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Exploring Bollywood: A Quiz on Indian Cinema

This quiz tests your knowledge of Bollywood, its history, and its impact on global cinema. Each question challenges you to recall details about famous films, influential figures, and cultural connections within the Bollywood industry.

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1 Some movie scripts are first written in ________.

2 For example, ________'s 1988 hit song "Disco Dancer" was inspired by the song "I am a Disco Dancer" from the Bollywood film Disco Dancer (1982).

3 Ashok Sharma, Indian Ambassador to Suriname, who has served three times in the ________ region during his diplomatic career said:

4 [89] The emergence of ________, Africa's local movie industry has also contributed to the declining popularity of Bollywood films.

5 Recent Bollywood films have employed international technicians to improve in these areas, such as Krrish (2006) which has action choreographed by ________ based Tony Ching.

6 However, it ranks second to Hollywood in countries such as ________, with its large Indian minority, Australia and New Zealand.

7 There has been a growing presence of ________ in dialogue and songs as well.

8 Many Pakistanis watch Bollywood films, as they understand Hindi (due to its linguistic similarity to ________).

9 In the mid-1970s, romantic confections made way for gritty, violent films about gangsters (see ________) and bandits.

10 [88] Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (2005) was shot almost entirely in ________, which has a large ethnically Indian population.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Australian Ambassador to Chile, Crispin Conroy, once proposed marriage to Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala.
  • the 2008 Indian film Woodstock Villa marked the debut of veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher's son, Sikandar Kher.
  • the producers of 2008 Hindi espionage thriller film Mukhbiir offered a money back guarantee for those who did not like the film, but prepared the refund for only 5,000 viewers.
  • in the forthcoming Bollywood film Krazzy 4, actor Hrithik Roshan performed an "item number" for the first time.
  • although the director of Bollywood comedy Malamaal Weekly has offered money to anyone who can show that it is not an original work, several reviewers have labelled it a remake of Waking Ned.
  • Bollywood actress Shenaz Treasurywala was discovered while stuck in India when Kuwait Airways lost her luggage, including travel documents she needed to return to school in New York.
  • Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan severely injured his back while filming the blockbuster hit Kal Ho Naa Ho.
  • Prasoon Joshi, an award-winning advertising executive is also a lyricist for Bollywood movies.
  • Bollywood actor Bobby Deol won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for his performance in Barsaat in 1995.
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