Packet 6: Tossup 15

This city’s pigeons are the subject of “Masakali” (“muh-suh-kuh-LEE”), a song written for (15[1])a film (15[1])based on (15[1])a real-life 2001 panic about a humanoid monkey terrorizing this city. A movie set in this city inspired public vigils that led to a court in this city issuing a life sentence to the murderer of model Jessica Lal. A series of crimes in this city inspired the 2016 legal drama Pink. (-5[1])A 2006 film whose title (-5[1])roughly translates as “paint me saffron” follows a British film student in this city who shoots a documentary starring five classmates as real-life political activists. Mira (*) Nair (“NYE-ur”) cast her own relatives as extras (-5[1])in a 2001 rom-com set in this city, (-5[1])Monsoon Wedding. (10[1]-5[2])In a 2013 film set in this city, a bookworm nicknamed “Silencer” bets that in ten years, he’ll be more successful than Farhan, Raju, and Rancho. Students in this city are the protagonists of the Aamir Khan movies Rang De Basanti (“rung day buh-SUN-tee”) and 3 Idiots. For 10 points, (-5[1])films set in what city often depict India Gate and the Red Fort? ■END■ (10[6]0[4])

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