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 (15[1])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 (15[1])interviews 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 (15[1])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 (10[1])Ghare Baire (“GO-ray BYE-ray”). The star of Devi, (10[1])who (10[1])has this surname and first name (10[1])Sharmila, (10[1])debuted (10[1])as the title character’s 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 (10[1])were adapted by Satyajit Ray ■END■

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