Discuss
the following questions in detail and write the answers in
your notebooks:
(a) 'I hope the part calls for some
dialogue?' Who says this? Why does he /she ask this question?
(b)
'Were these people pulling his legs? Was the whole thing a gigantic
hoax?
A
meek, harmless man like him, and they had to drag him into the middle
of the city to make a laughing stock out of him. How could anyone be
so cruel?' Why does
Patol
Babu have these thoughts?
(c) Patol Babu is an amateur actor for whom
walk-on part in a movie turns into an ultimate challenge. Discuss.
(d) Do you agree with the statement that
Patol Babu is a practical man who comes to terms with whatever life
has to offer? Give reasons for your answer.
(e) Why does Patol Babu walk away before he
can be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?
(f)
Do you think making a movie is an easy job? Discuss with
reference to the story
Discuss the following questions in detail and write the answers in your notebooks:
(a) 'I hope the part calls for some dialogue?' Who says this? Why does he /she ask this question?
(b) 'Were these people pulling his legs? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax?
A meek, harmless man like him, and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him. How could anyone be so cruel?' Why does
Patol Babu have these thoughts?
(c) Patol Babu is an amateur actor for whom walk-on part in a movie turns into an ultimate challenge. Discuss.
(d) Do you agree with the statement that Patol Babu is a practical man who comes to terms with whatever life has to offer? Give reasons for your answer.
(e) Why does Patol Babu walk away before he can be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?
(f) Do you think making a movie is an easy job? Discuss with reference to the story
(a) These lines are said by Patol Babu. He
had been a stage actor for many years before work forced him to come
to Calcutta. He was a very passionate actor; in fact he was obsessed
with acting. There was a time when people would buy tickets just to
see him perform.
After
many years, Patol Babu was offered a role in a film. He was both
surprised and happy to receive this offer. He enquired about his
role so that he could rehearse for it. He was told that his role was
that of a pedestrian. He wanted to know if the role had any dialogues
because he was very keen to show off his acting prowess.
(b) The reason for Patol Babu having such
kind of thoughts was that the dialogue that he was given shocked him.
It was for the first time that Patol Babu has got an opportunity to
act in a film. Till now he had acted on the stage. He was very
excited. He reaches the shooting site at the designated time. After
watching the film shoot for sometime, he asked for his dialogue so
that he could memorise and rehearse it.
All
he had to do was to collide with the hero and utter “oh”.
He was very disappointed. He expected a small role with some
dialogues but here he just had to utter a monosyllable. Patol Babu
was a very good actor and he thought that by giving him such an
insignificant role they had made a mockery of him and his acting
skills.
(c) Patol Babu is initially very
disappointed because of the small role he had been given. Then he is
reminded of his mentor’s words that “however small a
part, never consider it beneath your dignity to accept it”.
Motivated by these words, Patol Babu decides to rehearse his part
before the final shoot. He chooses a reclusive spot to practice. As
he practices, he realises that a monosyllabic exclamation could be
said in different ways and carried different meanings. He also
rehearsed how he would react physically when the collision took place
- he would twist his face in pain, fling his arms, and crouch to show
pain and surprise. He really worked hard at his part and performed it
to perfection.
(d) Patol Babu had a passion for acting. In
fact, there was a time when people used to buy tickets just to watch
him. But he left all this and moved to Calcutta from Kanchrapara
because he was offered a job with a better salary. In Calcutta, he
gave up his plans of starting a club in his neighbourhood and dabbled
in various jobs to make his ends meet. When an acting offer came by,
he readily agreed to do it. Though he was initially disturbed by the
triviality of the role, he performed the part to perfection without
taking any payment for it. Patol Babu believed it was not about
whether the role that an actor plays is major or minor, rather
performance of the actor mattered the most. Thus, we can say that
Patol Babu was a practical man who accepted whatever came his way.
