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40 free Andaz Apna Apna trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Andaz Apna Apna struggled at the box office in 1994 and then refused to go away. Repeat viewings on television and home video turned the story of two small-town schemers chasing the same heiress into one of the most quoted comedies in Hindi cinema. This quiz covers the film the way fans remember it: Amar and Prem's rival cons, the swapped identities, Teja and his lookalike, Crime Master Gogo, the cameos, and the stories from a shoot that ran for years. There are questions on the cast, the music, the awards and the remakes too. It is pitched for anyone who has seen the film more than once, with easier openers for newcomers and a few deep cuts for people who know every scene.
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Q 01In Andaz Apna Apna, Crime Master Gogo boasts of being the nephew of which famous Bollywood villain?
Mogambo
Mogambo, the supervillain of the 1987 film Mr. India, is the uncle Gogo claims, tying the spoof to one of Hindi cinema's best-known bad guys.
Q 02The director of Andaz Apna Apna conceived Amar and Prem as human versions of which cartoon duo?
Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry were the model: the plan was a story about two warring buddies, and the leads spend the film sabotaging each other.
Q 03In a 2014 Indian Express poll of Hindi comedies, Andaz Apna Apna ran a close second to which film?
Hera Pheri
Hera Pheri topped the poll narrowly, with Chennai Express a distant third on about a third as many votes.
Q 04Which Indian cricket star was a guest at the muhurat, the ceremonial first shot, of Andaz Apna Apna?
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar was there at the start of a shoot that dragged on for about three years, long enough to cause continuity slips.
Q 05Which actress plays the real secretary, who spends most of Andaz Apna Apna posing as the heiress?
Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon plays the secretary, who is called Karishma, while Karisma Kapoor plays the heiress, who is called Raveena.
Q 06Which actor plays both the millionaire Ram Gopal Bajaj and the scheming Teja in Andaz Apna Apna?
Paresh Rawal
Paresh Rawal plays the twin brothers, in the same year he won a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for two other films.
Q 07Which actor earned a Filmfare Best Comedian nomination as Crime Master Gogo in Andaz Apna Apna?
Shakti Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor was a late replacement: the first choice for Gogo could not spare the dates, so he stepped in at the producer's request.
Q 08Which hill station are Amar and Prem heading for when they first meet in Andaz Apna Apna?
Ooty
Ooty, in the Nilgiri hills of southern India, is where the heiress is staying, so both fortune hunters set off for it.
Q 09While filming Andaz Apna Apna, what did the crew do that shook the camera and forced a cut?
Laughed too hard
The crew laughed too hard: even the director of photography was shaking, so the take had to stop until the set calmed down.
Q 10In Andaz Apna Apna, Teja plots to steal Ram Gopal Bajaj's fortune once it is turned into what?
Diamonds
Diamonds are what every crook is chasing by the finale, and Ram Gopal gets them all back when the police arrest the gang.
Q 11Which actor plays the fast-talking Amar, a barber's son turned fortune hunter, in Andaz Apna Apna?
Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan plays Amar, and the part brought him a Filmfare Best Actor nomination, one of four nominations the comedy received.
Q 12Which actor plays Prem, who poses as a doctor to get into the heiress's house, in Andaz Apna Apna?
Salman Khan
Salman Khan plays Prem, though his singing voice in the film is S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, who often sang for him in those years.
Q 13Which filmmaker, known until then for serious dramas, wrote and directed the comedy Andaz Apna Apna?
Rajkumar Santoshi
Rajkumar Santoshi wanted a change after serious films, so he and co-writer Dilip Shukla built a comedy around two bickering fortune hunters.
Q 21Which star plays himself in an Andaz Apna Apna cameo that was first meant for Sunny Deol?
Govinda
Govinda stepped in because Sunny Deol, who had starred in the director's first two films, was not available when the scene was shot.
Q 22Which actor plays the henchman Robert in both Andaz Apna Apna and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani?
Viju Khote
Viju Khote brought Robert back 15 years later for the same director, long after playing the doomed bandit Kaalia in Sholay.
Q 23Which comedian, Sholay's Soorma Bhopali, plays Bankelal, the father of Prem, in Andaz Apna Apna?
Jagdeep
Jagdeep plays Bankelal Bhopali, a surname he shares with his Sholay character; off screen he was the father of actor Javed Jaffrey.
Q 14In Andaz Apna Apna, on what do rivals Amar and Prem first meet after leaving their home towns?
A bus
A bus is where the two size each other up as rivals while keeping up a friendly face, each chasing the same heiress.
Q 15From which foreign city does the heiress of Andaz Apna Apna come to India to look for a groom?
London
London is where the Bajaj family lives, and Teja's scheme is to take his twin's place and go back there as him.
Q 16In Andaz Apna Apna, what does Amar pretend to have lost along with his eyesight after a head injury?
His memory
His memory is the con: Amar fakes amnesia and blindness to stay in the house, and Prem arrives posing as a doctor to cure him.
Q 17In Andaz Apna Apna, what do Amar and Prem plan to stage to win Ram Gopal Bajaj's blessing?
A fake kidnapping
A fake kidnapping is the plan, with the pair as heroic rescuers, but Robert and Bhalla grab the millionaire for real first.
Q 18In Andaz Apna Apna, Teja's henchmen Robert and Bhalla live in the heiress's house under what cover?
Servants
Servants is the cover: Teja plants the pair in the household so they can help him swap places with his rich twin.
Q 19Why has the heiress in Andaz Apna Apna swapped identities with her secretary?
To be loved for herself
To be loved for herself, not her money: she wants a groom who would choose her without the fortune, and it is Prem who falls for her.
Q 20Which actress appears as herself in the daydream that opens Andaz Apna Apna?
Juhi Chawla
Juhi Chawla appears under her own name in Amar's daydream, a casting wink: the actor behind Amar had broken through opposite her in 1988.
Q 24Which Angoor comedian plays Murli Manohar, the barber father of Amar, in Andaz Apna Apna?
Deven Verma
Deven Verma, a three-time Filmfare Best Comedian winner for Chori Mera Kaam, Chor Ke Ghar Chor and Angoor, plays the exasperated father of Amar.
Q 25Which comedy legend plays Johnny, the owner of Wah Wah Productions, in Andaz Apna Apna?
Mehmood
Mehmood's studio is an in-joke: his character owned one with the same name decades earlier in the comedy Pyar Kiye Jaa.
Q 26The actor who plays Bhalla in Andaz Apna Apna is the real-life son of which classic screen villain?
Ajit
Ajit, the polished villain of Zanjeer and Yaadon Ki Baaraat, was the real-life father of the actor behind Bhalla.
Q 27Which actor-director was first offered Crime Master Gogo in Andaz Apna Apna but had no free dates?
Tinnu Anand
Tinnu Anand had to pass, and the role went to a busy actor who took it as a favour to the producer, a family friend.
Q 28Which veteran villain actor lost his Andaz Apna Apna role when the character was cut for length?
Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri had starred in both of the director's earlier films, but his villain role here was dropped to keep the running time down.
Q 29The director of Andaz Apna Apna made his directing debut with which Sunny Deol action hit?
Ghayal
Ghayal won seven Filmfare Awards, including Best Director, and its success is what brought the comedy's producer to his door.
Q 30The actor who plays Amar promoted Andaz Apna Apna with a special appearance in which 1993 drama?
Damini
Damini came from the same director, and the cameo, in a stage-show dance number, plugged the comedy he was still shooting.