This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about Malayalam cinema. Some of the questions ask about specific movie titles, directors, actors, awards, and details. Others provide context clues and ask the reader to infer information based on descriptions of events, characters, or productions related to Malayalam cinema. The questions cover a wide range of topics and time periods to test comprehensive knowledge of the Malayalam film industry.
4. 2) For their first association in a movie, what
was paid by Anjali Menon to Thilakan as
advance, which Thilakan termed as the most
unique one he had received?
6. 3) When Krishnaswami started his new venture,
he named it after his father Nagakrishna and his
mother. Later it was announced that this was
named after a famous Emil Zola novel. Name
this venture
8. 4) Which movie released in 1989 and starring
Raveendranath, Nedumudi Venu, Sreeraman,
Nilambur Balan among othershad its theme
whch revolved around the disappearance of
Thomaskutty?
12. 6) An ad film made in 2005 for Air Deccan held
the then record for the longest ad ever to be
telecast on Indian television. The ad titled The
Old man and the Sky was meant to mirror the
emotions of millions of Indians who could now
fly at Re 1. Which national award winning
actor played The Old Man in this ad?
16. 8) Who directed the Hindi movies Ithihas(1987)
starring Raaj Kumar, Anil Kapoor and Shabana
Azmi and Dharm Aur Kanoon(1984) starring
Rakesh Khanna, Dharmendra and Asha
Parekh. Both were remakes of his Malayalam
movies.
18. 9) Who is the only person to win Kerala State
Film Award for Best Director and Best Music
Director?
19. G Aravindan (A self Caricature shown above) music for Ore
Thooval Pakshikal in 1988
20. 10) Parayanum Vayya Parayathirikkanum Vayya,
_______________, Rakuyilin Ragasadhasil,
Megham. Which is the missing movie?
21.
22. 11) The movie was initially made as Vidhiyum
Mrs Nayarum. Later the director was replaced
and the screenplay altered and the movie was
also renamed. Which movie?
24. 12) As per movie historian Chellangatt
Gopalakrishnan this German was probably the
only person to direct a Malayalam movie who
himself didn't know Malayalam. He was also
rumoured to be one among the spies sent by
Hitler to British colonies during the World War
though these claims remain unverified
28. 14) General pictures Ravi14) He is generally regarded as the person
who sustained the Art Film movement in
Kerala.His associaion with Aravindan resulted
in ‘Kanchanaseetha’ ‘Thampu’ ‘Kummatti’
‘Esthapan’ and ‘Pokkuveyil’ and with Adoor
Gopalakrishnan the movies included
‘Elipathayam’ ‘Mukhamukham’ , ‘Anantharam’
and ‘Vidheyan’. Identify this JC Daniel award
for the year 2008
30. 15) The item shown in visual (next slide)
appeared in some bakeries in Kerala after the
release of a movie. Some food sites also had
the recipe details .What is the name of this
cake. No part points, need the exact name
33. 16) Which Brand Ambassador for a jewellery
group released the audio CD for the movie 916?
34.
35. 17) Adoor Gopalakrishnan in his book Cinemayude
Lokam, says- "The history of Malayalam Cinema
is not started with stars who are born with
fortunes from sky. But, it is the tearful story of
some persons who experimented with their lives
and assets. Most of the experiments have been
ended in tragedies. We got that history from the
articles written by __________ ___________.“
Who?
37. 18) Only 4 actors(Male/Female) have won JC
Daniel Award. List them .
(0.25 points per correct answer)
Here I am looking for people who are
predominantly accepted as actors and not at
people who might have come in guest roles
etc
39. 19)This Malayalam movie was an adaptation
from a Telugu novel written by Sriramana
titled - Midhunam. The visual shows the
poster of the Telugu movie which was made
after the Malayalm one. Id the Malayalam
movie
42. 20) IMDB top 10 based on votes as of 27/5/13
1) - 1195
2)Ustad Hotel - 921
3)Kalapani - 772
4)Thattathin Marayathu - 750
5)Adaminte Makan Abu - 705
6)Kireedam - 690
7)Traffic - 666
8)Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja - 666
9)Pranchiyettan and The Saint - 657
10)Urumi -641
43.
44. 21) Significance of the following clip
(A clip from the movie
Anubhavangal Palichakal was
shown)
46. 22) Consisting of 3 stories - Nagarathinte
Mukhangal, Penninte Prapancham and
Apaswarangal this movie was directed by TS
Muthiah and is the first anthology in
Malayalam (Much before Kerala Café and
Adaminte Variyellu). Name this movie
47.
48. 23) Bharathan directed Neelakurunji
Poothappol. Who is currently directing Neela
Kurunji Poothu?
49.
50. 24)Critic, writer and artist
S Suresh Babu has
drawn 100 caricatures
of characters portrayed
by Mohanlal. From
which movie is the
following character?
51.
52. 25)2002 movie Puthuram Puthri Unniyaarcha
had its music scored by Usha Khanna for all
songs except one which was 'Padam Padam
Aaromal Chekavar..' from Aaromal Unni. The
music was credited to Devarajan and Lyrics to
Vayalar. Which 2 singers sang the song for the
new movie?
54. 26
The visuals for this song from Butterflies was actually from a movie that was
started but couldn’t finish. It
had Mohanlal playing a race driver. What was the title of this movie?
56. 27) Kerala is now totally shocked to hear about
this news. New movie releases (including Richard
Attenborough's Gandhi) has been suspended and some of his old
movies are now played in the theatres.
The producer of the latest movie in which he was acting, is in a very
bad state. In desperation he requests his brother to act as a
dummy.
The political scene in the state is in a worse condition. The ruling
government of the day is accused of being lax on investigations.
The party in the opposition feels that government did not provide
adequate protection . Home minister feels there are international
agencies out there involved in the act. What happened?
58. 28) Which recent movie had tributes to Manjil
Virinja Pookkal and even had the same names
as that of characters played by Mohanlal,
Shankar and Poornima for the 3 main
characters in the movie?
59. The two characters
played by Fahadh Fazil in
Netholi… are called Prem
Krishnan and Narendran.
Kamalini Mukherji's
character is called
Prabha. All these were
names of the characters
played by Shankar,
Mohanlal and Poornima
60. 29)Which movie was mentioned by the then
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapyee in his
Inaugural speech at the Global Investors Meet in
Kochi. The movie was used as a case point to
indicate that there is a general impression that
Kerala doesnt not offer business friendly
climate?
61.
62. 30)One of 1993's biggest hits was recently
remade into an Assamese-Bengali bilingual by
the producer of the original (also producer of
q1) and met with reasonable success. The
movie was called Borolar Ghor meaning
Bachelor house. What movie?
