The 1965 film 'Guide', starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman, was based on a novel by which writer?
- A.Mulk Raj Anand
- B.R. K. Narayan
- C.Khushwant Singh
- D.Raja Rao
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, R. K. Narayan. R. K. Narayan's novel The Guide, published in 1958 and set in his imagined town of Malgudi, won him the Sahitya Akademi Award and was filmed as Guide in 1965 with Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman. Option A is wrong because Mulk Raj Anand wrote Untouchable and Coolie, neither of which is the source of this film. Option C is wrong because Khushwant Singh wrote Train to Pakistan, itself filmed in 1998, and Delhi. Option D is wrong because Raja Rao wrote Kanthapura and The Serpent and the Rope. Narayan, Anand and Rao are often listed together as the first generation of Indian writing in English, which is why they appear as each other's distractors in almost every paper that asks about this film.
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Practice Questions
View allSatyajit Ray's film 'Pather Panchali' was based on a Bengali novel written by:
- A.Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
- B.Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- C.Rabindranath Tagore
- D.Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
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His novel Pather Panchali gave Satyajit Ray the material for his first film, released in 1955, and for Aparajito, the two with Apur Sansar forming the Apu Trilogy.
Read the full explanation →'Shatranj Ke Khilari', filmed by Satyajit Ray in 1977, is based on a short story by:
- A.Munshi Premchand
- B.Rabindranath Tagore
- C.Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
- D.Mahasweta Devi
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Premchand's Hindi short story Shatranj Ke Khilari, about two noblemen of Awadh absorbed in chess while their kingdom is annexed, was filmed by Satyajit Ray in 1977, the director's only Hindi feature; Ray also made Sadgati from another Premchand story.
Read the full explanation →The film 'Slumdog Millionaire' (2008) was based on which novel by an Indian author?
- A.The White Tiger
- B.Shantaram
- C.Q & A
- D.A Fine Balance
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Q & A was written by Vikas Swarup, a diplomat, and was adapted by Danny Boyle as Slumdog Millionaire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture; A. R. Rahman won the awards for Best Original Score and, with Gulzar, for Best Original Song, and Resul Pookutty won for sound…
Read the full explanation →The film '3 Idiots' (2009) was based on which novel by Chetan Bhagat?
- A.Five Point Someone
- B.One Night @ the Call Center
- C.The 3 Mistakes of My Life
- D.2 States
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Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT, published in 2004, was Chetan Bhagat's first novel and supplied the story of three engineering students that became 3 Idiots, directed by Rajkumar Hirani in 2009.
Read the full explanation →Vishal Bhardwaj's film 'Omkara' is an adaptation of which play by William Shakespeare?
- A.Othello
- B.Hamlet
- C.Macbeth
- D.King Lear
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Omkara, released in 2006 and set in the politics of western Uttar Pradesh, follows the plot of Othello, with the handkerchief of the play becoming a waistband in the film.
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