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A film in this language starred its director as a fictional filmmaker who dies in his director’s chair after a failed affair with a fictional actress; that woman was played by the real-life actress the director himself was rumored to be having an affair with. That film’s title translates to Paper Flowers. That director made and starred in another film in this language about a struggling poet and his relationships, titled Thirsty. In a film in this language, the director modeled his performance on (*) Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp while playing (10[1])a thief who is put on trial for the attempted murder of his district judge father. The film Awaara is in this language, which is the primary language of films by the directors Guru Dutt and Raj Kapoor. For 10 points, name this language, whose Golden Age of cinema in the mid 20th century paved the way for the industry commonly referred to today as Bollywood. ■END■

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