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Bollywood Anagrams Trivia Quiz
Filmy Scramble HO, SLAY! is Sholay. Every letter of a Bollywood film rearranged into a new phrase. Name the film before your friends do.
137 questions · 2 to 12 players, or solo · Typed answers, close enough counts
About this quiz
This Bollywood Anagrams Trivia Quiz has 137 questions: 20 easy, 93 medium and 24 hard. It is free. Play it with friends in a room for 2 to 12 players, on phones or in a browser, or play it solo. Type your answers: close enough counts, so a small typo still scores.
Sample questions
20 of the 137 Bollywood anagrams questions in this pack. Think of your answer, then open it.
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Unscramble the film: A YANK (1 word, 2001)
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Nayak
The hero becomes Chief Minister for just one day; it remakes Shankar's Tamil hit Mudhalvan.
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Unscramble the film: ZARA (1 word, 2002)
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Raaz
It was loosely inspired by the Hollywood thriller What Lies Beneath.
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Unscramble the film: RED RUM (1 word, 2004)
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Murder
It was loosely based on the Hollywood thriller Unfaithful.
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Unscramble the film: HO, SLAY! (1 word, 1975)
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Sholay
It ran for five straight years at Mumbai's Minerva theatre.
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Unscramble the film: RED ORB (1 word, 1997)
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Border
It retells the 1971 Battle of Longewala, where a small Indian post held off a tank attack.
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Unscramble the film: A STAY (1 word, 1998)
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Satya
Manoj Bajpayee's role as gangster Bhiku Mhatre turned him into a star.
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Unscramble the film: HEARD (1 word, 2021)
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Radhe
In the pandemic it came out on ZEEPlex at Rs 249 a view on release day.
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Unscramble the film: SPREAD (1 word, 1997)
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Pardes
It was Mahima Chaudhry's debut, and she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut award.
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Unscramble the film: SAD DEV (1 word, 2002)
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Devdas
Aishwarya Rai first walked the Cannes red carpet in 2002 representing this film.
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Unscramble the film: O KARMA! (1 word, 2006)
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Omkara
It adapts Othello; Saif Ali Khan won a Filmfare award playing the Iago figure, Langda Tyagi.
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Unscramble the film: AH, ABSOLUTE! (2 words, 2019)
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Batla House
It's based on the 2008 Batla House police encounter in Delhi.
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Unscramble the film: HE HAS RASH (1 word, 2021)
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Shershaah
It tells the story of Captain Vikram Batra, killed in the Kargil War at 24.
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Unscramble the film: HUG A MAN (1 word, 2003)
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Hungama
Priyadarshan made a sequel, Hungama 2, 18 years later in 2021.
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Unscramble the film: JEAN, BAE! (1 word, 2001)
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Ajnabee
Akshay Kumar won the Filmfare Best Villain award for it.
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Unscramble the film: A HASTY AI (1 word, 2002)
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Saathiya
It's a remake of Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Alaipayuthey.
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Unscramble the film: AWARDEE (1 word, 1975)
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Deewaar
Amitabh shot it at the same time as Sholay, and both came out in 1975.
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Unscramble the film: OH, LOYAL BABU HAI! (2 words, 2007)
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Bhool Bhulaiyaa
It's a remake of the Malayalam hit Manichitrathazhu.
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Unscramble the film: AI KHANA (1 word, 2012)
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Kahaani
Much of it was shot on real Kolkata streets during Durga Puja, often with hidden cameras.
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Unscramble the film: RED SOIL (1 word, 1998)
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Soldier
Much of it was shot in Australia, unusual for a 1990s Hindi action thriller.
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Unscramble the film: THEIR DOMAIN (2 words, 1957)
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Mother India
India's first Oscar nominee for best foreign film; it reportedly lost by a single vote.
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Questions about this quiz
How many questions are in the Bollywood Anagrams Trivia Quiz?
137. Each game plays a round of them, so you can come back for more.
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