The National Film Award-winning film-maker Kavitha Lankesh was recently hired by Doordarshan to re-shoot the serial in an effort to resuscitate it. Currently, she is creating 26 new episodes of "Malgudi Days" in Hindi based on R.K. Narayan’s short stories/novel.
Malgudi Days, directed by the late Shankar Nag, was a phenomenon when it first appeared on Doordarshan in the 80s. The author, R K Narayan, had once described Malgudi as a town "habited by timeless characters who could be living anywhere in the world."
Everything about Malgudi Days was exemplary — the amazing stories, the sketches by R K Laxman, Shankar Nag’s direction, excellent performances by some of the most talented actors in Indian cinema, and mind-blowing music by T S Vaidyanathan. Even today, those who have read the books and seen the serial remember every nuance fondly.
So, when National Award-winning filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh was offered a chance to direct Malgudi Days for Doordarshan once again, after nearly two decades, it was a huge burden on her shoulders. She had to live up to the standards set by Shankar Nag.
In an exclusive interview to R G Vijayasarathy, Lankesh talks about the challenges she faced.
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