Blue Umbrella By Ruskin Bond Pdf

[Billi Mayhue]

Inthat same village, a man named Ram Bharosa had an old shop that sold Coca-Cola with no ice, tea, curd, or sweets. One day, Binya receives a beautiful blue umbrella from some foreigners in exchange for her leopard claw pendant. Soon, the shopkeeper becomes jealous of the umbella and tries to buy it from Binya by claiming, "This is a fancy umbrella which small girls should not have," but Binya refuses. As time pases, Ram Bharosa's jealousy of the umbrella turns into an obsession. He employs a boy named Rajaram from the next village to work at the shop. When Rajaram learns of his boss' desire to own the umbrella, he makes an attempt to steal it but fails and is caught. Rajaram then gives up Ram Bharosa's name, causing his shop to be boycotted. Ram Bharosa is now remorseful of his actions and miserable. Binya realize her showing off the blue umbrella indirectly led to Ram Bharosa's suffering. In the end, Binya willingly gives the umbrella to Ram Bharosa, who in turn gifts her a bear claw pendant. At last, it ends with a happy note when Binya gives it to Ram Bharosa who made it an umbrella which could be borrowed and returned. Thus, everyone in the village used it for their daily purpose

The highlight of the film for me is the beginning credit sequence and the end scene which creates with its magic a special place in my heart. Those are the few moments which live up to my lyrical poetic quality of imagination of the simple yet touching novella of Ruskin Bond by the same name. It is after seeing the end do you realize the special significance of the beginning which adds to the experience.

Vishal Bharadwaj has been quite dedicated to his source that is the novella and has been honest to the soul of the work and is an effective film. But there are certain scenes or character emphasis that are different in the film. For one the film seems to be more about

Nandkishore Khatri, a miserly old man who owns a tea stall in a village who is envious of the blue umbrella that Biniya possesses. The credit sequence and the actual film start by introducing Khatri to the audience while the novella starts with Biniya. In the film you identity more with Khatri and less with Biniya. The performance of Pankaj Kapoor is also a key factor which draws you to his character rather than the actress Shreya Sharma who did not touch a chord with me personally.

What was missing for me was the film did not exploit the poetic quality and cinematic tools to present the beautiful object of the blue umbrella. As it is not a mere object but much more, it symbolizes desire and temptation and at the same time also symbolizes pure beauty which is touched upon in the lines of Khatri when he is told by Nandu his helper that its not very valuable and why want it, I quote from the novella

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a) Indian Art Cinema, Regional cinema and Popular cinema

b) European World cinema

c) Basics on the principles of light, composition, lens, aperture etc and areas that you would cover under cinematography. Ask your self what does cinematography involve.

d) Observe work of great Indian cinematographers and directors and understand the art and craft

e) keep yourself updated about literary work and news

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As soon as Binya saw the beautiful blue silk umbrella, she wanted it. She wanted it so badly that she was willing to give her lucky leopard's claw pendant in exchange. No one in the village had such a fine umbrella, and everywhere Binya went the umbrella went, too. Gradually it faded to a pale blue and was patched in several places, but there were still many who envied Binya her treasured possession. And the most envious of them all was old Ram Bharosa, the shopkeeper who decided that by some means he must own the blue umbrella.

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