An Astrologer's Day
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Today I'm going to write about Analysis about R. K. Narayan's story 'An Astrologer's Day'. So this task is given by Vaidehi Ma'am. so first we can see the brief introduction of R. K. Narayan...
R. K. Narayan (Indian Author)
R. K. Narayan, in full Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, original name Rasipuram Krishnswami Narayanswami, (Born October 10, 1906, Madras [Chennai], India - Died May 13, 2001, Madras ), one of the finest Indian authors of his generation writing in English. Narayan typically portrays the peculiarities of human relationships and the ironies of Indian daily life, in which modern urban existence clashes with ancient tradition. His style is graceful, marked by genial humour, elegance, and simplicity.
Among the best-received of Narayan’s 34 novels are The English Teacher (1945), Waiting for the Mahatma (1955), The Guide (1958), The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961), The Vendor of Sweets (1967), and A Tiger for Malgudi (1983). Narayan also wrote a number of short stories; collections include Lawley Road (1956), A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories (1970), Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories (1985), and The Grandmother’s Tale (1993). In addition to works of nonfiction (chiefly memoirs), he also published shortened modern prose versions of two Indian epics, The Ramayana (1972) and The Mahabharata (1978).
About the story "An Astrologer's Day"
The short story 'An Astrologer's Day' by R. K. Narayan deals witha single day in the life of an ordinary astrologer. His day begins as anyother day but the day ends with unexpected events. When he is aboutto wind up his business, he meets a rogue character, Guru Nayak whois a part of the past life of the astrologer. Towards the end, as readers,we receive a shock that Guru Nayak and the astrologer belong to thesame native towns. They were once upon a time good friends and hada quarrel one day. The result was that both were into bad companyand had a fight. The astrologer tried to kill Guru Nayak by attackinghim with a knife and when Guru Nayak fainted, he threw him into anearby well. Fortunately, a passerby saved Guru Nayak. Theastrologer left his native village forever and became an astrologer.Thus suddenly he confronts his past unexpectedly but smartly tackles the situation.
Questions/Answers
Q: 1 How faithful is the movie to the original short story?
Q. 2 After watching the movie, has your perception about the short story, characters or situations changed?
Yes, There are some changes in the story and film adaption but also all the things are relevant with the text through story as well as the film adaption.
Q. 3 Do you feel ‘aesthetic delight’ while watching the movie? If yes, exactly when did it happen? If not, can you explain with reasons?
Yes, I feel 'Asthetic delight' while watching the movie. It happened when Mystory of Gurunayak was solved. In this i feel that about relationship between the Astrologer and Gurunayak, from beginning we can't understand the relationship between both characters but at last we know about the relationship between both while his wife asked him to go back to their Village.
Q.4 Does screening of movies help you in better understanding of the short story?
Yes, because 'picture is worth a thousand words'. Means that we see the video or Image. Visual are always better than reading.
Q.5 Was there any particular scene or moment in the story that you think was perfect?
Q.6 If you are a director, what changes would you like to make in the remaking of the movie based on the short story “An Astrologer’s Day” by R.K. Narayan?
yes, I will get the chances of remaking the movie so i wanted to do several kind of changes like while he felt that was a murder of the Gurunayak so that's the idea to how can we thing because it was not appropriate to see, However the idea of Gurunayak can easily trust on the Astrologer if Gurunayak might have a Educated person so The might be end will different of the story.
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