Chithram – Finals

1) Connect both these videos

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Videos shown were clippings from the movie – ‘Amma Ariyan’ and ‘The Kid’

John Abraham made Amma Ariyan with funds collected from people. He exhibited Chaplin’s The Kid in many places as a fund raising event

2) He started his career as an assistant to  Naushad in films such as Aadmi, Palki, Ram aur Shyam, Sanghursh, Dil Diya Dard Liya and Saathi.He had conducted musical ceremony during the Pope John Paul’s visit of India. Id this multiple state award winning music director who has given us many melodious hits and has been absent from the industry of late(Picture in next slide)

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Jerry Amaldev

3) Directed by CV Rajendran, Garjanam was released in early 80’s. This was left incomplete by Jayan when he met with his untimely death. Who was cast as Jayans replacement

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4)Born Chandrasekhara Menon, he joined the trade union movement at Baroda Railways while he was studying Marine engineering at Baroda. He returned his CPI party card after the split in 1962 and turned to theatre. Since his debut in Kunchacko's Kadalamma, he remained an integral part of Malayalam cinema till his death. He has featured in over 300 films with Prem Nazir.He proposed to colleague Kaviyoor Ponnamma when the duo acted together in K.P.A.C drama but was rejected. He remained a bachelor for a long period in his life. Id this great whose gap is yet to be filled in our cinema

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5)Directed by Anil Das and scripted by Madhu Mattom, X is the tale of a somewhat deranged science freak played by Biju Menon who cannot settle down with a regular job, as his mind is full of inventions. He gets married and takes up a job at a tuition centre. Later he figures out that he can make flying objects that can be used by man to reach any destination without any fuel. There are sub-plots involving ghosts and amnesia as well. Name this movie which is probably the only science fiction in Malayalam

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Bharathan Effect

6) Filmography of Kirti Singh. Name her first movie, an all time classic1994 Insaaf Apne Lahoo Se 1993 Baaghi Sultana 1993 Phoolan Hasina Ramkali 1993 Phool as Kitty 1992 Lalkara Jatti Da as Mukho 1991 Dancer as Radha - Dattu's sister 1990 Jungle Love as Jane/Rita 1988 X as Bhadra.

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Moonam Pakkam

7) Released in 1999 director Baiju Kottarakaras movie ‘James Bond’ was a remake of which english movie which was pure fun and a hit here. IMDB rating is a mere 5.

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8)"The presence of the hero, who signs his name with a drawing of a conch shell and is never called anything other than X,' changes the lives of the villagers in various ways. He turns the sleepy local tailor into a shrewd businessman. And he forces one older woman to keep a sharp eye on her hens, which have a way of disappearing . He also marries the prettiest, and possibly the only, young woman in town. His dance of courtship, performed as he wears____________ and an extremely silly grin, involves flexing his muscles and staggering gleefully up to his bride, then throwing her in the air. This makes, without doubt, for a cinematic love scene unlike any other.” New York Times review of which movie

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Oridathoru Phayalvan

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TP Rajeevan the authorBook coverIllustration in Mathrubhumi when the novel was first serialized

10) A national Award winning director, he started his career as an actor in P A Backer's Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol playing the lead role. He also had worked with John Abraham and P A Backer as assistant. He is always in news when awards are announced normally protesting against the decisions. He is now shooting a comedy starring Jayasuya

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TV Chandran

11) Raj Nairs documentary ‘Kazhchavasthukal’ documents the realities of aging, of past and current social issues and the colour of loneliness. The theme unfolds through the 85 year old Kalakshiamma who is Raj’s grand mother. How do we better know Kalakshiamma?

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Kaatha , wife of Thakazhi

12) Directed by Venu Nagavally and released in 1987, Sarvakalasala was one of the best campus movies that we have seen. What contribution has this movie made to the life of Mohanlal and his fans?

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‘Lalettan’

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Audience• The President' was the title given to a Malayalam movie that

never took off. Most of the actors in this movie were selected from an opinion poll conducted by a magazine. There was another movie in Malayalam with same characters released in early 70's. Balu Kiriyath was supposed to direct it 

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Bobanum Moliyum

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Based on whose story was the movie Chattakari made? He won the state award that year

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Pamman

Written round6 questions10 points eachBonus 10 for getting all right

1) Taken during Youth Festival of early 50’s, Id both

2) In 1944, he joined the Indian Peoples Theater Association, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. He started writing songs and setting tunes for them. His short story Ricksawala was adapted as Do Bigha Zamin by Bimal Roy. id

3) One of the best satire to be made in Malayalam, the movie has a curious name for each of the characters. some samples - Dussasana Kuruppu , Sikhandi Pillai ,Mandodhari ,Ishak Tharakan ,Kathorayan ,Anarkali , Yudaskunju ,Barabas ,Avarachan Swami ,Poothana etc. Id the movie

4)Based on OV Vijayans work, Who directed the movie, Arimpara?

