Bollywood Backstage
The people and the business behind Bollywood: directors, composers, singers, crore clubs and box-office terms.
About this quiz
Go behind the scenes of Hindi cinema: the directors who made modern classics, the composers, writers and singers behind famous films and songs, India’s place in Oscar history, and the business side, from crore-club records to what box-office terms mean.
Good to know: Raja Harishchandra (1913), made by Dadasaheb Phalke, is regarded as India’s first full-length feature film. India’s highest film honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, is named after him.
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
- Which was the first Hindi film to earn ₹100 crore net at the Indian box office?
- Which film became the first Hindi film to cross ₹200 crore net in India?
- Who directed Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge?
Each round picks 10 of this quiz’s 20 questions, so these may come up.
