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Time to listen

Listen to a brief biography of Satyajit Ray and complete the information given below.*

Satyajit Ray: regarded as one of the filmmakers of the century.

Birth place:

Family: Prominent in the fields of and

Started career as:

Decided to make films after watching the film in
.

Directed: films

His short stories and novels were meant mainly for .

Two of his popular fictional characters: and

His first film won international prizes.

The Government of India conferred the on him in 1992.

Time to speak

Suppose you are a reporter and your partner is a famous star. Conduct an interview by
unjumbling the words and forming questions. Your partner will answer your questions
appropriately.

1. actor? / When / plan / become / you / to / did / an

2. are / the / actor / of / becoming / an / What / challenges?

3. choose / did / Why / career / you / this?

4. feel / role / Which / you / is / till / your / best / do / role / date?

5. you / any / have / future / Do / that / the / like / would / role / do / you / to / in?

6. could / any / what / you / career / would / If / choose / choose / other / you?

7. best / being / is / thing / actor / about / the / What /an?

* For listening text, turn to page 155.
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