roles. Who directed this film?

8. Javed Akhtar made his debut as a lyricist with this Yash Chopra film. Which film?

9. On whom is the song 'Deewane hain deewano ko na ghar chahiye' picturised (with a harmonium) in the film Zanjeer?

10. How do we better know the brothers Ranbir Raj Kapoor and Shamsher Raj in the Indian film industry?

11. This film was Ram Gopal Varma’s first directorial venture in Hindi films and starred Jackie Shroff, Urmila Matondkar and Aamir Khan. Name the movie.

12. One of the voices used for the famous Dilip Kumar-Raaj Kumar song ‘Imli ka boota' in Subhash Ghai's Saudagar was Mohammed Aziz’s. Whose was the other?

13. Who played the role of Mustafa in the Partho Ghosh movie Ghulam-E-Mustafa?

14. She is daughter of Gemini Ganeshan and Pushpavali. Her real name is Bhanu Ganeshan. How do we know her better in the world of Hindi Cinema?

15. This 2003 film directed by Sooraj Barjatya was the remake of Rajshri production film Chitchor. Name the film in which both Abhishek Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan play the lead roles of ‘Prem’.

16. In which film does Navin Nischol sing RD Burman’s romantic songs to Archana?

17. How is the actor Hari Kishan Goswami better known in the world of Hindi Cinema?

18. This movie had this quote for Anil Kapoor: Jab forward ball lekar goal karke, sari duniya ki wah wah leta hai ...Yeh saheb goal post par khada hawa khata hai. Identify the movie.

19. Yesudas is the recipient of at least six National Awards for playback singing. For which Hindi film did he receive his third?

20. This Ramesh Sippy film was made in the lines of a James Bond movie and was the first film of Kulbhushan Kharbanda. Which film?

02. The Films and Career of Ashok Kumar

1. In which year did Ashok Kumar start his acting career and with which film?

2. This Bimal Roy movie was based on a Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel and Ashok Kumar had played the role of a revolutionary Bikash Ghosh. Which film?

3. Bombay Talkies had produced many films with Ashok Kumar as the lead actor. Achhut Kanya, produced by Bombay Talkies was the second film of Ashok Kumar. Who was his co-star in the film?

4. Which was the comedy film starring Ashok Kumar and Pearl Padamsee and had the song ’Thoda hai, thode ki zaroorat hai…’?

5. Ashok Kumar won a National Award for the Hrishikesh Mukherjee film Aashirwaad. He had also sung a rap number ’Rail gaadi….’ in the film? Who was the lyricist of this song?

6. What is the original christened name of Ashok Kumar?

7. This Ashok Kumar starring movie was a stupendous hit at the box office and ran for three years in oxy cinemas in Calcutta. Its record was broken as late as in 1975 only by Sholay with respect to the box office collections. Which movie?

8. Ashok Kumar had anchored a very popular TV Soap in which he used to sum up each episode at the end. Which soap?

9. This movie starring Ashok Kumar is speculated to be the first horror movie in which Madhubala played the role of Kamini. Which movie?

10. This comedy was directed by Satyen Bose and had all the three Ganguly brothers in it along with Madhubala. Which film?

11. This movie was the story of a low caste girl in love with a Brahmin boy of her village. Ashok Kumar along with Devika Rani had sung the song ‘Mein ban ki chidiya, ban ban boloon re’. Which film?

12. With which Ashok Kumar movie did BR Chopra began his career as a film director?

13. Which film company did Ashok Kumar start after leaving Bombay Talkies?

14. One of Ashok Kumar’s films was Howrah Bridge and had a scintillating song ‘Aayiye meherbaan’ picturised on Madhubala. Who was the director of this film?

15. This is excerpts from Ashok Kumar’s real life story. The boss's wife and leading actress of a leading Film Company, runs off with her lead man. She is caught and taken back but not the lead man who is unceremoniously dismissed. So now the company needs a new hero. The boss decides his laboratory assistant would be the Film Company's next leading man. The laboratory assistant is Ashok Kumar. Who is the boss and wife in question?

16. Ashok Kumar had started acting when the common acting style was more theatrical type where excessive facial expressions were considered normal. He started a different type of acting which he used to say, also involved Reacting. One famous director had said about him He is the man who showed that film acting is something else. He began to speak and to behave normally. Which director?

17. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Parineeta was made into a movie with Ashok Kumar playing the lead role of Shekhar Rai. This film also had Meena Kumari playing the character of Lalita. Who was the director of this film?

18. This Hindi film had a very unique story line in which Ashok Kumar played Judge Badri Prasad. Rajendra Kumar played his daughter’s fiancée Advocate Kailash Khanna. A very intense courtroom drama in which Advocate Kailash accuses Judge Badri Prasad of a murder, this movie had no songs. Name the film and its director.

19. Jewel Thief was one of Ashok Kumar’s memorable films in which he had a negative role. Director Ashok Tyagi tried to make a sequel of this film in 1996 with stars like Dev Anand, Dharmendra and Ashok Kumar himself playing lead roles in it. What was the name of this sequel?

20. Ashok Kumar never actually retired from acting in Hindi films till his last breath. A career which started in 1937 had lasted with his last film which was released in the year 1997. Which was his last Hindi film?

