An Astrologer's Day

  Hello, Everyone This Blog is our Study Short Story An Astrologer's Day by R. K. Narayan and given the task by Yesha Bhatt. 

  R.K. Narayan 

R.K. Narayan, in full Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan, original name Rasipuram Krishnaswami 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.

Reared by his grandmother, Narayan completed his education in 1930 and briefly worked as a teacher before deciding to devote himself to writing. His first novel, Swami and Friends (1935), is an episodic narrative recounting the adventures of a group of schoolboys. That book and much of Narayan’s later works are set in the fictitious South Indian town of Malgudi. 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).

AN ASTROLOGER'S DAY By R.K. Narayan 

An Astrologer's Day is a thriller, suspense short story by author R. K. Narayan. While it had been published earlier, it was the titular story of Narayan's fourth collection of short stories published in 1947 by Indian Thought Publications. It was the first chapter of the world famous collection of stories Malgudi Days which was later telecasted on television in 2006.

Fallon and et al. described the work as "a model of economy without leaving out the relevant detail." Themes found in An Astrologer's Day recur frequently throughout Narayan's work. The story was adapted into a 2019 Kannada movie Gara.

    1. How faithful is the movie to the original short story?

👉In Short Film is quite faithful to the short story because it has followed the story well but also creative dialog by director and some scenes like the conversations between Astrologer and Guru Nayak character in story and in film also well performed by directed.

 2.  After watching the movie, have your perception about the short story, characters or situations changed?

👉After I watching the short film, some point or Scenes I has Changed my perception about the short story. While reading the short story about the astrologer and his conversation with the  different people and people's different situation but conversation his same by astrologer in short film scenes. After watching the film we know about the characters how delivered dialogue by film.

  3. Do you feel ‘aesthetic delight’ while watching the movie? If yes, exactly when did it happen? If no, can you explain with reasons?

👉First and foremost reason is the change of setting. In the short story setting is important. R.K.Narayan is famous for his fictional town ‘Malgudi’. So if the filmmaker used the setting of ‘Malgudi’ town then it might give an appropriate idea. Inappropriate introduction of the most important character ‘An Astrologer’, when we read the story then we found a proper image of an astrologer. In the initial part of the story we can read very knit observations in the story.

  4.  Does screening of movie help you in better understanding of the short story?

👉Yes, movie Screening is helpful in better understanding of the original  short story Witten by R. K. Narayana.

  5.  Was there any particular scene or moment in the story that you think was perfect?

👉Yes I was think one Particular scene or moment was perfect. In the end of the short story and end of the shirt film part is night scene one man come and talk with the astrologer. he says astrologer he found a man and he kill him man. he question the astrologer he found the man and astrologer answer man is died in Larry. so in the part in story or film is perfect.

 6. If you are 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?

👉'An Astrologer's Day' is a very eye-catching story. Some good adaptation is also made on it. While discussing the question as a Filmmaker then I would like to do some kind of changing. First the age of astrologers. It might be around forty. My setting might be in some fictional small town like Malgudi. The biggest change is the characterization of Guru Nayak. In the story Guru Nayak blindly trusts an astrologer but my Guru Nayak will cross check what he actually tells and at the end Nayak will catch the real identity of an astrologer.