R.K. Narayan

**Wibha** · 4th January 2007, 05:50 AM

"The Guide " is everyone's Favorite all time

i just read "Vendor Of Sweets"....... R.K.Narayan has described the exact character of a person when he/she returns from a foreign country and the feelings of his/her relative in India............the novel is so good........

I hate the son in the novel and his actions towards his father. but tat's how many are so it's mostly true.......

R.K Narayan

for dis novel

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**sm maddy** · 4th January 2007, 06:21 PM

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

**raagadevan** · 14th January 2007, 03:49 AM

"The English Teacher"

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/01/14/...1400110300.htm

**smith1** · 26th July 2007, 07:27 PM

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.

**Wibha** · 27th July 2007, 02:02 AM

RK sir's book as a movie

good RK sir fired him

i kinda didn't like waiting for the mahatma...............

**always** · 1st April 2008, 10:52 AM

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.

"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.

**raagadevan** · 1st June 2008, 07:56 PM

Memories of Malgudi Man:

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/06/01/...0150140500.htm

**raagas** · 21st October 2008, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by smith1

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.

It is the english version that flopped. The Hindi version was a huge hit.
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.

**Sanguine Sridhar** · 22nd January 2009, 04:55 PM

Currently I am reading "The Man Eater of Malgudi"

**P_R** · 25th January 2009, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by raagas

Originally Posted by smith1

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.

It is the english version that flopped. The Hindi version was a huge hit.
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.

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.

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 ?"

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)