Q 01/05

The Kannada film industry, based in Bengaluru, is popularly known by which nickname?

A) Dhallywood

B) Kollywood

C) Tollywood

D) Sandalwood

Answer · why

D) Sandalwood

Sandalwood is the everyday name for Kannada cinema, an industry whose first talkie was shot far from home in a Kolhapur studio.

Q 02/05

Which actor plays the gangster Rocky in the 2018 Kannada blockbuster K.G.F: Chapter 1, set in a brutal gold mine?

A) Yash

B) Darshan

C) Ganesh

D) Upendra

Answer · why

A) Yash

Yash grew his beard and long hair to play Rocky, and the part won him the Filmfare Award South for Best Actor. He had signed on with the director thre...

Q 03/05

Which 2022 Kannada hit, directed by its star Rishab Shetty, centres on the spirit worship of coastal Karnataka?

A) Vikrant Rona

B) Kantara

C) Head Bush

D) Gaalipata 2

Answer · why

B) Kantara

Kantara won Rishab Shetty the National Film Award for Best Actor. He based its clash between villagers and forest officers on disputes in his own home...

Q 04/05

Which future Bollywood star made her acting debut opposite Upendra in the 2006 Kannada romantic drama Aishwarya?

A) Anushka Sharma

B) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

C) Deepika Padukone

D) Katrina Kaif

Answer · why

C) Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone played the title character, an assistant manager who joins the hero's company. The film opened to record first-week collections befor...

Q 05/05

Which forest bandit kidnapped Kannada screen legend Rajkumar from his Gajanur farmhouse in 2000 and held him for months?

A) Veerappan

B) Sultana Daku

C) Man Singh

D) Paan Singh Tomar

Answer · why

A) Veerappan

Veerappan demanded the release of jailed gang members in exchange for the actor. Rajkumar walked free unharmed after 108 days in captivity.