(e) Patol Babu executed his part to
perfection. However, he wondered whether the immense effort he had
put in to enact a small role would be appreciated by everybody or
not. The film unit usually got hold of some people, made them do
their parts and paid them a small amount. They were not bothered
about the quality of performance.
Although
Patol Babu performed a small role, he felt that taking money for it
would be trivialising his performance. He was a true actor for whom
creative satisfaction was foremost and not money.
(f) The story, Patol Babu, Film Star,
describes a film shoot. Filmmaking is a long and tedious process.
Every scene has to be rehearsed many times before it is finally shot.
Plenty of heavy equipments and expensive cameras are used. Film
actors have to shoot in extreme weather conditions, sometimes in
front of large crowds. The noise and extreme weather can, at times,
distract an actor. The production unit has to see minor details,
arrange for actors for small roles, and arrange for props. In short
making a film is a combined effort of many people.
(a) These lines are said by Patol Babu. He had been a stage actor for many years before work forced him to come to Calcutta. He was a very passionate actor; in fact he was obsessed with acting. There was a time when people would buy tickets just to see him perform.
After many years, Patol Babu was offered a role in a film. He was both surprised and happy to receive this offer. He enquired about his role so that he could rehearse for it. He was told that his role was that of a pedestrian. He wanted to know if the role had any dialogues because he was very keen to show off his acting prowess.
(b) The reason for Patol Babu having such kind of thoughts was that the dialogue that he was given shocked him. It was for the first time that Patol Babu has got an opportunity to act in a film. Till now he had acted on the stage. He was very excited. He reaches the shooting site at the designated time. After watching the film shoot for sometime, he asked for his dialogue so that he could memorise and rehearse it.
All he had to do was to collide with the hero and utter “oh”. He was very disappointed. He expected a small role with some dialogues but here he just had to utter a monosyllable. Patol Babu was a very good actor and he thought that by giving him such an insignificant role they had made a mockery of him and his acting skills.
(c) Patol Babu is initially very disappointed because of the small role he had been given. Then he is reminded of his mentor’s words that “however small a part, never consider it beneath your dignity to accept it”. Motivated by these words, Patol Babu decides to rehearse his part before the final shoot. He chooses a reclusive spot to practice. As he practices, he realises that a monosyllabic exclamation could be said in different ways and carried different meanings. He also rehearsed how he would react physically when the collision took place - he would twist his face in pain, fling his arms, and crouch to show pain and surprise. He really worked hard at his part and performed it to perfection.
(d) Patol Babu had a passion for acting. In fact, there was a time when people used to buy tickets just to watch him. But he left all this and moved to Calcutta from Kanchrapara because he was offered a job with a better salary. In Calcutta, he gave up his plans of starting a club in his neighbourhood and dabbled in various jobs to make his ends meet. When an acting offer came by, he readily agreed to do it. Though he was initially disturbed by the triviality of the role, he performed the part to perfection without taking any payment for it. Patol Babu believed it was not about whether the role that an actor plays is major or minor, rather performance of the actor mattered the most. Thus, we can say that Patol Babu was a practical man who accepted whatever came his way.
(e) Patol Babu executed his part to perfection. However, he wondered whether the immense effort he had put in to enact a small role would be appreciated by everybody or not. The film unit usually got hold of some people, made them do their parts and paid them a small amount. They were not bothered about the quality of performance.
Although Patol Babu performed a small role, he felt that taking money for it would be trivialising his performance. He was a true actor for whom creative satisfaction was foremost and not money.
(f) The story, Patol Babu, Film Star, describes a film shoot. Filmmaking is a long and tedious process. Every scene has to be rehearsed many times before it is finally shot. Plenty of heavy equipments and expensive cameras are used. Film actors have to shoot in extreme weather conditions, sometimes in front of large crowds. The noise and extreme weather can, at times, distract an actor. The production unit has to see minor details, arrange for actors for small roles, and arrange for props. In short making a film is a combined effort of many people.
