Packet 1: Tossup 12

In three films by a director in this language, a mononymous actor plays the doctor brother of the orphaned narrator, a prisoner who falls in love with an unseen woman in the cell next door, (15[1])and a tyrannical landlord who rapes his servant’s wife. A prolific composer for films in this language known by the epithet “Master Johnson” often wrote songs for the vocalist K. J. Yesudas (-5[1])(“YAY-shoo-dahss”). This is the language (15[1])used in the [emphasize] first film about a psychiatrist who treats a housewife possessed by the spirit of a dancer murdered by her husband’s ancestor. (-5[1])A close-up on the eyes of a film buff cable operator walking calmly out of a police station ends a hit 2013 film in this language, (15[1])(*) Drishyam. (-5[1])Directors like John Abraham, G. Aravindan, (10[1])and Adoor Gopalakrishnan (“AH-door GO-pah-luh-krish-nun”) pioneered parallel cinema (10[1])in this language, (-5[3])whose industry was (-5[1])dominated from the 1990s to 2010s by the actors Mammootty (“MUM-moo-tee”) and Mohanlal (“MO-hun-lawl”). For 10 points, name this language used in films from Kerala ■END■ (10[4]0[7])

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