Round 7: Tossup 4

In a film of a novel by an author with this surname, a minute-long close-up on the title character singing about flowers is filmed as the camera rides with her on a swing. The title of a novel by an author with this surname is shown on that film’s final freeze-frame, which depicts a newspaper owner reaching to take his wife’s hand. An actress with this surname played a journalist who interviews (15[1])an actor on a train in the 1966 film The Hero. A woman created by a novelist with this surname states her love for the author Bankim (“BAWN-kim”) and uses opera glasses throughout a 1964 film shot by (*) Subrata Mitra (“SHOO-bro-toh MITT-roh”). That film’s director had heart attacks while adapting a novel by an author with this surname known natively as Ghare Baire (“GO-ray BYE-ray”). The star of Devi, who has this surname and first name Sharmila, debuted as the title character’s (10[1])bride in The World of Apu. For 10 points, give this surname of the author whose novels The Broken Nest and The Home and the World were adapted by Satyajit Ray ■END■

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