Movie Aptitude Test- 2
Pace up. This is tougher than JEE.
- In the beginning of Haseen Dilruba, her sister shows Tapsee photos of two prospective grooms- Vikrant Massey and the other guy to convince her to choose Vikrant Massey. Did you stop to wonder who that other fellow was? Did you think about his broken heart when a hot item like Tapsee rejects his proposal? No, you only think about yourself. Anyway, identify the bald loser.
2. Shahi Kabir, writer of movie X, is a former policeman. (See, not all cops are Gaitonde). As a cop, he heard of an interesting story, while on a chai-sutta break(source: unverified), about a true incident of police hunting down the police. This led him to write this commendable 2021 Malayalam film. Id Y.
Hint: Y=X.
3. The last dialogue of this movie is- ‘Ashwin’.
While it may seem ordinary, it challenges the very title of the movie.
Hint: While this hindi movie premiered in Cannes in 2018 to much praise, it came to India only in 2021 via Netflix.
Thought: In case you haven’t seen it, it’s easily the best movie I have seen this year. Or in the past few years. It will hypnotize you, and resonate with you wherever you live. My wife will tell you, a lot of great endings happen with ‘Ashwin’.
4.
While Aamir and Shahrukh Khan haven’t worked together in a film, they came very close to appearing onscreen together in this 2004 acclaimed hindi film. Id the movie.
Basically, if one of the scenes in the movie were to run its natural course, both the Khans could have been onscreen together.
5.
X was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and grew up in Mumbai. He was a student, and later, professor of Civil Engineering, but also acted in plays where he got discovered.
While we primarily know him for acting, he has been the writer for some of the biggest movies like Coolie, Amar Akbar Anthony, Satte Pe Satta, Coolie No 1 and Agneepath (which got Bachchan his first National Award). Id X.
Hint: The most talented Khan.
Answers:
- Vinil Matthew- director of the movie. Also, that loser is the director of my favorite Hindi film of last decade- Hasee to Phasee.
- Nayattu- (translation: The Hunt)
- Sir
- Swades-. Remember the scene when the entire village gets together to watch a movie. Yeah, that movie is Yaadon Ki Baarat. Guess who plays a child actor in it- Aamir Khan. So, if they had continued to see the movie in the movie, Shahrukh and Aamir would have been on screen together, albeit Inception style- screen within a screen. Please don’t hate me.
- Kader Khan- While my friends know me as a big SRK fan, Kader Khan has a special place in my heart and, given a chance, would have been my first Khan-choice to meet. As a small tribute to Kader Khan, I would like to dedicate this quiz to him.
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Quiz 3: https://medium.com/indian-movie-club/movie-aptitude-test-3-2968be365770
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