Round 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, 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 (“YAY-shoo-dahss”). This is the language 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. 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, (*) Drishyam. Directors like John Abraham, G. Aravindan, and Adoor Gopalakrishnan (“AH-door GO-pah-luh-krish-nun”) pioneered parallel cinema in this language, (-5[1])whose industry was 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[1]0[2])

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