India Quiz – Set 24 (Who Am I Bollywood/Indian Movies Quiz)

Each question refers to an Indian movie personality. You need to identify him or her.

  1. I studied at the J.J School of Art in Mumbai, and my movie was shown in Coronation Cinema as early as 1913.
  2. I am a nephew of actor Dev Anand. I was once directing a movie called ‘Time Machine’ with Amir Khan in a lead role but the project was abandoned midway.
  3. Prakash Kaur is my mother and I was once the hero in ‘Dacait’ which also had Meenakshi Sheshadri as the heroine.
  4. I won a National Award for the movie ‘Thevar Magan’ and am a recipient of the ‘National Order of the Legion of Honour’ from France.
  5. I have won the National Award for Best Actor thrice, and once starred in an English film which was a biography of B.R.Ambedkar.
  6. My last name is Behl and my first film was ‘Hamari Beti’.
  7. I am distantly related to Guru Dutt and one of my films starring Shashi Kapoor, Raj Babbar and Rekha won a Filmfare Award in 1982.
  8. My first film was ‘Aakhri Khat’ and was once an MP representing the Congress.
  9. My name is a combination of the names of my parents and I adopted two girls Pooja and Chhaya when I was single.
  10. I was the assistant director of films ‘Karan Arjun’ and ‘Koyla’ and first acted in a 1980s movie called ‘Aasha’ as an extra in a dance scene.

Answers:

  1. Dadasaheb Phalke.
  2. Shekhar Kapur.
  3. Sunny Deol.
  4. Sivaji Ganesan.
  5. Mammootty.
  6. Nutan.
  7. Shyam Benegal.
  8. Rajesh Khanna.
  9. Ravina Tandon.
  10. Hrithik Roshan.