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India is not the only country where actors turn into successful politicians. The $$40^{th}$$ president of the United States was an actor whose role as a double amputee in $$1942's$$ Kings Row catapulted him to stardom. Name this American actor-politician.

Nashik is a famous pilgrimage site located in Maharashtra where Kumbh Mela is held. On the banks of which river is it located?

Titian, an Italian painter, would often depict women with hair of this colour. It has been used as a hair colour term since as early as the $$1800s$$, when women were commonly dyeing their hair a Titian colour. What colour is Titian a shade of?

This play is never referred to by its real name because actors believe it to be cursed. It is called 'the Scottish Play' and is the shortest tragedy by William Shakespeare. Name the play.

With which one of the following dance forms was Rukmini Devi Arundale associated?

Which film franchise set in a galaxy far, far away, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and the late Carrie Fisher and directed by George Lucas, attained cult status in $$1977$$?

This film has an unusual hero - a pig! He is not an ordinary pig for he thinks he is sheepdog and behaves like one. What's more, he goes on it win a prize in the sheepdog category. Which film are we taking about? 

This Bollywood science friction is said to have been inspired by Steven Spielberg's film 'ET, the Extra-Terrestrial'. although its maker, Rakesh Roshan has claimed that it is not an Indian ET. Which film are we taking about?

He was the first Indian to act in a Hollywood movie. He acted in films like The Elephant Boy', 'Jungle Book' and 'The Thief of Bagdad'. Can you name him?

I am an Indian-American screenwriter, film director and producer. I am known for making movies with supernatural plots such as 'The Sixth Sence'. My most recent production is the spooky TV serial 'Wayward Pines'. Who am I?