Quiz: How well do you know the films featuring anti-heroes

Q.1
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai is a gangster movie produced by Ekta Kapoor under the Balaji Motion Pictures banner. Released to positive reviews from the critics, the movie was loosely based on the lives of Mumbai underworld gangsters Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim. Who portrayed the character based on Dawood Ibrahim?

Q.2
Raees is a movie that stars Shah Rukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mahira Khan in the lead roles. Though denied by the makers, it is believed that the movie was based on one of the associates of Dawood Ibrahim. Played to critical acclaim by Shah Rukh Khan, who is the gangster in question?

Q.3
A 2003 gangster movie that is considered as the prequel to the 2007 hit Shootout at Lokhandwala, it features John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, and Kangana Ranaut amongst other stars. The film dramatises the encounter by Mumbai police in which gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. The name of the movie contains the name of the locality in which this shootout happened. Name the locality.

Q.4
One of the most expensive movies at its time, Fanaa has Aamir Khan playing the role of a tourist guide who is actually an insurgent from Kashmir engaging in terrorist activities. His first movie as an anti-hero, this was also the first movie in which he was paired against Kajol. However, this was the second collaboration between Aamir Khan and Kajol since a 1997 movie. Name this 1997 movie.

Q.5
This is a movie considered seminal in the history of Indian cinema as it was reportedly the first ever movie to show an anti-hero character. Produced during the Second World War, this was the first blockbuster in Indian cinema. Name this legendary movie starring Ashok Kumar.

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