Quiz on biopics

1 Iris was a critically acclaimed film based on the life of author Iris Murdoch. The film contrasts the relationship of Murdoch with her husband John Bayley, both in their younger years and then later when Murdoch was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Which two acclaimed actresses played the young and the older Iris?

2 Which 2016 Indian biopic mostly deals with an incident on September 5, 1986, at Karachi?

3 In 2017, which famous sporting rivalry was portrayed on screen by Sverrir Gudnason and Shia LaBeouf, based on a screenplay by Ronnie Sandahl?

4 Sangte Aika was the memoirs of well-known Marathi stage and screen actress Hansa Wadkar. What was the name of the biopic based on this work directed by Shyam Benegal, which featured Smita Patil in the main role?

5 A Dangerous Method, set in the eve of WWI, described the turbulent relationship between two extremely famous historical figures and their protégé Sabina Spielrein, later one of the foremost practitioners in the same field. Which two people were portrayed on screen by Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender?

6 Love Affair is an upcoming biopic directed by Soni Razdan on a real-life incident. It is the fourth major Hindi film broadly based on the same theme. If the first two films were Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke in 1963 and Achanak in 1973, which was the third, released in 2016?

7 Rang Rasiya was a bilingual film directed by Ketan Mehta and starring Randeep Hooda in the main role. It was based on the life of which famous 19th-century Indian?

8 What did a certain Dashrath do almost every day between 1959 and 1981, which was portrayed on screen by Nawazuddin Siddiqui?

9 Nightwatching, directed by Peter Greenaway, stars Martin Freeman and is centred around a single artistic creation. Which historical figure did Freeman play in the critically-acclaimed film?

10 Which 2004 American musical biography earned Jamie Foxx the distinction of being only the second person to win the Academy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and the Critics Choice award for the same performance?

Answers

1 . Kate Winslet portrayed the novelist’s younger days while Judi Dench played the older Murdoch

2 . Neerja, the film based on Pan Am Flight 73’s senior flight purser Neerja Bhanot who died fighting four Libyan hijackers. It won the Best Hindi Feature Film Award at the National Film Awards

3 . Borg McEnroe, about the tennis legends Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe specifically at the 1980 Wimbledon Final

4 . Bhumika. The film also featured Amol Palekar, Anant Nag, Naseeruddin Shah and Amrish Puri

5 . Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud respectively. Keira Knightley played Spielrein

6 . Rustom. All the films were based on the 1959 Nanavati murder case

7 . Raja Ravi Varma; the film was called Colours of Passion in English

8 . He carved a hole through a mountain to get faster access to medical help. The film Manjhi – The Mountain Man was based on his titanic efforts

9 . Rembrandt; the film is about the creation of his painting ‘The Night Watch’

10 . Ray, based on the life of R&B legend Ray Charles

_{Joy Bhattacharjya is a quizmaster and Project Director, FIFA U-17 World Cup; Follow Joy on Twitter @joybhattacharj}

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