FUNDAMENTALS
This week’s theme is the perfectionist himself — Aamir Khan. Find out how much you know about his movies.
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QUESTIONS
1. The movie Lagaan has many parallels with Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome. Amitabh Bachchan is the narrator in both the movies. The hero and heroine’s names are the same, Bhuvan and Gauri. Finally, the actor who played the heroine in Bhuvan Shome, played the hero’s mother in Lagaan. Name her?
2. ‘Mangal Pandey: The Rising” had a famous personality as a clapper boy. Who?
3. Aamir Khan’s name in QSQT is Raj. What is the name of Juhi Chawla?
4. Farhan Akhtar originally wrote the movie ‘Dil Chahta Hain’ by casting Akshaye Khanna, Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan. Whose role did Aamir Khan finally take?
5. Aamir Khan’s most famous movie as a child artiste is Yaadon Ke Baaraat. He however appeared in another movie as a child artiste. Name the movie?
6. Aamir Khan’s critically acclaimed ‘The Earth’ was adapted from a Bapsi Sidhwa novel. The novel has two alternative titles. Name the novel?
7. Dangal became the highest grossing non Hollywood foreign film in China. The movie was titled ‘Shuajiao Baba’ in China. What does the title mean?
8. Which person closely associated with Aamir made an appearance in the song “Papa Kehte Hain” in QSQT?
9. What is common to these movies - Damini and Pehla Nasha?
10. This movie was originally named ‘Talli’ in its initial scripting stage. Later it was changed it to ‘Ek Tha Talli’. However the film maker had to change the name as he came to know that ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ was already in production. Name the movie?
ANYTHING GOES
1. Which dish was supposedly created by the royal chef of Akbar in honour of the nine gems or courtiers of Akbar? (Philip Joshua, Secunderabad)
2. The host country set up an international award commemorating the successfully organising the Olympic Games. Eventually, the first winner of the award was the then IOC president Juan Antonio Somaranch. Name the award which has also been won by
Narendra Modi? (Bikram Keshari Jena, Nayagarh)
3. It is well known that Sarjoni Naidu is India’s first woman governor. Interestingly, India’s second woman governor is her daughter. Name her? (S Miracle, Secunderabad)
4. Hanif Mohammed of Pakistan is the first ever batsman to score a Triple hundred in the second innings of a Test . Brendon McCullum is the only other batsman to score a Triple century in the second innings of a Test . When Hanif scored 337 against West Indies in 1958, he set another record, which has not been equalled so far. What record? (BK Harinath, Mysuru)
5. It was named as Chiran palace. The place was given as a gift in 1967 to prince Mukkaram Jah by his father prince Azam Jah. It was spread over 400 acres. In 1998 the green belt was declared as a national reserve forest. What is the present name of this place?(Arnab Ghosal, Secunderabad)
6. Kakasura Madappa,the chief chef of the Maharaja of Mysore, krishnaraja wodeyar is the man credited to the creation of which famous sweet?(Pravalika Durgalla, Tirupati)
7. What is special about this question from a Miss India contest: “What do you know about the textile heritage of India & what’s your wardrobe like?” (Dee Surendranath, Hyderabad)
8. In major cities and towns in Pakistan, you will find vans emblazoned with the name Edhi. What do these vans do?(U.N.Murthy, Secunderabad)