Round 2: Tossup 8

A director from this country used a pan flute cover of Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” throughout (15[1])a film (15[1])whose narrator’s frequent interjections include fart noises and shouting this country’s name over a scene depicting a woman’s torture. A musician born in this country asked an actress-turned-chef to play his grandmother in the video for the song “Nani.” That musician used the moniker “Mr. Cardamom” to perform the song “#1 Spice,” which appears on his curated soundtrack for a film about a teenage (*) chess prodigy in this country. A leader of this country, whose policies disfavored the protagonist’s family in Mira Nair’s (10[1]-5[1])Mississippi Masala, was played in an Oscar-winning role by Forest Whitaker. For 10 points, Who Killed Captain Alex? is the foremost Wakaliwood film from what country once led by the title character of The Last King of Scotland, Idi Amin? ■END■

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