Quizzes

These are stills from Tamil movies. Each link points to a different movie. I have jumbled the images. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw. Can you guess the movie?

I’ve jumbled up some stills from movies. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw. Can you guess the movie?

These are stills from a recent movie. I’ve jumbled them up. You can move the jumbled blocks around, like a jigsaw.

Click to see jigsaw

More songs from the 60s and 70s. These are by A M Raja. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Some films appear twice)

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.

Playback singers ruled the day in the 60s and 70s. At least, I remember songs more by the singers than the music directors.

Here is the background music from some songs from the 1960s and 1970s, sung by P B Srinivas. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.

Ilayaraja scored Annakkili in 1975, and ruled Tamil film music for 15 years as isai gnaani. He took the mantle from MSV, who continued to score great melodies until 1980.

Here is the background music from some hit songs between 1975 – 1980. Can you guess which movie they are from? (Some films appear twice)

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.

The 2000s saw the proliferation of music directors like Vidyasagar, Harris Jayaraj and Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Rahman still continued strong.

Here is the background music from some hit songs from the 2000s. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.

In 1992, A R Rahman emerged. Ilayaraja may have scored more tunes until the first 3 years of the decade than Rahman did the whole decade. But the decade belonged to Rahman.

Here is the background music from some hit songs from the 1990s. Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

Search for the song and listen online, if you want to confirm your guess.

Click here to listen to Tamil songs from the 1980s.
Or test your knowledge by taking the quiz below.

Ilayaraja ruled the Tamil music industry in the 1980s. Below are short clips with the background music from his hit songs.

Can you guess which movie they are from?

Don’t worry about the spelling. Just spell it like it sounds, and the box will turn green.

These are quotes from books. How many titles can you guess? (Case insensitive. Ignore punctuation. So “Hitchhiker’s” is “Hitchhikers” without the apostrophe. Don’t forget the leading “A” and “The”. Harry Potter books begin with “Harry Potter and the…”.)

Anything over 10 / 25 is impressive.