kollywood quiz prelims 2013

by Parthiben & Jayanthan

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Lyricist Vaali as Actor

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.

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Kumbakonam Gopalu

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.

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Jayalalitha

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Alumni’s of Trinity College of Music,

London(clockwise) Ilayaraja, AR Rahman, Karthik Raja, Harris Jayaraj

Identify the Dancer• Video

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Helen

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’.

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

Minsara Kanna

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.

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Ramesh Khanna

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.

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Kalai Arasi

• 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

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Prabhu Deva

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Movies directed byP. C. Sreeram

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 Hindi-language blockbuster Lagaan and the 2010 Tamil-language movie Madrasapattinam were inspired by X.

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Nadodi Thendral

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Rakkama kaiya thattuSong by Ilayaraaja

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

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

Audio - Connect• Iruvar - Narumugaiyae • பெ�ண்: யா�யும் யா�யும் யா�ரா�கி�யாரோரா� பெ�ன்று ரோ�ர்ந்தபெதன்�

யா�யும் யா�யும் யா�ரா�கி�யாரோரா� பெ�ன்று ரோ�ர்ந்தபெதன்�ஆண்: யா�னும் நீயும் எவ்வழி� அறி�ந்தும் உறிவு ரோ#ர்ந்தபெதன்�.

• En Swasa Kaatrae - Theendai• கின்றும் உண்ணா�து, கிலத்த�னும் �டா�து,

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குறுந்பெத�னைகி/Kurunthokai

யா�யும் ஞா�யும் யா�ரா� கி�யாரோரா�,எந்னைதயும் நுந்னைதயும் எம்முனைறிக் ரோகிளி�ர்,யா�னும் நீயும் எவ்வழி� யாறி�தும்,பெ#ம்புலப் பெ�யானீர் ரோ��ல,அன்புனைடா பெ�ஞ்#ம் த�ங்கிலந் த�ரோவ.

-பெ#ம்புலப் பெ�யானீரா�ர்.

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)

ConnectThirkkaadha Kaattukkulle  from En Swaasa KaattraeRosappoo Chinna Rosappoo from SuryavamsamAdada Mazhai-da from PaiyyaKurukku SiruthavalE from MudhalvanMottugale Mottugale from RojakoottamKaruppu thaan enakku from Vettri Kodi KattuMegathil Ondraai Nindrome from Kadhal SaduguduUsure Pogudhey from RaavananVen Megham from GuruNenjinile from UyireNarumugaiye from IruvarOru Dheivam Thandha Poove from Kannathil MuthamittaalEnna Satham Indha Neram from Punnagai MannanMegam Karukkudhu from KushiRaasa Raasa from Maanasthan

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Athirapally Falls

NewYork Nagaram Song

• Identify the location

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Switzerland

Yeno Panithuli Panithuli

• Identify the Location

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Iceland

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Audio - Love Letter kodukka

(Song From KLTA)• Identify the original song from which the tune is

inspired/copied ?

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Naan Unnai VazhthiMovie: 100/100

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

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MGR was shot by fellow actor

M.R. Radha

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.

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Uyire [1998]• The character played by

Shahrukh Khan passes through each shade during the course of the film.

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சு�ம் - The End