Bollywood Characters
Famous heroes, villains and con artists of Hindi films. Can you name the film from the character or its money-filled plot?
About this quiz
Bollywood is famous for its larger-than-life characters. This quiz gives you heroes, villains and a comic trio and asks which film they come from or who played them, plus stories that are all about money, from fake raids to con artists, covering films from the 1950s to the 2010s.
Good to know: Mughal-e-Azam (1960), one of the most celebrated Hindi films, was digitally colorized and re-released in cinemas in 2004, more than 40 years after its first release.
How to play
- 10 questions, each with four answers
- +100 points for every right answer
- After each question you see the right answer and why
- Every round picks its questions at random, so playing again brings new ones
- No time limit: take as long as you like
Sample questions
- In Lagaan (2001), what does the word “lagaan” mean?
- In Special 26 (2013), the con men pose as officers from which agency to carry out fake raids?
- Which 2018 Ajay Devgn film follows an honest income-tax officer searching a powerful man’s house for hidden cash and assets?
Each round picks 10 of this quiz’s 20 questions, so these may come up.
