Kollywood quiz prelims with 25 questions

1. by Parthiben & Jayanthan

2. 1
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3. Lyricist Vaali as Actor

4. 2
Identify the director
• He often picture's critical moments in Rain or in a
train
• He has rarely shot in foreign locales. Most movies of
his has been made within India.
• Most of his female leads will be naughty, vibrant,
innately good with sparks of sophistication.

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Give me the movie name
During British period, Railways was controlled by English
officers and promotion to higher rank was denied for
deserving Indians for they belonged to Hindu religion.
Conversion to Christianity was a precondition laid for
promotion and few persons belonging to X got themselves
converted to Christianity to claim promotion.
After enjoying all perquisites associated with Railways officers,
these people one by one reconverted back to Hindu fold on
retirement.
Having got beaten in their own game, English have
associated X with cheats and it stayed for long in usage, until
removed from the English Dictionaries because of protest.
But still reference to X continues and a popular Tamil film of
1990s X-Y had the name of the protagonist Y prefixed with X
for its title.

7. Kumbakonam Gopalu

8. 4
Identify the actress X
• X was originally supposed to play the role of Rajini's
sister in the movie Ranga.
• She had to drop out as Y had called up the
producers and told them that she will not be
enacting the role and told them that KR.Vijaya will
do the role instead.
• Instead X entered politics.

9. Jayalalitha

10. 5
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11. Alumni’s of Trinity College of Music, London
(clockwise) Ilayaraja, AR Rahman, Karthik Raja, Harris Jayaraj

12. 6
• Video
Identify the Dancer

13. Helen

14. 7
Identify A B C X
• ‘A’ won the Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for
portraying the character of ‘B’ in the movie ‘C’ and
critics lauded her performance.
• The success of the film led to a film ‘X’ being named
after a song in the movie ‘C’, starring actress
Kushboo appearing in a strong negative role much
alike ‘B’.

15. Minsara Kanna
• A – Ramya Krishnan
• B – Nilambiri
• X – Minsara Kanna

16. 8
Identify the Actor
• X debuted by directing the serial Top Tucker in DD in
the year 1988. His Debut as an actor was in the
Vikraman film ‘Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen’. He was
also the story writer for the movie Aadhavan.

17. Ramesh Khanna

18. 9
Identify the movie
• A film around 1960 starring M. G.
Ramachandran, Bhanumathi
Ramakrishna, M. N. Nambiar in lead roles. It
is a film involving aliens who kidnap a girl
from planet Earth so as to make the citizens
of their planet learn arts from her. She is
rescued by the hero from the villain alien. It
is supposed to be the first alien visitation
fiction film of Indian film industry.

19. Kalai Arasi

20. 10
• A kid who was playing flute onscreen in the song
'Panivizhum Iravu' from Mouna Ragam, later made
a big name for himself in acting, choreography and
direction. Who was it?
• Video

21. Prabhu Deva

22. 11
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23. Movies directed by
P. C. Sreeram

24. 12
Identify the movie
• X was a 1992 Tamil language film directed by
Bharathiraja and written by Sujatha Rangarajan. It
starred Karthik Muthuraman and Ranjitha in the lead
roles. The story and music was provided by Ilayaraja.
• Featuring an international cast, the film was a period
movie set in British India and was based on a triangular
love story between a goldsmith (Karthik), a gypsy
woman (Ranjitha) and the district collector's sister.
• Some critics opine that later movies such as the Hindilanguage blockbuster Lagaan and the 2010 Tamillanguage movie Madrasapattinam were inspired by X.

25. Nadodi Thendral

26. 13
What’s blanked out ?

27. Rakkama kaiya thattu
Song by Ilayaraaja

28. 14
Identify the first Tamil(Indian) movie song to be
released as single track ?

29. Lesa Lesa
The title track of Lesa Lesa was the first song in India to
be released as a single prior to a film soundtrack
album release.

