B.K. Menon
Freedom Fighting
Movie Details
Quest Facts
Who said it?
100
Gurudev's full legal birth name.
What is Balakrishna Menon?
100
What Balan had to learn to decode British Messages.
What is Morse Code?
100
The ashram Balan travels to initially so he can expose the sadhus.
What is The Divine Life Trust Society?
100
The motto of the mission.
What is "To give maximum happiness to maximum people for maximum amount of time"?
100
Said in the movie, "I am not in his shoes. I am at his feet."
Who is Swami Tejomayanandaji?
200
What Balan would do during Shiva puja when he was a kid.
What is memorizing the aspects of Lord Shivji?
200
The place the Freedom Fighters hid Balan's pistol before the police searched the bus he was hiding on.
What are prasad milk cans?
200
The host of the cheesy convention at the start of the film.
What is the International Atheists Society? (will also accept What is Atheist Magazine?)
200
Why did Swami Tapovanji reject teaching Gurudev the first time he asked to learn the Upanishads? (no need to answer with "What is..?")
He didn't have a letter from Swami Shivanandaji - "knowlege must be taken, not given".
200
Said in the movie, "That is not a question, that is a quest."
Who was Swami Shivanandaji Saraswati?
300
Balan's job after he got out of jail.
What is journalism?
300
What the British Officer stepped on after Balan fled his room in the British Office and wrote "watch your step" on the mirror.
What is the British flag?
300
The color of the subtitles on Friday (4/12) when the movie was shown at the ashram.
What is Yellow?
300
Why is the organization named Chinmaya Mission? (no need to answer with "What is..?")
Chinmaya means Knowlege.
300
Said in the movie, "People don't die in Delhi?"
Who is Swami Tapovanji Maharaj?
400
The sport Balan played in college.
What is tennis?
400
The name the British Intelligence used to refer to Balan while he was infiltrating their ranks - the name he saw in the coded messages that alerted him to leave.
What is Madrasi Kumar?
400
Their names.
What are Maha & Nalini?
400
What the nephew had in his mouth that Gurudev used as a metaphor to explain how he left his former life behind.
What is chewing gum?
400
Said "Hold onto Narayana, Lakshmi will follow."
Who is Gurudev / Swami Chinmayanandaji?
500
Balan's journalist byline, the one his boss questioned, what he used to remain anonymous and humble.
What is Mochi?
500
The city of the first scene we see Balan in.
What is Abbottabad?
500
The name of the woman that took Balan after he was thrown on the street out of the jail cell.
Who was Ms. De Silva?
500
What were 2 of the 4 rules Swami Tapovanji laid out to Gurudev before he agreed to be his teacher? (no need to answer with a "What is..?")
1. Teach only once 2. Needs full attention 3. No note taking 4. If asked a question and unable to explain, Gurudev must leave immediately
500
Said "I'm gonna turn my book of exposing the sadhus into an exploration of this sadhu here."
Who is Maha?
