VIVIDHA - 1
GULZAR SPECIAL
Last Date : 10th November, 1998
Host : Pavan Jha
 

Hello Music Lovers,

Here it is, the much awaited (and much delayed) Gulzar quiz is now in front of you. The quiz was supposed to be hosted around Gulzar saheb's B'Day (18th August) but but but...
Time never stops for you. Swayam Gulzar saheb ne kaha hai ki 'Aane wala pal jaane wala hai'. Kai pal beet gaye aur antatah ye quiz aapke saamne hai. Now moving on to the quiz.
I named it VIVIDHA due to its multi format structure and multimedia nature.
This quiz is framed in  7 different formats.

1.RimJhimGeetonKi (RJGK)  (Q 1 to 5)
2.Chitrahaar (Q 6 to 9)
3.Translator's NightMare (Q 10 to 11)
4.Show Theme (Q 12 to 15)
5.NonFilmi Masala Mix (Q 16 to 20)
6.Pictoria (Q 21 to 24)
7.The Sound of Music (Q 25 to 28 (Non Competitive))

Format 1 to 4 are popular quiz formats on RMIM and RAMLI but for the benefit of Non-RMIMers, brief description is given with the questions.   Format 6 and 7 represents the Multimedia formats of the quiz. I had my reservations about format 7 as many of you might not be able to participate in such formats, so I put it on a trial basis this time. I need your word about this format. If most of you go for it, We can have more question specilly RJGK format questions in audio format. One important point before you start, please read all questions carefully as the quiz is formed in various formats and answers of all the questions are not of the same type (In one of the sections Song Mukhda is required as answer, a singer name in another and Song Mukhda with Film Name in other one). Please be careful.

Please dont post the answers on the net. Send your answers to pavanjha@gulzaronline.com.
The last date for sending entries is 10th November, 1998.

Here we go!!!



 
1-5. RJGK SECTION  

RJGK or "Rmim"-Jhim Geeton Ki is a regular quiz series on RMIM. Here's an excerpt from the first RJGK which describes it: 

Here's how the quiz goes: You don't need  to  name  a singer,  actor,  lyricist, MD etc.  All you have to do is to IDENTIFY the song. The clues given below are lines  occuring somewhere in the song (not necessarily the opening stanza or the opening line of any other stanza) and some  hints  about the song. 

1. 
Jab bhi thaama hai tera haath to dekha hai 
Log kahte hain ki bas haath ki rekha hai 
Hamne dekha hai do taqdeeron ko judte hue 
  
I simply couldn't find anything better for the opening. Gulzar at his romantic best. A Lata Solo but always gives a feeling of a duet as the two lively characters are always visible in the song.  Name the film and the Song. 
 
2. 
Sahar bhi, ye raat bhi 
Dopahar bhi mili lekin 
Hameein ne Shaam chuni hai 
Hameein ne Shaam chuni hai 

A beautiful Hemant Kumar number from 60's. Song of 'Silence'?  Name the film and the Song. 
 
3. 
Socha tha may hai zindagi 
Aur zindagi ki may, 
Pyaala hataa ke, teri hatheli se piyenge 
Wo khwahishein azeeb thee, sapne azeeb the 

Another beautiful thought penned by Gulzar. Kishore-Lata duet from a late 70's movie.Those were the days. Really!.   Name the film and the Song. 
 
4. 
Naam hotey hain rishton ke 
Kuchh rishtey naam ke hotey hain 
Rishta woh, agar mar jaayein bhi 
Bas naam se jeena hota hai 
Bas naam se jeena hota hai 

Gulzar's rarely available song from a controversial movie of early 80's. Explore the 'Depth' in lyrics. Sung by Kishore Kumar.   Name the film and the Song. 
 
5. 
Apnee Tanhaai ka auron se na shikwa karna 
Tum akele hi nahin ho, sabhi akele hain 
  
Kishore solo from a Gulzar directed movie. 'Dream Girl' with her real life husband in the cast.  Name the film and the Song. 



