An Astrologer

Hello everyone,

Today I write blog about a short story named - An Astrologer by R.K. Narayan. We study this story in class and watched short movie about it. My this blog is about my understanding of the story as we read whole short story then we watched movie which became helpful to us for better understanding of this story.

R.K.Narayan :-

Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami was an Indian writer known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.

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

 An Astrologer is short story by R.K.Narayan and we study this as part of our syllabus. We read whole story in class and then we watched movie which was not that much good but it's became helpful for better understanding of story. Movie was made by Pocketfilms. Directed and produced by Shushant bhat. Movie tries to be faithful with the story as it is completely as it is as story but there is minor differences are done like, In short story there is no dialogues of 'Usha' the wife of Astrologer but in movie we can see many dialogues of her. Another difference is that in story there were no reference about his daughter but in movie we can see he had daughter and kind of family Idea are there. So, Movie is almost faithful to short story but there are minor differences we found in movie than story.

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

Yes,  As watching give better idea of the thing than reading. When i read story at the end we came to know about the mystery behind that how he able guess the past of Guru Nayak and at the end we came to know about attempt of murder done by Astrologer in his younger days, so then i thought how guru Nayak don't able to recognise him but when we watched movie then i came to know that it was time of night and there were no light but when Guru Nayak burned his cigarette that time astrologer see the face of guru and recognise him but in reading we didn't get the Idea about it. So it's give better idea of story after watching.

 There we found some changes in movie than story like character of wife and daughter of Astrologer, as in short story there is no reference of daughter but in movie Usha ( wife of Astrologer) demand from him to took some sweets for their daughter. So there we got Idea about love for his daughter.

 

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

Yes, We read story first then we watch  movie which was not that much good but it's became helpful for better understanding of story as during the reading we unconsciously missed many words and we can't visualised the things properly so ofcourse it is give us better understanding of story. At theend when astrologer revealed his past about guru Nayak and then he feel so happy as he thought that he murdered him but when he saw him alive he feel grateful and then he sleep well. So this give me delight that now he had no regret about murdered as the person is alive. 

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

 Yes, Movie became helpful for better understanding of the story. We read whole story in class and then we watched movie which was not that much good but it's became helpful for better understanding of story. Movie was made by Pocketfilms. Directed and produced by Shushant bhat. Movie tries to be faithful with the story as it is completely as it is as story. While we read something we unconsciously missed many words and paused between words so it's changed our interpretation of that but in watching we can understand the things properly so it's became helpful for better understanding of short story.

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

Yes, there is one small scene which changed everything. The customer Guru Nayak who came to him for the search of the person who tried to killed him and when he challenged to astrologer we became curious that now what will Aestrologer do as he doesn't have knowledge of that, but in darkness one scene of burned cigarette changed everything as astrologer will the bat and indirectly save himself from Guru Nayak as he want to kill the person who tried to killed him but astrologer save himself by saying that the person who attempted to murdered was dead in one accident so he should go home otherwise someone else murder him so this is perfect scene of story to change two life.

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?

 If I am director of the movie and I have to make movie on it so i want to reveal the identity of astrologer with the using of some lights like he saw Guru Nayak i would like to throw some light on him too because he cheated people by lying to them and manipulating them so i want to reveal his identity.