The person was K.M.Nanawati, and the movie was Achanak.
Rajinder Singh Bedi, who earlier was the dialog writer for movies like Madhumati, Anupama, Anuradha, made his directorial debut with this 1970 movie that starred Sanjeev Kumar. Based on his own radio play Naql-E-Makkani, it is considered a landmark movie in Indian parallel cinema. Sanjeev got his first National Award for this movie, while Madan Mohan won his only national award for the music, which also includes a song sung by him. Hrishikesh Mukherjee edited this B&W movie and won a Filmfare Award for it too. Name the movie.
The movie was Dastak.
3) Sreeram Raghavan's Johnny Gaddar, a tribute to the 70's Hindi movie thrillers, takes it's title from a reference to Vijay Anand's Johnny Mera Naam. However the basic plot of the movie, as also some of the key scenes, are heavily influenced by this 1971 thriller that had Amitabh Bachan in a key role. Which movie i am referring to?
Parwana
4) The 1971 movie Tere Mere Sapne, directed by Vijay Anand, and starring him in a supporting role along with brother Dev, was based on which A.J.Cronin novel, about a doctor in a Welsh mining town?
The book was CITADEL by A.J.Cronin.
5) This movie took 14 years to make, Ashok Kumar was supposed to be playing the original role, but backed out later, and the character had to be modified keeping in view the new actor's image. The stormy personal relationship between the actress and the director of the movie, also affected it's making. In the mean time, the original music director Ghulam Mohd, passed away, and Naushad had to step in. The movie was finally released in 1972, and went on to become a huge commercial success. Name the movie.
The movie was PAKEEZAH.
6) Born in Bijnaur, UP, he made his debut as a director in 1968 with the Shashi Kapoor movie Haseena Maan Jaayegi. After a series of movies like Aakhri Daku and Mela, he is remembered for this landmark 70's movie, that launched a new trend in Indian movies, and was based on the sphagetti Western Death Rides a Horse. Name the director and the movie in question( 2 points).
PRAKASH MEHRA, ZANZEER.
This 1973 Bollywood movie directed by Yash Chopra, was a loose adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Mayor of Casterbridge, and had Rakhee winning her first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. The movie was in news for the cold war between Rakhee and Sharmila Tagore on the sets. Name the movie.
DAAG
8) She started her life as a singer for child stars, her most famous song being Haina Bolo Bolo from the movie Andaaz. She was nominated for the Filmfare Award, for the songs Tera Mujhse Hai Pehla from Aa Gale Lag Jaa as well as Kya Hua Tera Waada from Hum Kisise Kum Nahin. She later re appeared in the 90's with a series of raunchy songs, mostly in David Dhawan movies, under a different name. Name the singer( any one of the names will do).
SUSHMA SHRESTHA/POORNIMA
9) His father was a well known Sikh philosopher, and his mother Freda later converted into a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Starting as a stage actor, he later on moved to Bollywood, where he acted in a host of 70's masala movies, notably Daku aur Mahatma, Nagin. He however hit fame with a 1976 Italian movie The Black Corsair, but it was his role as Sandokan in a TV series that made him a global star. He later on made an impact in Bollywood with this 1988 movie that was a rehash of East of Eden. Name him.
KABIR BEDI
10) The 2007 Yash Raj movie Jhoom Bharabar Jhoom takes it's title from a popular qawali song in the movie 5 Rifles which was directed by I.S.Johar. What was unique about the 2 lead actors in the movie, i am not sure if it was the first of it's kind, but it has been attempted later on in some other movies?
THE LEAD ACTORS WERE DUPLICATES OF EXISTING STARS, RAKESH KHANNA( RAJESH KHANNA) AND SAHI KAPOOR(SHASHI KAPOOR).
Cintom Kashyap-16
Anuradha-6
Chandrashekar-9
Suresh-9
Vikram-9
Ganesh-16
Sameer-16
Prabhakar-16
Anubhav-5
Himanshu-7
Kamal-10
Harish-5
Shyamal-16
Shubendhu-16
Ramesh-6
Sukrit-16
Nirad-2
