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TAS Altius| 2011 Confluence | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Rules & Guidelines

The Quiz comprises of 14 Questions to be answered in 20 Minutes. Any submission after

the deadline will be rejected.

There is only one correct answer to each question

The Response Sheet comprises of certain mandatory fields asking for team information.

Please ensure you enter these details same as those entered during the registration

process.

A team is to submit only one entry. For the team submitting multiple entries, only the

last submission will be evaluated.

In the case of a tie, Star Marked Questions (Question Number 1, 2 , 7 , 11 ,14) shall be

used to resolve the tie. In case the deadlock still prevails, the team submitting the answer

first shall take the lead.


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Question 1*

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Inspired from an unusual social experiment which existed as a practice in a

princely state during colonial India, the film went on to set newer records

across world cinema and is today regarded as one of best films ever made in

its language category. In an unfortunate incident, one of the leading

members of the crew (who happens to be an iconic figure today) was

rendered partially disabled/handicapped during the shoot of a famous scene

of the film.

Which film ?


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Answer 1


Do Aankhen,Barah Haath

The film was inspired by the story of an

'open prison' experiment at Swatantrapur in

the princely state of Aundh near Satara.

During the shooting, the legendary V.

Shantaram battled with a bull while filming

the bull fight scene and he hurt his one eye

during the stunt and partially lost his

eyesight


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Question 2*


A novel written in an Indian language derives its

name from what is shown in the adjacent image.

The image (and thus the name of the novel) also

indicates the location where the novel is set.

This novel has served as the inspiration for twoextremely popular productions on Indian Screen,

one being a television show and the other being a

film. Both of them became increasingly popular in

their times.

Name eitherof the two.


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Answer 2


Mr. Yogi (on Doordarshan) / Whats Your Rashi ?

The image is of the Brown Line of the Chicago Rapid

Transit System. Before CTA lines were color-coded in

1993, the Brown Line was known as the RavenswoodRoute; specifically, the series of stations from Belmont

to Kimball were called the Kimball Ravenswood

branch.

The movie What's Your Rashi ?and the Doordarshan

tele serial Mr Yogi were both based on a GujaratinovelKimball RavenswoodbyMadhu Rye. The novel

is set partially in Chicago and derives its name from

the element mentioned above.


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Question 3


On the bonus DVD of this film (snapshot shown above) , it is revealed that

other than just one professional actor, the remaining cast were not trainedactors but organized crime gang men from the place X itself.

X is consistently ranked as one of the best films of World Cinema and has

won huge critical acclaim. Identify X.


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Answer 3


City of God / Cidade De Deus (Portugese)

The neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of

God) is part of the borough of Jacarepagu, in the

Western Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Itis also known as CDD among their inhabitants. The

neighbourhood was founded in 1960, planned and

executed by the state government of Guanabara

as part of the policy to systematically remove

favelas from the center of Rio de Janeiro and

settling their inhabitants in the suburbs. It isportrayed in the 2002 film City of God.


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Question 4


Name this collective, which came together to produce international films

revolving around a certain setting/theme.


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Answer 4


Merchant Ivory Productions

Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded in 1961 by producer Ismail

Merchant and director James Ivory along with writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The goal

of the company was "to make English-language films in India aimed at the

international market" It produced films like The Guru, Bombay Talkie, The Ballad of the

Sad Caf etc.


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Question 5


Shown above is a well remembered sequence from X , one of the most

acclaimed New Wave Films . The sequence shown above has a certain name.

Later, the same sequence was used in an immensely popular Hollywoodrelease Y. Not just in terms of this sequence, but Y is also linked to X in the

manner that the director ofY has his production company name inspired by

X/the title ofX.

Identify X & Y


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Question 6


?Complete this exhaustive list . All of them are Hindi films.
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Answer 6


Saawariya

Manmohan Desai (Chhalia), Shivam Nair (Ahista Ahista), Sanjay Leela Bhansali

(Saawariya) are all adaptations of White Nights, a short story by noted Russian author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky.


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Question 7*


However disregarded by the makers, which popular 2009 Bollywood release is said

to have been inspired by the Kannada movie shown above ?


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Answer 7


Wake Up Sid is said to have been inspired by Eddelu Manjunatha (English:

Wake Up Manjunatha)


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Question 8


In a unique promotion (or gimmick) activity forthis Japanese film X, the object shown in the

adjacent image (with certain details blanked)

were handed international film festivals to

those attending the midnight screening of this

X. Reportedly, watching the movie caused

some person to show severe symptoms.

Identify X


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Answer 8


Ichi The Killer

Ichi the Killer is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi

Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the

same name.As a publicity gimmick, vomit bags were

handed out at the Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF) to those attending the midnight screening of this

film. Similar bags were handed out during the Stockholm

International Film Festival. Reportedly, watching the

movie caused one person to throw up and another to

faint


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Question 9


Which film ?


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Answer 9


Sal, or the 120 Days of Sodom


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Question 10


Which famous film character was

inspired by this rather unheard movie ?


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Answer 10


Travis Bickle (Taxi Driver)

The protagonist Narasingh (played by

Soumitra Chatterjee) was identified by

Martin Scorsese as a prototype for the

character of the cynical cab driver

Travis Bickle (played by Robert De Niro)

in Taxi Driver (1976)


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Question 11*


Mention the Indian connect.


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Answer 11


Paul Robeson: Tribute to An Artist won the

Academy Award in 1980 for Short Subject

Documentary. The award was presented byPersis Khambatta. This was thus the first

instance of an Indian presenting an Academy

award.


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Question 12


Owing to a connection with an iconic film, what is this place now popularly called ?


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Answer 12


Rocky Steps

The 72 stone steps before the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have become known as the "Rocky Steps" as a result of

their appearance in the triple-Oscar-winning film Rocky and four of its sequels, Rocky

II, III, V and Rocky Balboa, in which the eponymous character runs up the steps to the

song Gonna Fly Now


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Question 13


Connect the above images.

(The leftmost is a cover of the single released by a band)


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Answer 13


Almost Famous

The Beatles single Penny Lane. The lady Penny Lane in the film was the head of

the groupies called Band Aids

Lester Bangs , the rock journalist

Still Waters album by Bee Gees. The fictional band in the film was called Still Waters


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Answer 14


The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us (Persian: Bd m r khhad bord) is a 1999 Iranian film by

Abbas Kiarostami and the title is a reference to a poem written by the famous

modern Iranian woman poet Forough Farrokhzad.


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