Bollywood quiz

1. Ramesh Sippy's classic film, Sholay, surprisingly won only one Filmfare award. Which category was it?

Ans: Best Editor

2. Which is the only film where Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand shared screen space?

Ans: Insaaniyat

3. In a one-of-its kind cinematic tribute, Dev Anand is shown selling tickets of which Hindi classic in black in Kala Bazaar?

Ans: Mother India

4. The title for which hit film was suggested by Kirron Kher?

Ans: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge

5. She was born Fatima Rashid and made her first filmi appearance in Talaash-e-Haq. Identify her.

Ans: Nargis Dutt

6. What is Mohammed Zahur Hashmi better known as?

Ans: Khayyam

7. Only three music directors have won the National Award for Best Music Direction. A R Rahman and Ilayaraaja are two. Who is the third?

Ans: Jaidev

8. Which film, directed by Ramesh Saigal, was based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment?

Ans: Phir Subah Hogi

9.What first, subsequently a regular feature in our films, can be attributed to Dhoop Chhaon (a remake of Nitin Bose's Bhagya Chakra)?

Ans: First Hindi film to have playback singing

10 Which was the first Indian film to be nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars?

Ans: Mother India

11 Amitabh Bachchan's real name, Amit Kumar Srivastava, has been his onscreen name in only one film. Name the film.

Ans: Benaam

12 Which Hindi classic was remade in Telugu as Malle Poovu?

Pyaasa

13 Which film's title was inspired by an inscription on the rear of a truck?

Singh is Kinng