05-07-2007, 07:40 PM
Deccan chronicle, 6 may 2007.
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By Senjam Raj Sekhar
Cameo, those brief fleeting appearances of a known person in films, adds to the charm of movie watching. It could be an author, a sports person and, in many cases, the director himself. Find out about some famous cameos in this weekâs theme.
Please send your letters, questions (with answers) to the following postal address: D 4/11 (Ground Floor), Exclusive Floors, DLF Phase V, Gurgaon. Email id: senjam@gmail.com
Cameo roles
1. Name the character played by Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri in Mira Nairâs movie The Namesake.
2. Subhash Ghai started life as an actor but moved to direction when his acting career did not take off. He is known for making cameo appearances with his hat on. From which movie did his "hat on" cameos start?
3. Which two authors make a cameo appearance as themselves in the 2001 movie Bridget Jonesâ Diary?
4. For movie fans, what is "Hitch Spotting"?
5. Who plays the role of a stadium drug dealer in the Bruce Willis-starring movie The Unbreakable?
6. Director Siddharth Anand did a three minute cab driver cameo in his own movie as the cabby he had fixed for the shot did not turn up. Preity Zinta handled the camera for the shot. Name the movie.
7. In the 1981 Sai Paranajpe movie Chashme Buddoor, who played the role of Deepti Navalâs father?
8. Peter Jackson of The Lord of Rings fame has made an appearance in all the movies that he made except one. Name the film.
9. Hitchcockâs most celebrated and obscure appearance in his own movie was in the movie The Lifeboat. What was unique about that cameo?
anything goes
1. In German aber means "but". What does it mean in Celtic? (Pijush Nandi, Barasat)
2. If IBMâs tagline is "On Demand Business" and INTEXâs is "Demand More", then whose tagline is "What Business Demands"? (Partha Gupta, Barasat)
3. In the cricket stadium in Indore, there is a huge concrete bat. Why was it built? (Selim Ahmed, Barasat)
4. After the execution of which French revolutionary in 1794, it was tacitly agreed to no longer use the guillotine as a political weapon and the revolution drew to a close? (Shovan Karmakar, Kolkata)
5. What is the name of the capital of Hell in Miltonâs Paradise Lost? (Naresh Mukherjee, Kolkata)
6. The Grand Slam in golf has four tournaments, US Open, US Masters, The British Open. Which is the fourth one? (Subrata Biswas, Burnpur)
7. In 1974, which future chief minister was nominated in the Filmfare in the best story category for Bidai? (Somnath Das, Burnpur)
8. In Mahabharata, Arjuna was nicknamed "Sabyasachi". Why? (Prasanjit Bannerjee, Ulhasnagar)
9. Laundry service was the name of whose first album in English? (U. Narasimha Murthy, Secunderabad)
10. Name the only US President not to have lived in White House. (Parvinder Bhatia, Jamshedpur)
11. Which place is known as the "Open Art Gallery of Rajasthan"? (Naresh Mukherjee, Kolkata)
12. Which soccer player of Senegal plays for Liverpool? (Subrata Biswas, Burnpur)
13. What is referred to as "Tombstone Advertising"? (Somnath Das, Burnpur)
14. According to legend, the eye of Osiris, the Egyptian God of healing, when plucked out became immortalised. What was it? (Faruque Ansari, Howrah)
15. In Arabic it means "Woman full of grace". In Hindi, it means "Goddess of Light". Whose name are we talking about? (U. Narasimha Murthy, Secunderabad)
16. In 1931, Kasturbhai, Narottambhai and Chimanbhai incorporated a venture during the swadeshi movement with an objective to indigenously produce fine and superfine cotton fabrics for the Indian markets. What did they establish? (Chakraborty, Kolkata)
Answers
Cameo roles
1. Jhumpa Masi. Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri is the birth name of Jhumpa Lahiri. Jhumpa had a cameo in The Namesake as Jhumpa Masi.
2. Karz
3. Jeffrey Archer and Salman Rushdie
4. Alfred Hitchcock made a brief cameo appearance in his films. Itâs difficult to pick him out, heâs usually only in the shot for a fleeting moment. "Hitch Spotting" is about spotting Hitchcock in his movies.
5. Manoj Night Shyamalan, the director of the movie
6. Salaam Namaste
7. Vinod Doshi, the chairman of Premier Automobiles. Vinod Doshi also made an appearance in the movie Kalyug directed by Shyam Benegal
8. Meet the Feebles
9. Hitchcock did not appear in a live role. He was in a newspaper advertisement for a weight reduction, appearing in the "before" and "after" pictures for Reduco Obesity Slayer
Anything goes
1. Mouth of a river
2. Satyam
3. To commemorate Indiaâs first win against England in England in 1971
4. Maximilien Roberspierre
5. Pandemonium
6. US PGA
7. N.T. Rama Rao
8. Because Arjuna was equally good with both his hands
9. Shakira
10. George Washington. He choose the site for it but the house wasnât completed till the end of his term
11. Shekhawati known for its frescoes, painted havelis, temples etc.
12. El Hadji Diouf
13. An advertisement that only contains text matter
14. The Rx symbol in medical prescription
15. Shakira
16. Arvind Mills
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Funda mentals
Â
By Senjam Raj Sekhar
Cameo, those brief fleeting appearances of a known person in films, adds to the charm of movie watching. It could be an author, a sports person and, in many cases, the director himself. Find out about some famous cameos in this weekâs theme.
