Kannada cinema quiz: Sandalwood from Dr. Rajkumar to KGF
Kannada cinema has gone from regional favourite to national hit. Test yourself.
10 multiple-choice questions, with the answer explained after each one.
Answer each question, see why, and beat your best score.
All 10 questions and answers
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- Which Kannada film legend received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1995?
- Dr. Rajkumar
- Ambareesh
- Vishnuvardhan
- Shankar Nag
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Dr. Rajkumar. Dr. Rajkumar acted in more than 200 films.
- Who directed the KGF films?
- Yogaraj Bhat
- Prashanth Neel
- Upendra
- Rishab Shetty
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Prashanth Neel. Prashanth Neel also directed Salaar.
- Who stars as Rocky in KGF?
- Yash
- Sudeep
- Puneeth Rajkumar
- Darshan
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Yash. Yash plays Rocky in both chapters.
- Kantara (2022) was directed by and starred whom?
- Dhananjaya
- Rishab Shetty
- Raj B. Shetty
- Rakshit Shetty
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Rishab Shetty. Rishab Shetty won the National Film Award for Best Actor for it.
- Kantara draws on which coastal Karnataka ritual tradition?
- Dollu Kunitha
- Kambala
- Bhoota Kola
- Yakshagana
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Bhoota Kola. Bhoota Kola is a spirit-worship performance tradition of Tulu Nadu.
- What was the first Kannada sound film, released in 1934?
- Bhakta Dhruva
- Raja Harishchandra
- Bedara Kannappa
- Sati Sulochana
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Sati Sulochana. Sati Sulochana was released in 1934.
- Puneeth Rajkumar, fondly called 'Appu', was the son of whom?
- Ambareesh
- Vishnuvardhan
- Dr. Rajkumar
- Ravichandran
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Dr. Rajkumar. Puneeth was a popular star until his death in 2021.
- Which Kannada film follows a man and a stray Labrador on a road trip?
- Lucia
- Kirik Party
- Ulidavaru Kandanthe
- 777 Charlie
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777 Charlie. Rakshit Shetty stars in 777 Charlie (2022).
- Mungaru Male (2006), a huge romantic hit, was directed by whom?
- Yogaraj Bhat
- Prem
- Suri
- Duniya Soori
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Yogaraj Bhat. It starred Ganesh and Pooja Gandhi.
- What is the Kannada film industry often called?
- Sandalwood
- Tollywood
- Mollywood
- Kollywood
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Sandalwood. Karnataka is famous for sandalwood, and the industry is based in Bengaluru.