Q 01/05

Before becoming a film star, Rajinikanth held which job with the Bangalore Transport Service?

A) Bus driver

B) Ticket inspector

C) Bus conductor

D) Depot mechanic

Answer · why

C) Bus conductor

Bus conductor came after several other jobs, including work as a coolie. A co-worker, Raj Bahadur, urged him to enrol at the Madras Film Institute and...

Q 02/05

Rajinikanth's film Muthu became a surprise hit in which country, where it was retitled The Dancing Maharaja?

A) Japan

B) Germany

C) Turkey

D) Russia

Answer · why

A) Japan

Japan got the film after a critic found it in a Singapore video shop and loved it even without subtitles. It stayed the country's highest-grossing Ind...

Q 03/05

Kamal Haasan's Avvai Shanmughi, whose hero disguises himself as a woman, is often likened to which Hollywood comedy?

A) Some Like It Hot

B) Father of the Bride

C) Three Men and a Baby

D) Mrs. Doubtfire

Answer · why

D) Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire reached cinemas in 1993, but Kamal Haasan said he had the idea six years earlier and guessed that both films had drawn on the same sour...

Q 04/05

Tamil cinema's nickname Kollywood blends Hollywood with the name of which studio-filled Chennai neighbourhood?

A) Kotturpuram

B) Kodambakkam

C) Kolathur

D) Kilpauk

Answer · why

B) Kodambakkam

Kodambakkam packed in so many film studios that its name came to stand for the whole Tamil industry, much as one Los Angeles district stands for Ameri...

Q 05/05

Which viral 'Tanglish' song, written and sung by Dhanush for the 2012 film 3, was composed in about ten minutes?

A) Why This Kolaveri Di

B) Danga Maari Oodhari

C) What a Karuvaad

D) Nenjukkul Peidhidum Maamazhai

Answer · why

A) Why This Kolaveri Di

Why This Kolaveri Di became the first Tamil film song to premiere on MTV India, and its singer was invited to dinner by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.