I feel that Malgudi days and Swami and Friends
wer superb. I enjoyed reading My days tooooo........ . I am certainly a great fan of RKN sir
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I feel that Malgudi days and Swami and Friends
wer superb. I enjoyed reading My days tooooo........ . I am certainly a great fan of RKN sir
"The English Teacher"
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/01/14/...1400110300.htm
Waiting for the mahatma - one of R.K's finest.
Regarding Guide, it was made in englsih & hindi. The hindi version flopped though.
In fact R.K.Narayan was thoroughly unhappy with the final product that he called up dev anand & fired him.
After that, he announced that none of his novels must be made into films.
RK sir's book as a movie :shock:
:banghead:
good RK sir fired him :thumbsup:
i kinda didn't like waiting for the mahatma...............
Just read Swami and Friends
The first time I read it I liked it. This time I love it :) The way he portray's Swami is really good. A well defined, whining school boy. When I read it many sentences reminded me of myself. :lol:
"Swaminathan seemed to be an expert in thinking out difficulties."
The character that appeals to me the most is Rajam though I don't know why.
Memories of Malgudi Man:
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/06/01/...0150140500.htm
It is the english version that flopped. The Hindi version was a huge hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by smith1
Yes, RK didnt like final product and that is natural, because he visalized it in different way and the story has been adapted to a movie-screenplay differently. For me, even as a fan of the novel, i did like the film. RK was rightly unhappy inis own way and Dev was right in his own way, becase cinema needs a different language. The movie a quite good. Plz watch it.
Currently I am reading "The Man Eater of Malgudi" :)
I think it is in Salt and Sawdust, that RKN writes about the making of the film. He does not have good words for Dev Anand but it makes lovely reading.Quote:
Originally Posted by raagas
The problems start with the location hunt where apparently someone rebuffed RKN's objections to the location of choice with "how do you know where Malgudi is ?" :lol:
And apparently Dev Anand talked him into a percentage contract with the lines "the sky is the limit" and if the final accounts as stated to RKN when his royalties were calculated were to be believe : "the sky was so low I could poke it with my umbrella" (sic) :-)
In a collection of passages RKN had written a description of how they filmed a scene indicating conflict by likening it to 2 wild animals (a lion and tiger if I remember correctly) going at it. It was one of the most hilariously scathing indictments of the film industry I have read.