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How much do you know about the Golden era of Indian cinema?

Don't know? Well, help is at hand in the form of Sudhir Mishra's Khoya Khoya Chand -- which is a tribute the 1950's film industry, and stars Soha Ali Khan and Shiney Ahuja.

Take this quiz for more on Khoya.

1. Name Soha Ali Khan's debut film.
a. Dil Maange More
b. Ahista Ahista
c. Rang De Basanti

2. Sonya Jehan is the grand daughter of which yestyear actress?
a. Suraiya
b. Noorjehan
c. Mumtaj

Wrong! Try again..
Wrong!
The correct answer is B.
Did you know?Sonya Jehan is Noorjehan's grand daughter. As a child she use to riyaz with her grandmother. Sonya Jehan plays the character of Ratan Bal this character is very similar to the actress like Nargis and Madhu bala.

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Did you know? Sonya Jehan is Noorjehan's grand daughter. As a child she would go for riyaz with her grandmother. Sonya Jehan plays the character of Ratan Bal.

3. Shiney Ahuja has worked with Sudhir Mishra before. Name the film.
a. Gangster
b. Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi
c. Sins

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Wrong! The correct answer is B.
Did you know? Shiney Ahuja is from the same college as Shah Rukh that is Hansraj College in Delhi. His father is an army officer. Shiney a commerce graduate wanted to be actor so he joined Barry John's theatre group. His father was very supportive. , he says it wasn't SRK's footsteps that he wanted to follow.

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Did you know? Shiney Ahuja studied in the same college as Shah Rukh Khan (Hansraj College in Delhi). The son of an army officer, Shiney, a commerce graduate, wanted to be actor. He later joined Barry John's theatre group.

4. Name Sudhir Mishra's next movie.
a. Laila Majnu
b. Heer Ranjha
c. Devdas

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Wrong! The correct answer is C.
Did you know? Khoya Khoya Chand is shot in Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Panchgani, Goa, Delhi, Pataudi and Lucknow. In Goa the movie was shot at a bungalow which was heritage struture four hundred-year-old. In Panchgani it was shot in a dense forest In South Mumbai it was again shot at heritage structures. It was also shot at studios like Mehboob, Filmistan, Filmcity and the last shot of the film was shot in Guru Dutt's Natraj studio.

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Did you know?Khoya Khoya Chand was shot in Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune, Panchgani, Goa, Delhi, Pataudi and Lucknow.

5. Which was Rajat Kapoor's directorial debut?
a. Dil Chahata Hai
b. Raghu Romeo
c. Mixed Doubles

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Wrong! The correct answer is B.
Did you know? To create the sets of Khoya Khoya Chand art director Gautam Sen had to go to Chor Bazaar to gets instruments used in olden times by Guru Dutt while directing. Especially the arc lights, matka lights, a Mitchell camera, a crane and a track trolley. The sets had large gates, film hoardings and posters from the period and vintage cars.

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Did you know? To create the sets of Khoya Khoya Chand , art director Gautam Sen had to go to Chor Bazaar in Mumbai, where he got the equipment used during the times of Guru Dutt ranging from arc lights to vintage cars.

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Compiled by Patcy N
Image: Uday Kuckian


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