Super Sixer: Prove that you are not just a "minimum guy" by acing this quiz about The Family Man 2 cast

How well do you know the cast of The Family Man 2? The performances of the actors of the Amazon Prime Video show have been hailed since its release on June 3. Its creators Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK lined up a stellar cast with actors across India to play each of its pivotal characters.

Take this quiz to check if you are sharper than intelligence officer Srikant Tiwari when it comes to being informed about the cast.

1. Kabali is a 2016 Tamil action-crime movie, written and directed by Pa Ranjith. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Winston Chao, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh, Kalaiyarasan and John Vijay in supporting roles. Which actor played the role of Durai in the film? Incidentally, he has directed a couple of Tamil films like Naalai and Chakkara Viyugam.

Ans: Uday Mahesh aka Chellam Sir

2. This second cousin of Vidya Balan modelled for Kancheepuram Silks, Erode Silks and Lakshmi Silks during her school years and was introduced to cinema by the very same Bharathiraaja who has been asking for a ban of The Family Man 2. She debuted in Evare Athagadu in Telugu and was in the news in 2014 when she posed for a PETA ad campaign, asking the public to boycott zoos that feature caged tigers. Name her.

Ans: Priyamani aka Suchitra (Iyer) Tiwari

3. Which software engineer plays Nikhil, the CEO of Shrinkme and incidentally is also a co-owner of an Indie production company whose name plays on the name of the founders and indicates a ‘detour’ from the regular fare being produced?

Ans: The co-director of the series Krishna DK plays Suchi’s boss Nikhil. Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK emigrated to the US to pursue a career in software engineering. They run D2R which is a pun on ‘detour’ and a combination of their names. In 2021, they started a subsidiary of their production company, D2R Indie to produce indie films. The recent Telugu movie Cinema Bani was produced under this banner.

4. Naidu Hall is a series of popular lingerie stores in Chennai and also has an online presence. Who was first sighted as a model for Naidu Hall by Ravi Varman and then cast in a movie called Moscow Kaveri? She was then seen by audiences in films like Baanakaathadi in Tamil and Ye Maaya Chesave in Telugu. In 2017, she was appointed as the ambassador for Telangana Handlooms by its government. She also runs her own online fashion brand called Saaki.

Ans: Samantha Ruth Prabhu aka Samantha Rose aka Samantha Akkineni, who played Rajalekshmi ‘Raji’ Sekaran

5. Before his acting stint, he tried many writing jobs. These included writing VJ links and some Bakra acts for MTV that also landed him a job with Channel V and eventually an audition for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire that got him the role of Prakash. His career literally took him from the slums to the ghats as he subsequently essayed the role of Pratiek Babbar’s brother in Dhobi Ghat. His dad ZA Johar was a famous film journalist. Can you guess who he is?

Ans: Sharib Hashmi aka JK Talpade in The Family Man

6. The character of Srikant Tiwari is based on Raj Nidimoru’s uncle who was in the CBI and used to make up stories whenever asked about his occupation. We all know it’s essayed exceptionally well by Manoj Bajpayee. Incidentally, the actor’s parents named him after another actor, who decided to take his screen name from Dilip Kumar’s character in Shabnam. Name the actor.

Ans: Manoj Kumar born Harikishan Giri Goswami. Incidentally, Manoj Kumar was born in Abbottabad, the same place in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden was captured.