Malgudi Days (TV series)
| Malgudi Days | |
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| Created by | R.K. Narayan |
| Directed by | Shankar Nag |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 54 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National |
| Picture format | 480i |
Malgudi Days is an Indian television series based on the eponymous works of R. K. Narayan. The series was directed by Kannada actor and director Shankar Nag. Carnatic musician L. Vaidyanathan composed the score. R. K Narayan's younger brother and acclaimed cartoonist R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist.[1] The series was made in 1986 by film producer T. S. Narasimhan with Anant Nag as the lead actor.[2]
Cast
- Master Manjunath as W. S. Swaminathan (Swami)
- Girish Karnad as Swami's father
- Vaishali Kasaravalli as Swami's mother
- Suhasini Adarkar as Swami's grandmother
- Kanti Madiya as Muniya (Muni)
- B. Jayashree as Muniya's wife
- Somu as Shopkeeper
- Teddy White as tourist from New York, US
- Deven Bhojani as Nitya (Episode 22)
- Harish Patel as Gopinath (Episode 53)
- Anant Nag in various roles (Episodes 9-16, 24, 31, 33, 45 and 54)
- Dada (Episodes 30 and 31)
- Vishnuvardhan (Episode 49)
- Shankar Nag (Episodes 39 and 40)
- Ramesh Bhat in various roles
- Padmini Sirish
Background and production
The series Malgudi Days, comprising thirty nine episodes, was first telecast on Doordarshan in 1987. Most of the series was shot in Agumbe village in Shimoga district, Karnataka[3][4]. Some episodes were filmed in Bengaluru and some others in Devarayanadurga located in Tumakuru district in Karnataka[5]. Episode 22, "Nitya", was shot entirely in Devarayanadurga. [6]
In 2004, the project was revived with filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh replacing Shankar Nag as director.[1] The new series was telecast from 26 April 2006 on Doordarshan.[7] Most of the stories in the series are one episode long and were derived from the books A Horse and Two Goats, Malgudi Days, Swami and Friends and The Vendor of Sweets.
References
- 1 2 "The return of Malgudi Days". Rediff. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ↑ "Classics from Karnataka". The Hindu. 9 February 2004. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ↑ Riti, M.D. (16 May 2001). "'You acted exactly as I imagined Swami to be'". The Rediff Special. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ↑ "The Malgudi that is Agumbe". The Hindu. 20 February 2011.
- ↑ "Memories of Malgudi". The Times of India. 16 October 2016.
- ↑ "Episode 22, Nitya". Youtube. 12 October 2016.
- ↑ "Malgudi Days on DD1". The Hindu. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
External links
- Malgudi Days on IMDb