Pongal releases
Awards & adaptations
Mixed bag
Audio
100

This 1997 Pongal release which was based on politics had an ensemble cast with MANY big names. Name the TWO leads.

Mammooty and Aishwarya Rai

100

1995 Pongal Release: Major stars, remade in different languages.

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Comedian for actress was won by ????? and Best Lead Actress/ Heroine

Kovai Sarala & Kalpana

100

This is the Hindi dubbing name for which movie?


Mr. & Mrs. Malini Iyer (Dubbed)

Meendum Kokila

100

2004 April (Tamil New Year) Release! 


Who is the music director?

Vidyasagar

200

Identify these four movies which were Pongal releases in 1994!


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zaCDfcD_sOyC0xE6xV9xctm8CTVqmANb/view?usp=sharing


Amaithipadai, Mahanadhi, Sethupathi IPS, Veetla Visheshenga

https://www.reddit.com/r/kollywood/comments/196nmmw/1994_pongal_releases/#lightbox



200

This 1968 movie (not a Pongal release!) was a commercial success, with a theatrical run of over 175 days. The film won two National Film Awards — Best Feature Film in Tamil (President's silver medal) and Best Cinematography — and five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

The film was adapted from a Tamil novel that was published serially in Ananda Vikatan in 1957–58.

Name the film! 

Thillana Mohanambal

200

The film was remade in Hindi by Bhagyaraj as Aakhree Raasta (1986) and in Telugu as Marana Homam (1987).

This was the Pongal release of 1985 starring Kamal Hassan

Oru Kaithiyin Diary

200

Name the movie which was a Pongal release.

Mention the year also! 

Kovil

2004

300

In 1981, this Pongal release was a flop in different languages! Name the movie and the star who acted in it. It was the star's last Malayalam and Kannada movie.

Garjanai, Rajinikanth

300

This award winning movie was based on a riddle featured in the Indian folktale collection Vetala Panchavimshati about a king marrying a woman and his son marrying her mother, and Vetala, the riddler asking Vikramaditya what would be their kinship relations if these couples were to beget children.

Name the movie AND the NAME of the actress in the movie (not her real name, the character's name)

Apoorva Raagangal

Bhairavi

300

The second Pongal release of 1997 was a successful musical romance with music by A.R. Rahman.

Please name the three leads in the movie AND the name of the dubbed version in Hindi! 

Prabhudeva, Kajol, Arvind Swamy


Sapnay

300

Listen to the audio.

This is a Pongal release. Mention the year and the name of the movie!

2007, Pokkiri

400

2019: Petta (Rajinikanth) vs.________

2004: ________(Kamal Haasan), ______(Vijay).

Get all the blanks! :D

Viswasam, Ajith

Virumandi, Ghilli

400

This 1990 Diwali release won multiple awards.

The producer obtained the rights to adapt a _____  film written by (name of writer removed)

The film stars Kamal, Khusboo, Urvashi, Naagesh, Rupini, etc.

Mention the COUNTRY in the blank above!

Pakistani

Writer name: Kader Kashmiri

400

1995, Pongal release--this same movie is also referred to in the awards category for 100.

The movie was remade in multiple languages, but it was adapted from a 1989 American movie starring Meryl Streep. Name of the American movie?

She Devil

400

2012 Pongal release background music.

Who is the music by?

Also, the movie had 4 producers. The last producer is somehow related to a famous pan-Indian actress. Mention the name!

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Sidharth Roy Kapur

500

Dhanush: Known for Pongal hits _______(2004), _________(2005), _________(2009), ________(2011), and___________ (2024).

Provide the correct names! :D

  •  Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan (2004)
  • Devathayai Kanden (2005)
  •  Padikkadavan (2009)
  • Aadukalam (2011)
  •  Captain Miller (2024).
500

Name the Tamil movies which were adapted from these novels:

- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (English)

- Vekkai by Poomani (Tamil)

- Based on two novels: Idhuvum Oru Viduthalai Thaan (1978) by Rajendra Kumar (Tamil), and The Collector (1963) by John Fowles (English) 

Kandukondain Kandukondain

Asuran

Moodu Pani

500

The Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil (Kollywood) films.

The award was introduced and first given at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2003.

1) Who was the FIRST recipient?

2) Who has won it the maximum number of times?

3) Actress with most nominations without ever winning

Sneha


Sharanya 

Khushboo

500

2017 Pongal release.

Name of the movie and the name of the two actresses!

Puriyatha Puthir

Gayathrie, Mahima Nambiar