Please send your letters, questions (with answers) to the following postal address: D 4/11 (Ground Floor), Exclusive Floors, DLF Phase V, Gurgaon. Email id: senjam@gmail.com
Cameo roles
1. Name the character played by Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri in Mira Nairâs movie The Namesake.
2. Subhash Ghai started life as an actor but moved to direction when his acting career did not take off. He is known for making cameo appearances with his hat on. From which movie did his "hat on" cameos start?
3. Which two authors make a cameo appearance as themselves in the 2001 movie Bridget Jonesâ Diary?
4. For movie fans, what is "Hitch Spotting"?
5. Who plays the role of a stadium drug dealer in the Bruce Willis-starring movie The Unbreakable?
6. Director Siddharth Anand did a three minute cab driver cameo in his own movie as the cabby he had fixed for the shot did not turn up. Preity Zinta handled the camera for the shot. Name the movie.
7. In the 1981 Sai Paranajpe movie Chashme Buddoor, who played the role of Deepti Navalâs father?
8. Peter Jackson of The Lord of Rings fame has made an appearance in all the movies that he made except one. Name the film.
9. Hitchcockâs most celebrated and obscure appearance in his own movie was in the movie The Lifeboat. What was unique about that cameo?
anything goes
1. In German aber means "but". What does it mean in Celtic? (Pijush Nandi, Barasat)
2. If IBMâs tagline is "On Demand Business" and INTEXâs is "Demand More", then whose tagline is "What Business Demands"? (Partha Gupta, Barasat)
3. In the cricket stadium in Indore, there is a huge concrete bat. Why was it built? (Selim Ahmed, Barasat)
4. After the execution of which French revolutionary in 1794, it was tacitly agreed to no longer use the guillotine as a political weapon and the revolution drew to a close? (Shovan Karmakar, Kolkata)
5. What is the name of the capital of Hell in Miltonâs Paradise Lost? (Naresh Mukherjee, Kolkata)
6. The Grand Slam in golf has four tournaments, US Open, US Masters, The British Open. Which is the fourth one? (Subrata Biswas, Burnpur)
7. In 1974, which future chief minister was nominated in the Filmfare in the best story category for Bidai? (Somnath Das, Burnpur)
8. In Mahabharata, Arjuna was nicknamed "Sabyasachi". Why? (Prasanjit Bannerjee, Ulhasnagar)
9. Laundry service was the name of whose first album in English? (U. Narasimha Murthy, Secunderabad)
10. Name the only US President not to have lived in White House. (Parvinder Bhatia, Jamshedpur)
11. Which place is known as the "Open Art Gallery of Rajasthan"? (Naresh Mukherjee, Kolkata)
12. Which soccer player of Senegal plays for Liverpool? (Subrata Biswas, Burnpur)
13. What is referred to as "Tombstone Advertising"? (Somnath Das, Burnpur)
14. According to legend, the eye of Osiris, the Egyptian God of healing, when plucked out became immortalised. What was it? (Faruque Ansari, Howrah)
15. In Arabic it means "Woman full of grace". In Hindi, it means "Goddess of Light". Whose name are we talking about? (U. Narasimha Murthy, Secunderabad)
16. In 1931, Kasturbhai, Narottambhai and Chimanbhai incorporated a venture during the swadeshi movement with an objective to indigenously produce fine and superfine cotton fabrics for the Indian markets. What did they establish? (Chakraborty, Kolkata)
Answers
Cameo roles
1. Jhumpa Masi. Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri is the birth name of Jhumpa Lahiri. Jhumpa had a cameo in The Namesake as Jhumpa Masi.
2. Karz
3. Jeffrey Archer and Salman Rushdie
4. Alfred Hitchcock made a brief cameo appearance in his films. Itâs difficult to pick him out, heâs usually only in the shot for a fleeting moment. "Hitch Spotting" is about spotting Hitchcock in his movies.
5. Manoj Night Shyamalan, the director of the movie
6. Salaam Namaste
7. Vinod Doshi, the chairman of Premier Automobiles. Vinod Doshi also made an appearance in the movie Kalyug directed by Shyam Benegal
8. Meet the Feebles
9. Hitchcock did not appear in a live role. He was in a newspaper advertisement for a weight reduction, appearing in the "before" and "after" pictures for Reduco Obesity Slayer
Anything goes
1. Mouth of a river
2. Satyam
3. To commemorate Indiaâs first win against England in England in 1971
4. Maximilien Roberspierre
5. Pandemonium
6. US PGA
7. N.T. Rama Rao
8. Because Arjuna was equally good with both his hands
9. Shakira
10. George Washington. He choose the site for it but the house wasnât completed till the end of his term
11. Shekhawati known for its frescoes, painted havelis, temples etc.
12. El Hadji Diouf
13. An advertisement that only contains text matter
14. The Rx symbol in medical prescription
15. Shakira
16. Arvind Mills
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