Paying Guest Trivia Quiz

Answer: Marriage For Love vs Marriage For Money.

The film "Paying Guest" deals with a number of themes or subjects, and one of the main subjects that the film shows or talks about is the idea of marriage for love vs marriage for money. In the early part of the film, a debate takes place between the heroine and her friend, and the heroine argues that it is better to marry for love, while her friend argues that it is better to marry a person who is financially secure and successful.

The hero is shown watching the debate from a certain distance.

Answer: Ramesh and Shanti

Ramesh is a young professional, who is starting out in his career and trying to achieve success in his career. He is not well off, and is always in need of money. Shanti is a young woman, who has problems of her own to deal with. Her father is not well off, and her sister is married to a man who is a drunkard, and who doesn't treat her well. Thus, both the main characters have problems of their own, which they try to deal with.

Answer: Dev Anand and Nutan

Dev Anand played the role of the hero, while Nutan played the role of the heroine.

Dev Anand was an Indian actor who was one of the major film stars of India during the 1950s and 1960s. In his heyday and youth, he acted in lead roles, as the hero, in several films. Some of his most famous films are: "Sazaa"(1951), "Sanam"(1951), "Munimji"(1955), and "Love Marriage"(1959).

Nutan Behl, who is popularly known by her first name, was one of the most well known and successful film actresses of India during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a huge star, and is considered to be one of the most talented actresses of Indian Cinema. In her youth and heyday, she acted in lead roles, as the heroine, in several films. Some of her most famous movies are: "Seema" (1955), "Anari"(1959), "Sujata"(1959) and "Chhalia"(1960).

Answer: Lawyer

In the film "Paying Guest", Ramesh, Dev Anand's character, is a lawyer by profession, but he staring out in life, so he isn't very experienced and is shown to often take a wrong line of argument. For example, at the beginning of the film, it is shown that Ramesh is fighting a case in a court of law, regarding a man who has eloped with a girl who is a minor.

He makes an argument that is not legally correct or valid, and ends up getting his client punished instead of getting him freed by a court order.

Answer: He is unable to pay the rent.

Ramesh is shown to be a struggling lawyer in the movie "Paying Guest", and he doesn't have money to pay the rent to his landlord since he was not getting many clients and cases. Hence, he was not earning enough money to pay the rent of the house where he was living as a tenant. So, the landlord decides to throw him out, along with his luggage and stuff.

Answer: When Ramesh goes disguised as an old man to become a tenant at another house.

After being thrown out by his landlord, Ramesh goes to a new house in the disguise of an old man, in order to get accepted as a tenant by the landlord. It is here that he meets Shanti, who turns out to be the landlord's younger daughter. She is a young and beautiful woman. Ramesh falls in love with her, though she doesn't like him initially.

However, after sometime she also falls in love with him.

Answer: Chanchal

Shubha Khote played the role of Chanchal in the film. She marries an elderly lawyer in the film, who is her father's age, simply because he is rich and financially stable. However, she regrets her decision, when she sees that Ramesh and Shanti are in love with each other and are happy together.

She compares it with her own married life. She isn't happy because her husband is busy in his work, and doesn't have time for her. The age difference between her and her husband proves to be a problem for her.

She isn't able to enjoy her life with him in the same manner in which Ramesh and Shanti are able to enjoy life with each other.

Answer: True

Towards the climax of the movie, two murders take place. In both the murders, Chanchal, Shanti's friend is involved, and it becomes a court case, and so there is also some courtroom drama in the climax.

Answer: Shanti

In the movie, Chanchal, Shanti's friend, tries to get rid of her husband, with the help of Shanti's brother in law, Prakash and she is successful. This is because he helps her to carry out her plan. But after that he starts blackmailing Chanchal and threatens to expose her misdeeds. Shanti notices this, and goes to Chanchal's house to stop him from doing so.

She doesn't know that Chanchal has already committed a murder. But Prakash tries to shoot Chanchal. She takes the gun and disarms Prakash. Then she threatens to shoot him, if he doesn't leave her friend alone.

At that point, a shot is fired, and Prakash is killed. As a result, Shanti is accused of murdering her brother in law.

Answer: Shanti is set free by the court, and Ramesh and she get married.

Shanti accepts that she committed the murder, so she is first arrested by the police and put in a lock-up, and then she is produced before a court of law on the charge of murdering Prakash. However, Shanti is proven to be innocent, when Chanchal confesses that she was the one who murdered Prakash, and not Shanti.

The court sets Shanti free on the basis of Chanchal's confession or admission of her crime before the court, while Chanchal is convicted and sentenced to a jail term. After the court case is over, Ramesh and Shanti get married and live happily ever after. Thus, the film "Paying Guest" has a happy and lively ending.