FUNDAMENTALS
While Bollywood has several iconic female singers, women lyricists and music directors are a rare breed. Take this quiz to find out about women who broke the mould.
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WOMEN IN MUSIC IN BOLLYWOOD
1. The popular song
Pritam Aan Milo from the movie Mr. & Mrs. ‘ 55 was a written by the wife of a famous composer. Name her?
2. The first ever female music director in Hindi movies started composing as early as 1935 with the movie Talashe Haq.
Name this pioneering woman who is also the mother of Nargis?
3. Some of the most memorable songs in the movies of Sai Paranjype has been penned by a woman lyricist. This include Kahan Se Aaye
Badra ( Chasme Buddoor) Maine Tuse Kuchh Nahi Manga ( Katha) and Khali Pyaal Dhoondla Darpan ( Sparsh). Who?
4. The queen of current crop of music directors is somebody who has broken the glass ceiling with music movies such as
Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2, Khoobsurat and Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!. Name this talented music director?
5. She did not specifically write any lyrics for Hindi
movies, however she is credited as a lyricist for songs such as Tu Aaj Ape
Hath Se ( Daaku), Ambar Ke Ek Paak Surahi ( Kadambari) and Charkha Chalati Maa ( Pinjar). Identify this literateur?
6. Usha Khanna had a long stint as a popular music composer in Hindi movies. Her most famous songs included classics Hum Tum Se Juda Ho Ke
and Chodo Kal Ki
Baatein. She received a Filmfare nomination for composing songs for a 1983 hit directed and produced by her then husband Saawan Kumar Tak. Name the movie?
7. The most popular female lyricist in Hindi movies was the wife of Bhoj Raj, the eldest son of Rana Sanga, ruler of Mewar. Identify this person from the medieval times whose lyrics include Jo Tum Todo Piya from Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje and Piya ko Milan Kaise Hoye Re from Andolan?
ANYTHING GOES
1. to What a corporate is the name structure given created to isolate highrisk/ toxic assets held by a bank or a financial organisation? ( Dee Sure nd ran a th, Hyderabad)
2. Which wireless data system interface’s logo was designed to incorporate the Danish king Harald Blatand’s initials ( H and B) in the Scandinavian runic alphabet? ( Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
3. In the world of Harry Potter, what is a spellotape used for? ( Aadisht Grover, Kolkata)
4. A group of which mammals is called a pod, herd, dale, thunder, raft or bloat? ( Partha Sarkar, Kolkata)
5. What was started by Tom Monaghan in the United States in 1960? ( Md. Asif Ahmed, Bengaluru)
6. Santa Claus is the word used in English speaking countries and lands. What is the French equivalent for Santa Claus? (U. N. Murthy, Secunderabad)
7. This Tennis great from U.S. A won seven grand Slam Singles titles, nine Grand Slam Doubles titles and one Mixed Double title He was also the World No. 1 in the year 1980. He was however not born in the U.S. Identify this tennis great and the country he was born .( B. K. Harinath, Mysuru)
8. The middle name of which Walt Disney character is the rather unusual sounding Fauntleroy? ( Cdr G. R. Balakrishnan ( Retd), Chennai)