Cinema Quiz 6

Indian Cinema Quiz

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1. 'Pather Panchali' is described as a turning point in Indian cinema. Who was the director of the film?

Aparna Sen
Satyajit Ray
Shyam Benagal
Adoor Gopalakrishnan

2. For which film did Resul Pookutty win the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing?

Slumdog Millionaire
Highway
Gandhi, My Father
Traffic Signal

3. Which one of the following films was NOT based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder?

Nirbhaya
India's Daughter
Anatomy of Violence
Ocean of Tears

4. Name the Indian filmmaker known for the movies the "Elements Trilogy" (Fire, Earth and Water)?

Mira Nair
Deepa Mehta
Goutam Ghose
Shaji N Karun

5. "Salaam Bombay" was India's second film submission to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Who directed the movie?

Satyajit Ray
Shaji N Karun
Mira Nair
Shyam Benegal

6. Which one of the following films was NOT among the Indian films nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film?

Mother India
Salaam Bombay
Lagaan
Bandit Queen

7. Aamir Khan's first appearance on screen was a child actor in 1973. Do you know the film?

Namal Haraam
Hindsustan Ki Kasam
Kahani Kismat Ki
Yaadon Ki Baaraat

8. The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is situated at

Pune
New Delhi
Mumbai
Hyderabad

9. Who was the first recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

Birendranath Sircar
Prithviraj Kapoor
Devika Rani
Satyajit Ray

10. What was the stage name of Ruby Myers, who has also won Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

Sulochana
Devika Rani
Kanan Devi
Nargis Dutt

Cinema Quiz 3 - Indian Cinema Quiz

Cinema Quiz 3 - Indian Cinema Quiz

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1. Born as Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan, she started her career as a child actor at the age of four in Tamil movie and was called the first female superstar of Hindi cinema

Sridevi
Madhuri Dixit
Hema Malini
Jaya Prada

2. In which year the National Awards for Cinema were constituted?

1950
1952
1957
1954

3. Which Indian film director was awarded Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1991?

Dada Saheb Phalke
Satyajit Ray
Amitabh Bachan
Ramesh Sippy

4. Which is the first indigenously made 70 mm film in India?

Kagaz Ke Phool
Sholay
Around the World
Padayottam

5. What was the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar?

Mother India
Sholay
The World of Apu
Madhumati

6. Who won Dada Saheb Falke award for the year 2007 (55th award)?

Manna Dey
Mukesh
Amitabh Bachan
Alka Yagnik

7. Pather Panchali is a 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. Do you know who the Music Director of the film was?

Pandit Ravi Shankar
Bappi Lahari
Salil Chowdhury
Pritam Chakraborty

8. Who among the following has got the maximum number of National Film Award for Best Actor (Rajat Kamal) to his credit?

Kamal Hasan
Mammootty
Mohanlal
Amitabh Bachan

9. Name the first recipient of Rajat Kamal Award for Best Actor when it was instituted in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor"

Ashok Kumar
Uttam Kumar
Utpal Dutt
Sanjeev Kumar

10. Name the only personality from Malayalam Film Industry to have won the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award?

Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Aravindan
KG George
MT Vasudevan Nair