As elections beckon, a quiz on movies which portray stories around polls and their significance
◣ QUESTION 1
This Tamil political satire set in the in the backdrop of a village panchayat election in which the local barber’s vote will determine the winner of the election explores the politics of caste in a small village. Name this movie starring Yogi Babu and directed by Madonne Ashwin.
◣ QUESTION 2
This compelling Indian black comedy drama released in the year 2017, is about a government clerk on election duty in a conflict-ridden jungle of central India, who tries his best to conduct free and fair voting despite the apathy of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by rebels. Name this film directed by Amrit Masur and starring Rajkumar Rao and Pankaj
Tripathi.
◣ QUESTION 3 QUESTION 4
On whose novel is the 2001 Kannada movie Mathadana based on? The movie is a unique political drama directed by T. N. Seetharam.
◣ QUESTION 5 Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz:
1. The Great Gatsby is set in this specific period in America. Ans: Jazz Age, between the 1920s and 1930s in the U.S.
2. Mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby wishes to reunite with his former lover who was inspired by this person in Fitzgerald's life. Ans: Daisy Buchanan is Gatsby’s former lover; Ginevra King
3. The term associated with the novels Moby-Dick, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
The Great Gatsby, and Gone with the Wind.
Ans: Great American Novel
4. This was prohibited in Prohibition-era America. Ans: Alcoholic beverages
5. This person played Gatsby in the film directed by Baz Luhrmann. Ans: Leonardo DiCaprio
Visual: The name of the painting and the artist.
Ans: Celestial Eyes by Francis Cugat Early Birds:
K.N. Viswanathan| Jyot Prakash Gulati| Rajmohan. V| Animesh Mohan| Lekshmy Harikumar