03. The story till 1930

1. How is the date July 7, 1896 significant in the world of Indian Cinema?

2. Who was the first Indian to make a film?

3. Which was the first permanent cinema house of India?

4. Who is credited with establishing Elphinstone Picture Palace?

5. Which movie was the first dramatic film and in which year was it released?

6. How is Dhundiraj Govind Phalke better known in the world of Indian Cinema?

7. Phalke, after getting used to operating his camera had started exposing single frames of a seed sprouting out of a growing plant. In doing so, he had inadvertently introduced the concept of ‘Time-lapse photography’. What was the name of this instructional film?

8. Which was the first full-length indigenous Indian feature film to be released in the cinemas?

9. Phalke made a one-reel short film on the making of the first Indian film. What was the name of this short film?

10. Raja Harishchandra had many firsts associated with it. Amongst these was a particular scene, which was first seen in this film. Which scene?

11. Who was the first woman to act in an Indian film?

12. Which film was the first box office hit of Indian Cinema?

13. This movie is speculated to be the first remade Indian film. What was the name of this film? Also, name the film, which was remade into this film.

14. Phalke had produced five films under the banner of ‘Phalke Films’ that had his family members and a few friends, but later formed another company, which was a purely indigenous outfit. What was the name of this company, which was formed in the year 1918?

15. A movie made on the life of Lord Krishna had tried to pass a social message apart from providing just entertainment. Phalke’s daughter played the role of child Krishna. Name the movie and Phalke’s daughter.

16. Which filmmaker made a four part serial called Ram Vanvas (Exile of Lord Rama) in 1918. This format of films was later taken as ‘Sequels’?

17. This film released in the year 1920 was about an episode in Mahabharata where Keechak is lusting after Draupadi, in her persona she developed in the 13th year of exile. It is also known as the first completed feature of Baburao Painter. Which film?

18. This film released in the year 1920 featured the American Dorothy Kingdom and was Suchet Singh’s debut as a director. What was the name of this film, which had triggered a major Swadeshi debate because of the involvement of foreigners?

19. This film produced by Madan Theatres had special effects showing Narada’s ascent of Mount Meru to Swarga, the transformation of Goddess Kali into a serpent and the meeting of Kali, Dwapor and the Four Gods amidst Blue Air. Name the film and its director, which was released in the year 1920.

20. This film released in the year 1922 was advertised of having an expense of more than Rs. 100,000 and that more than 5000 people took part in the production of the film. It was the story about Abhimanyu who learns of the Chakravyuha or battle formation of Kaurava’s while in the womb of his mother. Name the film and its director.

04. The Lyrics Quiz 1

Identify the film in which the songs appear with these lines.

1.

"Sajaunga lut kar bhi tere badan ki daali ko,

Lahu jigar ka doonga hansi labo ki laali ko,

Hai wafa kya is jahan ko,

Ek din dikhla doonga mein diwana"

2.

"Apni hi bas mein nahi mein, dil hai kahin to hoon kahin mein,

jaane kya paake teri zindagi ne, hans kar kaha"

3.

"Yaron ka chalan hai ghulami, dete hain hasino ko salami,

gussa na kijiye, jaane bhi dijiye, bandagi to bandagi to lijiye sahib"

4.

"I love you…, Bhaag yahan se tu..

Tujhe Paris dikhaoon…, Tujhe London ghoomaoon…

Tujhe brandy pilaoon, whisky pilaoon…

Aur khilaoon".

5.

"In sooni andheri aankhon mein, aansoon ki jagah aata hai dhuan

jeene ki wajah to koi nahi, marne ka bahana dhoondta hai….."

6.

"Dete na aap saath to, Mar jaate hum kabhi ke,

Poore hue hain aapse, Armaan zindagi ke,

Hum zindagi ko aapki saugaat kahenge"

7.

"Dhuan dhuan tha woh samaa, Yahaan wahan jaane kahaan,

Tu aur mein kahin miley the pehle, Dekha tujhe to dil ne kaha"

8.

"Aankh na jaane dil pehchaane, Surataiya kuch aisi,

Yaad karoon to yaad na aaye, Muratiya yeh kaisi"

9.

"Tooti hui choodiyon se, Jodoon yeh kalayi mein,

Pichhli gali mein, jaane kya chhod aayi mein,

Beeti hui galiyon se, Phir se guzarna"

10.

"Humko mili hai aaj ghadiyaan naseeb se,

Jee bhar ke dekh lijiye humko kareeb se,

Phir aapke naseeb mein yeh baat ho na ho,

Shaayad phir is janam mein mulakat ho na ho"

11.

"Chhitti mein se nikla machhar,

Machhar ki do lambi moochhe

Mooch pe baandhe do do pathar"

12.

"Main Kabhi Batlata Nahin,

Par Andhere Se Darta Hoon Main Maa,

Yun To Main, Dikhlata Nahin,

Teri Parwaah Karta Hoon Main Maa"

13.

"Khoyi se bheegi bheegi raat jhoomein,

Aankhon mein sapnon ki Baraat jhoomein,

Dil key eh duniya aaj,

Baadalon ke saath jhoomein"

14.

"Bazaar se zamaane ke, Kuch bhi na hum kharidenge,

haan, bech kar khushi apni, logon ke Gham kharidenge,

bujhate diye jalaane ke liye"

15.

"Tadapataa na chhodo, meri jaan ho tum,

ye mukhaa na modo, meri jaan ho tum,

mera dil na