6-9 Chitrahaar  

The aim of this section is to guess the SONG and the name of the movie which is described in the clue. One point each is for the guessing the song right and for the movie. 

The clues may include the one or more of the following information 

1. The description of the song situation. 
2. The P-Stats (Music director, Lyricist, Singer(s)) of the song. 
3. The Cast of the film and the artistes on whom the song is picturized. 
4. The story of the film or the dialouge associated with the song. 
5. Some Trivia related to the song and/or the film and its stars. 
6. Some hint regarding the identity of the song/film in the form of a rough english translation. 
  

6. 
The hero (Winner of 3 National Awards for acting) and the heroine are villagers. They are fascinated with the Bollywood colours. They want to become the Stars. Once during the advertising campeign of a movie in their village (with an announcer in a 'bell-gadi' and real loud speakers), this song is played on a record player in the Bell Gadi and our hero and heroine dance on this. A movie about the stars. Name the film and the Song. 

7. 
Gulzar is always known for his poetry and his work behind the camera. But in this film, Gulzar appeared on the silver screen in one of the song. The song (obviously penned by Gulzar) was sung by Bhupendra and picturised on Dinesh Thakur. Another version of the song is sung by Yesudaas. Name the film and the Song. 

8. 
An all male duet. Our hero sings this ashiqana duet in a party with his friend (A character artist known for lakhnavi style). A song for the beloveds from their 'innocent' lovers. Name the film and the Song. 

9. 
This Gulzar song was picturised on a kid (He was the hero but paid nothing for this superhit project). This song gives introduction of  the Yahoo kid and his many junglee friends on the screen.  The song became Craze of the nation. Sung by Amol, Hiya, Gautam and Many. Name the project and the Song. 



10-11 Translator's Nightmare Quiz  

Here are the rules: 

1. The main clues consist of English rhymes that are free translations (the "free" is important here!) of the "mukhdaa" of the song or of prominent portion of the song . These are not meant as definitive translations, but only as pointers: the attempt is to give the general feel of the song while using as many directly translated words as I can. 
2. Sometimes, though, these rhymes contain other allusions too : to the movie, the lyricist, the raga, the MD : just about anything! 
3. Extra clues (about the film or the lyricist or the music director or the stars) are given in the comments that follow the rhyme. 
4. The challenge is the usual one: correctly identify the song (mukhdaa) AND the film! 
  
10. 
' The night of dreams has come again 
You'll remain in my dream all thru night ' 

A lovely song from a homely movie. RD's composition Sung by Kishore Kumar. Name the film and the Song. 
  
11. 
'One hundrerd and sixteen nights of moon!' 

Gulzar has experimented with the Moon many times in his songs. Every time he has given a new scope to the moon in his poetry. Yashwant Vyas in the preface of one of the Gulzar poetry collection(???) has written about the Chaand-prem of Gulzar : 
Jahan tak bimbon-prateekon ka prashn hai, 'Chaand' ke bagair wahan kaam nahin chalta. Gulzar ne ek dafe mujhse kaha tha ki Asha ji sneh mein aakar taana deti hain- Tumhara koi geet chaand ke bagair poora hi nahi hota. Chaand se ye kareebi, Gulzar ki itni gehri hai ki unke ek sangrah ka naam 'Ek Boond Chaand' aur doosre ka 'Chaand Pukhraaj Ka' hai. Chaand ke saath prayogon ka lamba silsila hai - Chaand si misri, Chaand Katora, Geela sa Chaand, Chaand ka rath. 
Name the film and the Song. 



12-15 Show Theme  

The AIM of the quiz is to identify the NAME of the FILM with the information provided in the clue. The name of the film might be contained in the clue itself. So please read the clue carefully. 