5) In the year 1994, Devarajan returned all his awards that he won in protest against the award that was given for music direction in the Kerala State Film Awards that year. Who won the best Music director award that year and for which movie

6) Released recently in hindi, of which classic in Malayalam is this a copy of

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1) Taken during Youth Festival of early 50’s, Id both

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2) In 1944, he joined the Indian Peoples Theater Association, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. He started writing songs and setting tunes for them. His short story Ricksawala was adapted as Do Bigha Zamin by Bimal Roy. id

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Salil Chowdhary

3) One of the best satire to be made in Malayalam, the movie has a curious name for each of the characters. some samples - Dussasana Kuruppu , Sikhandi Pillai ,Mandodhari ,Ishak Tharakan ,Kathorayan ,Anarkali , Yudaskunju ,Barabas ,Avarachan Swami ,Poothana etc. Id the movie

4)Based on OV Vijayans work, Who directed the movie, Arimpara?

Murali Nair

5) In the year 1994, Devarajan returned all his awards that he won in protest against the award that was given for music direction in the Kerala State Film Awards that year. Who won the best Music director award that year and for which movie

Music Director – Berny Ignatious

6) Released recently in hindi, of which classic in Malayalam is this a copy of

REVERSE

13) Kandathil Varghese Vaidyar was a former Travancore Thozhilali Union president. He served as the inspiration for the lead character of which movie written by his son?

(Thanks to @vargheseanoop for the info)

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Lal Salam

14)Govind Jayasurya played the role of Srikanth in the movie Mammooty starrer Daddy Cool. Who was originally chosen to play this role?

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Sreeshant

15) Until 1988, with the exception of two movies, Avalude Raavukal and Adavukal Pathinettu, all of Seema's characters were dubbed by Kottayam Shantha. Which actress, who made her debut in Aravindan’s Uttarayanam and is seen mostly in TV serials now dubbed for Seema in Avalude Ravukal and also played the role of her mother in this movie

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Mallika Sukumaran

16) He introduced a pyrethroid based mosquito repellent product brand , in 1984. He was also the first to introduce aerosol based insect killer spray in India , under the brand name ' HIT ' in 1988. In 1994 , he sold his consumer product brands , and he initiated research for manufacture of the active ingredients ( Synthetic Pyrethroids ) used in mosquito repellant products. He has been known by several names depending on the biz venture is undertakes at the time. Name him

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R Mohan/Goodknight Mohan/Shogun Mohan. Seen here with Padmarajan and Nitish Bharadwaj

17)Sathyan Anthikad has made 2 novels into movies. One was Irattakuttikalude Achan by CV Balakrishnan. Which other work did he adapt into a movie starring Nedumudi Venu, Mohanlal and Gopi

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Apunni by VKN

18)Name the lyricist and as per him who was in his mind when he penned these words?

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• Audio of Arikil Nee undayirinnengil was played

ONV and G Devarajan (were reuniting after a long gap in this movie )

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He was one among seven army persons deputed to guard Mahatma Gandhi during his fast in Calcutta in 1947 . He was also shortlisted as a Pakistan army member but declined to migrate. Later he resigned from Army and joined films as a playback singer. His first movie was ‘Sariyo Thetto’ , but ‘Visappinte Vili’ was the first releaseHe along with KS George and Sulochana sang the first public performance of 'Bali Kudeerangale' which was later made popular by KPAC(he didn't collaborate here).He later turned to acting and shelved his singing career

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Video played was fasting and riot scene from the movie Gandhi

20)Teaser poster of an Upcoming movie based on a TV series

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21)Which hindi movie starring Ajay Devgan had a blink and you miss kind of cameo appearance by both Mamooty and Mohanlal

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Halla Bol

22)The name that we know him now was originally given by his classmate. He was credited by the name Sajin in his 3rd movie. Name this actor

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23) Hailing from Coorg, she entered the film world while in 11th standard in late 80's.Director P Chandra Kumar spotted her when she was waiting for a bus and offered her the role which she readily accepted. After a long hiatus she is making a comeback this time as a director in a Kannada movie called Smart

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Abhilasha

24) Two Myth busting incidents related to Malayalam movies

Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan busted one myth and in effect established a fact of historical importance related to Malayalam movies in his book History of Cinema.

The second one is a documentary by R Gopalakrishnan titled 'The Lost Life' which changed some facts which was established by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan above . 

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1) Vigathakumaran was the first malayalam movie and not Balan

2) JC Daniel named his movie as ‘The Lost Child’ and not Vigathakumaran

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One of the movies he acted in, 'Gujarat' had irked some religious outfits that the governement had to provide black cat security to him. His next movie was titled Pakshikal Parakatte. Who are we talking about?

