1. He is virtually the Amitabh Bachchan and Raj Kapoor of low Budget B-grade flicks, rolled into one. He has acted in, directed, produced, choreopgraphed etc etc over 60 movies in a career spanning two decades. He died on the 15th of last month at the age of 65. A video from one of his popular movies is posted below. Watch it, it’s gonna be worth your time

He is the guy playing ‘Raacky’.

Answer: Joginder Shelly. The video is from the movie Teen Ikkey. This is apparently the remake of… wait for it.. Enter the Dragon
Other recommendations – Kasam Durga Ki, Ranga Khush.

2. ID the movie which is being dubbed over in the clip below

Answer: The timeless classic – Plan 9 From Outer Space.

3.
The title role of ‘She’ turned out to be the only starring role of an actress who then went on to make a career in politics. She became the first woman from the Democratic party to be elected to the Congress from California and is said to have given Nixon the nickname ‘Tricky Dick’. Though her career as an actress ended abruptly after this obscure film, she left a lasting impression as her look and appearance in this movie inspired that of a famous character from a Walt Disney animation. Name the character whose look She inspired.

Answer: Wicked Queen in Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. I’m being generous and awarding half a point to ones who’ve answered Helen Gahaghan. She’s the one who played the title role of ‘She’. But the question was to identify the character she inspired

4. Identify.

Clue : Vodka Gimlet

Answer: Ed Wood. Director of Glen and Glenda, Plan 9 from outer space etc

5. The makers of this rather strange silent movie armed themselves with sticks and stones to defend themselves against any violent attacks from the audience, on the day of the premiere. But, on realizing that the audience liked the movie, they felt disappointed at the day having turned out to be less exciting. This surreal movie has not plot, no story, none of the characters’ name is mentioned and is only about 16 mins long. It turned out to be a huge hit, something that the makers didn’t like. One of the scenes inspired the poster of a 1991 multiple oscar winning movie. Give me the name of the more famous of the two producers of this movie.

Answer: Un Chein Andalou. Salvador Dali. Ok, I concede. It is my personal opinion that this is a ridiculously bad movie. But, the general feeling seems to be otherwise. It was probably harsh to include a movie from the Avant Garde genre here

6. She started as an extra in films in the early 1960s. She accepted small roles in big films and big roles in small budgeted stunt films like King Kong, Tarzan, Boxer and Samson. In the 1960s, she starred in as many as 16 action films with another famous b-grade action movie star and was labelled as a stunt film heroine. Who?

Answer: Mumtaz. Universally cracked

7. Which early 70’s horror flick by the Ramsay family is considered to be a mile stone movie in South Asian horror and was to become the hallmark of local terror in times to come?

Answer: Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche. Was a major commercial success. Sadly the Ramsay brothers could not replicate the magic in any of their subsequent Films until the Zee Horror Show came along

8. Name this super famous song, whose intro is posted below. The name of the movie would make you think it’s the official remake of a famous Amitabh Bachchan film of the seventies.

Answer: Hawa Hawa Eh Hawa Khushboo lutade. Sung by Hasan Jehangir. The movie is Don 2. Check out the complete song at

Hawa Hawa complete song

Though the movie tanked at the box office, the song became a rage

9. This movie tops many a list of the worst movies ever made. ID the movie

Bonus point if you can tell me what’s the deal with the extra commentary spliced between the dialogues in this video.

Answer: Manos: The Hands of Fate. Directed Produced Distributed etc etc by a Fertilizer Salesman from El Paso Texas.
The extra commentary is from the show Mystery Science Theatre 3000 which featured a B movie every week as a form of torture to the protagonist of the show, shown watching the movie with his two Robots

10. As usual, a sitter to end the quiz. (This one may not exactly qualify as a B-grade flick)
What is the claim to fame of the movie ‘Party at Kitty and Stud’s’?
It was later renamed as something else, alluding to the nick name that one of it’s actors later on earned.

Italion Stallion’s First movie. Cracked by all

Top Scorers:
Shreyas – 6.5
Ashwini – 4.5
Kunal – 4
Varun Bhatta – 1
These were the only point earners

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