Quizlexic: movies

Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Question 1459

This film personality was born in a mill-worker's family in Naigaon in central Mumbai on the auspicious day of Gokulashtami and hence was named Krishna. However, in the film fraternity he was referred to by a title that means 'big brother' in the native language. He also entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most number of films (9) that achieved silver jubilee (ran for 25 consecutive weeks). An award in his honour was introduced by the state government to recognise the best regional film every year.

Identify.

Answer: Dada Kondke

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Question 1457

In a review of this film, Mihir Fadnavis, film critic for MidDay wrote:

"The disappointment is hard to mask, and unless the next two films offer something drastically different, I would be forced to believe what I feared: that X is now Y, Z's literature is his precious, and over the years it has consumed him and turned him into a disillusioned and slightly evil creature that feasts by stealing from your pockets."

Simple enough. Identify X, Y and Z.

Answer: X: Peter Jackson, Y: Gollum, Z: JRR Tolkien

Friday, January 4, 2013

Question 1456

This 2012 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk depicts the mysterious relationship between a brutal man who works for loan sharks and a middle-aged woman who claims that she is his mother, mixing Christian symbolism and highly sexual content. It has received high critical acclaim and won various awards at film festivals.

What is its rather apt name?

Film poster

Answer: Pieta

Friday, July 20, 2012

Question 1432: Funda?

Answer:
The first pic shows Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak during the founding days of Apple.
The second one is a still from the upcoming bio-pic on Steve Jobs named "jOBS".

Ashton Kutcher- Steve Jobs
Josh Gad- Steve Wozniak

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Question 1429

Name the elements identify the blank face & CONNECT :-

Answer: An uncracked question after many days!
All of them are the only 4 female music directors in Bollywood. Jaddanbai, Saraswati Devi, Usha Khanna and the last being the recent Sneha Khanwalkar.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Question 1427: Sahib, Biwi and the Gangs

'X' and 'Y' entered Bollywood almost around the same time in the early 1990's. Both, hailing from north India, are known for their involvement in a certain genre of rugged practical and vehement brand of cinema. Having had their own struggles through the industry their acquaintance has turned into a close knit friendship of late.

Noted filmmakers in their own regard, recently 'X', on the behest of 'Y', has ventured into a new avenue through the movie 'Gangs of Wasseypur'. On the outset it seems to be a case of returning of favour, as 'Y' is known to have played a cameo in the 2011 movie 'Shagird'.

'Y' has quipped, "I will not do what 'X' did to me. I have given him the most important role in the film!"

X?
Y?
What am I talking about?

Answer:
X: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Y: Anurag Kashyap
Tigmanshu Dhulia plays the role of the main villain in 'Gangs of Wasseypur'.

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Question 1417

X is a horror fiction novel by Susan Hill which has been adapted into a 1989 made-for TV film, a 2012 film and also a stage play. It is the second longest-running play in the history of the West End, after The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie.

In the 1989 television film, the main protagonist of the novel was played by actor A while the same role was portrayed by B in the 2012 film adaptation.

A and B are more famous for portraying a father-son pair in one of the highest grossing film series of all time and remains both of their careers' most famous role till date.

Solve for X, A and B.
1 point for X. Half points each for A and B.

Answer: X: The Woman in Black A: Adrian Rawlins B: Daniel Radcliffe

Friday, June 29, 2012

Question 1413: Friday releases ...

Id the character.
What is it's recent claim to fame?

Answer: Character is 'Malegaon ka Superman', lead in an unreleased parody on Hollywood's superman of the same name.
In news because of the release of the critically acclaimed documentary 'Supermen of Malegaon' which is a parody on making of the movie 'Malegaon ka Superman'.

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Question 1405: The Paddy Land ..

The region marked in red, locally known as ________, is a part of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Erstwhile known for the dominance of coal mafias, it has recently come into news because of its name being popularly used with respect to subjects pertaining to the coal mafia struggles.

What am I talking about?

Answer: Wasseypur

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Question 1403 :Yes Back on track ....

Hello everyone after a long time something simple enough to start with
Identify the elements & Connect -

Answer:
pic 1: Costa Gavras ,a greek filmmaker who made a movie called 'Z' based on novel 'Z'.
pic 2: Vassilis Vassilikos author of novel 'Z'
pic 3: Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai is loosely based on 'Z'.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Question 1396: For Guy Fawkes

Connect the actor/director in 1 to the Nobel laureates in 2:

1

2

Answer:
Pic 1-Sheldon Leonard
Pic 2-Robert Hofstadter/Leon Cooper

Their names served as the names of the main characters of "The Big Bang Theory" i.e Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Question 1394: Every rose

In an interview, acclaimed director X commented on the many rip-offs of his film Y. "I think it was fabulous. Of the many rip-offs (of Y) I loved this one, Z. The best part is, you have Indian guys coming to the US and looting a US bank. How cool is that! I was truly honoured. And these guys are played by the legends of Bollywood."

In fact, X actually felt that Z had more flexibility in its narration, than Y. He says, "Here I am, watching a film that I've directed and then it goes into each character's background. And I'm like, 'Whoa'. For, I always write backgrounds and stuff and it always gets chopped off during the edit. And so I was amazed on seeing this. I felt, this isn't Y. But then it goes into the warehouse scene and I am like, 'Wow it's back to Y'. Isn't it amazing!" X had some special words of praise for "the big beard guy… the famous guy in Bollywood". The big beard guy whom X was referring to is none other than Amitabh Bachchan, who starred in Z.

Identify X, Y and Z.

Answer:
X-Quentin Tarantino
Y-Reservoir Dogs
Z-Kaante

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Question 1390: Donnie DARKO

Give me a two-word phrase that connects 'A' to 'B'.

A

B

Answer: "Hello Andheron!"
The theme song for the Avengers movie in India. Composed by Agnee featuring Aditi Singh Sharma & written by Abbas Tyrewala.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Question 1382: Mad is in!

Id the three characters. Connect.

Answer: All are characters portrayed by Sasha Baron Cohen: Borat, Ali G and Bruno. He has a new movie 'The Dictator' slated for a release in summer 2012.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Question 1381

ID

Answer: Paan Singh Tomar.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Question 1380

Fill in the blank with the name of a movie.

Answer: The Hunger Games.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Question 1379: 34

The song occurs in the chalk drawing outing animated sequence, just after Mary Poppins wins a horse race. Flush with her victory, she is immediately surrounded by reporters who pepper her with leading questions and they comment that she probably is at a loss for words. Mary disagrees, suggesting that at least one word is appropriate for the situation and begins the song.

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
_________X_______________!
Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
_________X_______________!
.............
..............

Simple
Gimme X

(First post from iPhone )

Answer: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Friday, March 9, 2012

Question 1373: Funda?

Answer: Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorcesse directed those three movies respectively, which are all based on books of the same names written by Dennis Lehane.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Question 1371: Trio of Five!

What's so special about these three films?

Answer: Only three movies to win the five BIG Oscar award categories which are:Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best screenplay. Also known as Grand Slam of Oscars.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Question 1369 : Freddie Khambatta/Mahendra Sandhu/X ?

ID the film

Answer: Agent Vinod

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