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Quiz-Time II

 

Quiz-Time II


Topic : ‘Films of Big B’

This set contains five questions on one of the favourite topics of the bolly-buffs. Hope you will like it.  

1.         Before confirming Salil Chowdhary as the music composer for ‘Anand’, director Hrishikesh Mukherjee approached someone else (X) who had a little bit of experience of composing a few soulful numbers in the regional cinema. In fact, popular composer-singer C. Ramachandra also sang under X’s baton in one of those movies. Incidentally, X politely refused the offer which could have marked X’s debut as a music composer in the hindi film industry. 

A dramatic scene from the movie

Identify X.

 2.         An unusual film in the road-genre, ‘Madras To Pondicherry’ was made in Tamil in the 1960s. It’s commercial success prompted filmmakers to remake it in Hindi as ‘Bombay to Goa’ (1972). According to a report published in ‘The Hindu’, the lead role of this hindi film was first offered to a handsome young man who refused it due to several reasons, one being the fear of tarnishing his family prestige. His loss ultimately turned out to be a big gain for Amitabh. 

Poster of the Big B starrer

 Who was the first-choice of the director?

3.         Goanese singer Annette Pinto has stopped doing playback long ago but acted as the grandmother of Lawrence (Prateik Babbar) in the 2011 movie ‘Dum Maaro Dum’. During her heydays, she sang quite a few songs in movies like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘The Great Gambler’, ‘The Burning Train’, ‘Kudrat’ and ‘Wardaat’. Apart from her songs, bolly-buffs like to remember her where the music composer of a Big B starrer decided to use her vocal prowess in a unique way.

Annette Pinto

What is being talked about? Identify that 1980s movie where for a certain reason, one of the characters played by him was named Ravi.

 4.         Sung by Mohd. Rafi, lyrics of the song Ek Patein Ki Baat Bataun emphasized on national integration. In the picturisation of that song, Amitabh Bachchan appeared on-screen in the garb of famous Indians like Swami Vivekanada, Rabindranath Tagore, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai.

A screengrab from the song

Why the song is considered very special to Big B?

5.         Mithun Chakraborty’s son Mimoh (also known as Mahakshay) made his debut as a hero in the 2008 action-thriller movie ‘Jimmy’. Despite it’s gripping story, the film fall flat on it’s face. 

Poster of 'Jimmy'

Which Amitabh-starrer was it supposedly based on?

Happy quizzing!!!!

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  1. Shounak31 October 2021 at 22:04

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  2. Shounak31 October 2021 at 22:05

    1. Lata Mangeshkar
    2. Rajiv Gandhi
    3. She sang lalala in the song mausam mastana of satte pe satta
    4. 1st song of amitabh sung by Rafi
    5. Majboor

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  3. Amarjit Jha1 November 2021 at 06:44

    1. LATA MANGESHKAR
    2. RAJIV GANDHI
    5.MAJBOOR

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    1. Somnath Chanda1 November 2021 at 07:31

      Very good try....all three attempted, are absolutely spot-on...what about the remaining two? No guesses??

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    2. Amarjit Jha1 November 2021 at 21:40

      Didn't have any idea about those two. So not attempted.

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    3. Somnath Chanda1 November 2021 at 23:22

      Acha...got your point. Please, check the answers in the following post.

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