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Patol Babu, Film Star
'Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax? A meek harmless man likes him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.'
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Why does he think that he is being made a 'laughing stock'?
(c) What does the word 'hoax' mean?
a) The speaker is Patol Babu.
b) Patol Babu thought that he was being made a laughing stock because he had been assigned a very little role to play in the film. He just had to utter a single word.
c) 'Hoax' is an act of deception or a fraud performed deliberately.
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Who was Mr. Pakrashi and how did he instil the value of being true to one's work in
Patol Babu?
What was the news that Nishikanto Ghosh gave Patol Babu?
How did Patol Babu react? Why?
Why had Patol Babu lost his first job in Calcutta?
How does Patol Babu reconcile to the dialogue given to him?
Who was Mr. Pakrashi? How do his words help Patol Babu in enacting his role?
How do we know that Patol Babu was a meticulous man?
Why did Mr. Mullick turn Patol Babu's request for a rehearsal?
What were the special touches that Patol Babu gave to his role to make it more authentic?
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