12. 
A remake of a tamil hit. A very good movie but the Hindi version(early 80's) was a big flop. The lyrics were not by Gulzar. His role was limited to Hindi Dialouges for the film but that was the best part of the film. A 'Vidrohi' kinda movie with strong dialouges and very true portrail of the problem of unemployment. But it had a very short life at the box office.  Name the film. 
 
13. 
Do you remember Sudha, Mahendra and Maaya? .This Pati-Patni-Woh triangle is like a beautiful poem of Gulzar. The film is still remembered for its lively characters, beautiful dialouges, good direction and above all, its terrefic music.  Name the film.. 

14. 
Gulzar's ambitious project, to recreate the magic of his guru, Bimal Roy, unfortunately never got completed. Hema Malini was casted as 'Chandramukhi' in this dream project of Gulzar.  Name the film. 
 
15. 

The clue is not by me but by Gulzar saheb himself (Taken from one of his commentaries) :  
'Ek Chhota sa gaaon tha, aur us gaaon mein ek toota phoota sa ghar, jahan Char auraton ka ek adhoora sa parivaar rehta tha. Amma thi saath se upar ki, kuchh sathiyaai huee si, kuchh behki huee, apne aap se baatein karti rehti thi, aur uski teen betiyaan, nimki, mitthu aur chinki. 
Story of a budhi amma and her daughters.  Name the film. 



16-20. Non Filmi Masala Mix  

Here is a table of Five Non Film Albums of Gulzar with 5 different singers and a song each from the 5 albums. The Singer and the songs are jumbled to form the problem. All you have to do is to reconstruct the table with the correct combinations in Album-Singer-Song format. 
 
Album Singer Song
16. Mirza Ghalib 
17. VandeMataram 
18. Wo jo shayar tha 
19. Boodhe Pahadon Par 
20. Dil Padosi Hai
AR Rahman 
Suresh Wadekar 
Asha Bhosle 
Jagjeet Singh 
Bhupendar
Raat chirstmas ki thi 
Kabse hoon kya bataoon 
Is mod se jaate hain 
Ye mere watan ke log 
Teri ankhein, teri thahri huee 



21-24. Pictoria 

21-24. Identify four films from the following image. 

21-22
23-24 
  


25-28. The Sound of Music (Non Competitive) 

This section is presently non competitive. In case you are able to participate, please do send your entries. This section covers songs in Real Audio format. You need to download Real Audio Player to listen the songs. click to download  

25. 
The real audio clip features opening stanza of a lata song of an early 80 movie. Identify the Song and the Film. Click to listen clip for Q25. 

26. 
The real audio clip features opening stanza of a song of late 70's . Identify the Female Singer and the Film. Click to listen clip for Q26. 

27. 
The real audio clip features theme music for one of the Gulzar directed movies. Identify the Film. Click to listen clip for Q27. 

28. 
The real audio clip features theme music for one of the Gulzar directed movies. Identify the Film. Click to listen clip for Q28. 

Looking forward to hear from your side regarding this format. You input is crucial. Please comment on this. 

Please send your answers to pavanjha@gulzaronline.com . The last date for sending entries is 10th November,1998. 

Happy Solving. 


 

Well this is not the end, this is just a beginning. The beginning of VIVIDHA. It is proposed to have two more VIVIDHA quizzes in the coming months. Following are bookings for coming months.The future of  VIVIDHA quiz will be decided by you.

VIVIDHA Quiz No. 2 :  November : Kishore Kumar (Pavan Jha and Vinay Jain)
VIVIDHA Quiz No. 3  : January : RD Burman (Vinay Jain)


IS MOD SE JAATE HAIN (Referential Links)
 

Gulzar : The Garden of Songs 
by Pavan Jha
Pancham : A web site on RDB 
by Vinay Jain
RMIM Home Page 
by Satish Subramaniam

GulzarNama || Aane Wala Pal || Aao Phir Nazm Kahen || Chhoti Si Kahani Se || Katra Katra
Ek Akela Shehar Mein || Is Mod Se Jaate Hain || Do Deewane Shehar mein || Dil Dhhondhta Hai