1. Which Indian Actor was first offered the role played by Omar Sharif in the Internationally acclaimed film Lawrence Of Arabia?

2. Although Mother India never won an Oscar, but which Hollywood legend admired this film a lot?

3. What film, according to Raj Kapoor himself, was his most favorite production?

4. Which actor was first offered the role played by Rajendra Kumar in the movie Sangam?

5. Why did actress Vyjayanthimala refuse to accept the Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Bimal Roy's Devdas?

6. Who was the actual screenplay writer for Mission Kashmir, but was uncredited?

NOW, here's a HARD one;

7. What film was intended to be India's first colour film? But the honors went to another film. Name the two movies in there respective positions.

ram jaane

1.)& 4.) Dilip Kumar

guess for 3) mera naam joker...

Answer please...

VijayDinanathChavan,
Sorry to point this out but you have your nick misspelled. The correct spelling should be Vijay Dinanath Chauhan.

<span style='font-size:19pt;line-height:100%'>Answers...</span>

1. Which Indian Actor was first offered the role played by Omar Sharif in the Internationally acclaimed film Lawrence Of Arabia?
Dilip Kumar. From what I remember reading once, he refused the role because he was too busy at the time making Hindi movies ...congrads to sknath

2. Although Mother India never won an Oscar, but which Hollywood legend admired this film a lot?
Marlon Brando

3. What film, according to Raj Kapoor himself, was his most favorite production?
Mera Naam Joker congrads to filmibuff

4. Which actor was first offered the role played by Rajendra Kumar in the movie Sangam?
Dilip Kumar. But he refuse to accept the role since the film was going to have more footage on Raj Kapoor's character...congrads to sknath

5. Why did actress Vyjayanthimala refuse to accept the Filmfare award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Bimal Roy's Devdas?
Because she felt that her role as Chandramukhi was just as important as Suchitra Sen's Parvati

6. Who was the actual screenplay writer for Mission Kashmir, but was uncredited?
Anurag Kashyap (Satya, Shool & Kaun fame)

NOW, here's a HARD one;

7. What film was intended to be India's first colour film? But the honors went to another film. Name the two movies in there respective positions.
The film that was intended to be India's first colour movie was V. Shantaram's Sairandhri, but because the picture quality of this film was far too pale, it never went through colour processing. And the honors went to Ardeshir Irani's Kisan Kanya, making it the first Indian colour film





Edited By DVD Collector on June 20 2002 at 18:26