Ashok Raj

ThemeWritten round

+30 and -15 for first 2 questions+20 and -10 for next 2+10 and -5 for last 2

1) National Highway 228 (NH 228) covers a distance of 374 km and connects 2 places within the same state. This is considered as a heritage highway. To commemorate what event was this made as an NH

2) He has served as the Chief Editor of Mathrubhumi news paper and is also the founder president of Nair Service Society.Served as MP from Ponnani in 1952 as a member of Kizan Mazdur Sabha. More famous for his Participation of an event that was of historical Importance to Kerala

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3) Mullamangalath Raman Bhattathiripad better known as MRB (1908 – 2001), was a social reformer, cultural leader and a Malayalam writer. He joined Yogakshema Sabha and worked with V. T. Bhattathiripad He was the brother of actor Premji. Why we remember him most is due to his marriage which was of historical importance and a revolution at that time. explain

4)Who attacking whom?

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5)Which movie, the directors first one, told the story of a man, a supporter of E. M. S. Namboodiripad who dies the next day after his idol dies

6) The Commission was constituted by the Central Government of India and consisted of Hon. Fazal Ali, Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, and H.N. Kunzru.The Commission was also known as Fazal Ali Commission The Report submitted by the Committee in 1955 known as SRC Report. What was the result of their reccomendation

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• 1) Dandi Yatra• 2) K Kelappan – Guruvayoor Sathyagraham• 3)First widow remarriage in Nambudiri

community• 4) CS Mani attacking Sir CP• 5)Neythukaran – Death of EMS• 6) State reorganization committee – Kerala

formed in 1956 Nov1

• 1)Born on Dandi Yatra day• 2)Mother died of cancer at the start of • Guruvayur Sathyagraha• 3) His father died when a coconut fell • on his head on the day when MRB got • married• 4)His brother drowned when CP was • attacked• 5)Discarded by family and admitted to • a nursing home when EMS died• 6) His was burned down and his sister • died on 1956 Nov 1

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Oridathu by G Aravindan

26) The initial title of the movie was 'Nombarangale Sullu Sullu'. Later the producer who himself is a reputed director suggested this to be renames as X.The movie, a trend setter in malayalam industry was infact an inspired version of the English movie See the Man Run

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Ramji rao Speaking‘

27) In the olden days Malaylam movies were shot during night in the studios. This was one of the main reason for increase in movie production cost then. Why were our movies shot during night?

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Morning slots were occupied by Tamil movies which always had preference

28) X Oru Malayaliyude Jeevitham , is a book on the films and film life of X done by journalist and film critic A Chandrasekhar in association with Gireesh Balakrishnan. The book takes a look at the last 25 years of Kerala history through the movies of X.Id X

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29) Narendra Prasad started NatyaGriha to enrich drama and the acting style followed by actors. As per him, his effort has resulted in X."Acting comes from the soul. I see X as the greatest actor who has developed this". Who is he refering to?

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Murali

30) This was supposed to be Sabu Cyrils directorial debut. The project got delayed due to industry strike and soon he got involved with Shanker’s Anniyan. A new director was roped in.This was his first malayalam movie. He made more changes as he replaced Meera Jasmine with another actress and also Vidyasagar with MG Radhakrishnan. Name the movie

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Ananthabhadram

31) Reny George is an ex-convict who runs a school/home for children of prisoners/ crime victims calling them Children at Risk. Having gone through the stigma of incarceration, he wanted to make sure He wanted to make sure that such  children did not suffer for their sins of their parents. In the year 2008, CNN-IBN honored him with Real Hero Award(add visual)The crime that he did way back was made into a movie by Sasikumar 2 years later starring Raveendran as Reny. Mohanlal was also in the movie.Name the movie

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Madrasile Mon

32) Director Sohan Roy's movie Dam999 is inspired from a dam disaster in 1975 that took the lives of 250,000 people in China. The film stars Rajat Kapoor, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vimala Raman etc. The shooting of the movie made much noise in Kerala. Explain

Thilakans expulsion from this ‘Hollywood’ movie

 

Tamil national award winners dir by Sethumadhavan and priyan

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Only Tamil movies to win National award for best film. Both directed by Keralites

34)Which famous and much discussed character has been based on this man – Unni Menon, a friend of the director

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Jayakrishnan of Thuvanathumpikal

• 35) A widowed Antharjanam of an Illam near Kunnamkulam was suspected of sexual misconduct. During the "Smaartha Vichaaram" she confessed to have had illicit relations with 15 persons of various communities from Namboothiri to a barber resulting in excommunication of all the 15 and the Antharjanam herself. One of the victims is said to have been Melakkath Gopala Menon. He left his family, went to Palakkad where he married a lower caste woman and together left for Sri Lanka. When he died after two sons were born, his widow returned to India with her children. One of the boys later became a famous film actor. Id

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MGR

36) The word ______ comes from the Latin word for face or countenance and originally referred to any facial expression. Over time, though, it came to mean gladness and was first recorded as a shout of encouragement or support in 1720's. Name the good word and why does it feature in this quiz?

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Cheers – was the first spoken word in the history of Malayalam cinema in Balan