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Thiru,Quote:
Originally Posted by Thiru
I remember the tele serial 'Malgudi Days' - based on RKN's stories. Was it based on "Swami and Firends" or is it a different one? Anyways "Malgudi Days" serial was dubbed in Singhala too and it became very popular among Singhalese here. The serial has been repeatedly telecast in different channels many a times. Beautiful stories they are.
Roshan,
There was a mini-series in that serial based on 'Swami&Friends'.
Wonderful serial that one was,directed by the late Shankar Nag(younger brother of renowned actor Anant nag).He was a supremely talented director who unfortunately got very few oppurtunities to display his talents&got bogged down in mindless action flicks as an actor(very average).The serial&a few films like 'Minchina oata'(Lightning run),'Accident','Ondu Muthina Kathe'(The story of a pearl)are what he has left behind apart for theatrical adaptations like Jo Kumaraswamy,Nodi Swamy Navu erode hege.He was tragically killed in a road accident in 1991 at the young age of 39.His wife Arundathi Nag single handedly completed&opeaned his dream project,a world class theatre(for plays)'Ranga Shankara' in October 2004 at J.P.Nagar,Bangalore.
In telugu channel ETV i used to watch serial "Malgudi kathalu" which is based on the book written by Mr RK Narayan. I got attracted to that serial.
I am yet to read Swami and friends, but Mr Sampath had me mesmerised for few days. More so the dialogues between Srinivas and the old landlord.
The other gem would be A tiger for Malgudi.
The insecurities felt by the tiger was as if it was my own.
Simply excellent.
Ratchasi, we will get to them in the coming days. :)
Refresh your memories and try to contribute as much as you can. A Tiger for Malgudi was full of philosophical rants and it took a second read to enjoy it better.
One of the things about RKN is that the novel generally starts off in very vague fashion, leaving the reader with absolutely no idea of the situation. The first few pages are very much like a random ramble, often aggravated by his verbosity. And then finally RKN hits the earth with a pithy, to-the-point incident(no doubt, beautifully woven) - The story "soodu pidichi-fies" from this phase onwards.
Cutting to RKN on TV:
Swami started on DD in 1987 July and went on till about October. However this was not his first work on the celluloid screen. When The Guide(1961) won the Sahitya Akademi, it was on the hotlist of movie-makers. Dev Anand was constantly after it and had negotiations with RKN, vowing not to dilute or adulterate the literary content. RKN being a cynic of the movie world, reluctantly agreed. Finally after a protracted journey through the sets, lasting months and years, The Guide was released in 1965(Dev Anand/Waheeda Rehman). The story was vastly different from the novel, RKN laments in "A Grandmother's Tale".
Malgudi Days featured about 20 short stories of RKN. It was brought on Doordarshan in late 1986 and carried a story each week. RKN being a friend of Hindu's N.Ram since 1940(as well as being a weekly columnist in the Hindu since the 1930s), the Hindu Sunday magazine used to feature the incoming story every week. We will look back upon those stories in the coming days.
Screen version of Swami and Friends being a lengthy venture and RKN being a novelist more than a story writer, there were no other works of RKN onscreen after 1987. Early in 1998, Sony featured The Vendor of Sweets. It was still having re-runs as late as 2002.
walrus, I am looking forward to it! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by hehehewalrus
I had read sometime back that filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh is remaking 'Malgudi days'.Ananth Nag was to be play an important part in this project also,wonder what happened to it?
Huh??! I thot when it came out, he had actually failed in his BA English...? Tats wat RK Laxman said in an interview w/ Reader's Digest I read in Dec....... :?Quote:
Originally Posted by hehehewalrus
LordStanher
Thanks for the correction!! :clap:
I am vaguely recollecting the minutiae since the last time I read an RKN book about personal details was The English Teacher(2001). Pitch in whenever you feel like.
N.Ram on RKN:
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1811/18110040.htm