30. 15
Audio - Connect
• Iruvar
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ெபெண்: யாயும் யாயும் யாராகியோரா ெனென்று ோநேர்ந்ததெததன்னெ
யாயும் யாயும் யாராகியோரா ெனென்று ோநேர்ந்ததெததன்னெ
ஆண்: யானும் நேீயும் எவ்வழி அறிந்தும் உறவு ோசேர்ந்ததெததன்னெ.
• En Swasa Kaatrae
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- Narumugaiyae
- Theendai
கன்றும் உண்ணாது, கலத்ததினும் பெடாது,
நேல் ஆனெ் ததீம் பொல் நேிலத்து உக்கா அங்க,
எனெக்கம் ஆகாது, என்ைனெக்கம் உததவாது,
பெசேைல உணீஇயர் ோவண்டும்ததிததைல அல்கல் எனெ் மாைமக் கவிோனெ

31. கறுந்ெததாைக/Kurunthokai
யாயும் ஞாயும் யாரா கியோரா,
எந்ைததயும் நுந்ைததயும் எம்முறைறக் ோகளிர்,
யானும் நேீயும் எவ்வழி யறிதும்,
ெசேம்புலபெ் ெபெயனெீர் ோபொல,
அன்புைட ெநேஞ்சேம் ததாங்கலநே் ததனெோவ.
-ெசேம்புலபெ் ெபெயனெீரார்.
What is my mother to yours?
How is my father related to yours?
Although you and I knew not each other in any way,
Just as red earth and pouring rain: the love-filled hearts merged.
(Kurunthokai - 40)

32. 16
Connect
Thirkkaadha Kaattukkulle
Rosappoo Chinna Rosappoo
Adada Mazhai-da
Kurukku SiruthavalE
Mottugale Mottugale
Karuppu thaan enakku
Megathil Ondraai Nindrome
Usure Pogudhey
Ven Megham
Nenjinile
Narumugaiye
Oru Dheivam Thandha Poove
Enna Satham Indha Neram
Megam Karukkudhu
Raasa Raasa
from En Swaasa Kaattrae
from Suryavamsam
from Paiyya
from Mudhalvan
from Rojakoottam
from Vettri Kodi Kattu
from Kadhal Sadugudu
from Raavanan
from Guru
from Uyire
from Iruvar
from Kannathil Muthamittaal
from Punnagai Mannan
from Kushi
from Maanasthan

33. Athirapally Falls

34. 17
NewYork Nagaram Song
• Identify the location

35. Switzerland

36. 18
Yeno Panithuli Panithuli
• Identify the Location

37. Iceland

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40. 20

42. 21

44. 22
Audio - Love Letter kodukka
(Song From KLTA)
• Identify the original song from which the tune is
inspired/copied ?

45. Naan Unnai Vazhthi
Movie: 100/100

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This article is about which incident
January of 1967 in Madras was excitingly busy. The Madras
Corporation was preparing to host a grand reception for
noted singer M.S. Subbulakshmi who had just delivered a
concert at the United Nations.
Political parties were stepping up campaigning for the
impending elections, and cricket enthusiasts were seeking out
tickets to watch the third test between West Indies and India.
For fans of MGR, however, the release of his new film Thaiukku
Thalaimagan was the most important event in the month. On
January 12, they were getting ready to put up festoons and
celebrate the release the following day. But things took a
different turn that day.
-The Hindu

47. MGR was shot by fellow actor M.R.
Radha

48. 24
Identify the Movie
• ________ is said to be a journey through the 7 shades
of love that are defined in ancient Arabic literature.
Those shades are defined as attraction, infatuation,
love, reverence, worship, obsession, and death.
• Pink Floyd bass guitarist Guy Pratt for post Roger
Waters albums Delicate Sound of Thunder, The
Division Bell and Pulse played bass for a song in this
movie.

49. Uyire [1998]
• The character played by
Shahrukh Khan passes
through each shade during
the course of the film.

50. 25
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52. சுபம் - The End