Movie Aptitude Test- 1
Pace up. This is tougher than CAT.
1.
X, a famous Indian actor was born in Jamshedpur, in 1970.
He taught courses in public speaking and personality development and was so good in it that he went on to represent India at the Young Businessman Conference in Tokyo in 1992. ( Bdw, don’t you just hate all rounders).
X’s first break was an ad for Santoor (santooor, santoor)soap directed by Santosh Sivan who then recommended him to Mani Ratnam for Iruvar. However, Mani Ratnam found him to be too young (because of his usage of Santoor soap, duh.)to be playing a senior person role and dropped him. Three years later, Mani Ratnam cast X in his next movie which gave the actor his breakthrough. Id X.
Hint: You’d be mad to not get this one.
2.
This song was supposed to be in a Aamir Khan movie but was unused and ended up being in a 2004 Shahrukh Khan movie. You know how it is, baba. This song plays in Deadpool 2 as well! Id the song.
Hint: Both movies have the same director.
3.
X, a prominent director, dedicated this movie to poet lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi. In fact, he says the movie itself is based on a song written by Ludhianvi for the 1957 Guru Dutt film Pyaasa. Id the movie.
Hint: It’s one of my favorite movies of all time.
Ok, real hint: The title of the movie is also something Indians use to celebrate a prominent Indian festival.
4.
The idea of this film was conceived when Uday Chopra and Hrithik Roshan saw the 1989 English film, Dead Calm (Already made movie- Our constant source of “inspiration” to make a new movie). In fact, the title of this film, X, was suggested by Hrithik Roshan himself. But, the title was already registered with the Ramsay brothers, and upon Yash Chopra’s request, they gave away the rights to him. Id X.
Hint: the movie was originally supposed to be named Kiran.
5.
While everyone may not have seen this 2019 Indian movie, it would only be a slight exaggeration to say everyone has at least heard of its title. Id the movie.
Hint: 6 film directors are actors in the movie including Zackariya, Soubin Shahir and Dileesh Pothan.
That brings us to the end of Quiz 1. Please drop in comments if you liked it. Will keep posting. So, stay tuned. Are koi hai. Koi sun raha hai?
I have mentioned the answers below. But, fuk knows if they are right.
Answers-
1. Mad, mad, Maddy. R Madhavan.
2. Yun Hi Chala Chal- Kailash Kher- was composed for Lagaan but was unused so Ashutosh Gowatrikar decided to use it in Swades.
3. Gulaal- watch it for music, watch it for cinema.
4. Darr.
5. Virus- Go corona, corona go. Except, it was the Nipah virus.
Quiz 2: https://medium.com/indian-movie-club/movie-aptitude-test-2-d44a350e5baa
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