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Patol Babu, Film Star

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Patol Babu writes a letter to Nishikanto Ghosh to thank him for being instrumental in his getting a role in a film. He also shares his experience at the film shoot including the excitement and deep satisfaction that he derived from the same. Write the letter in about 200 words. 

Solution

Dear Nishikanto Babu,
Hope you are fine. I am writing this letter to thank you for recommending me the role as because of you only I got the opportunity to have some good experience.
When you asked me about the role play in a movie, I didn't know that I will get a chance to show my acting skills ever again. Acting have always been my passion. 
Next day when I reached there, I was told that I only have a monosyllable dialogue 'oh!'. I felt dejected at first and thought they called me there to make fun of me. But then I remembered the advice of my mentor, he once told me that 'no matter how small a role has been given to you, never consider it beneath your dignity'. It motivated me to perform well. Then I tried speaking the exclamation 'oh!' in various inflections and I made an astonishing discovery that with a different utterance of the same exclamation, the meaning gets changed. I realised that a true actor can make a difference with a single syllable. 
I got super excited and I asked when I have to perform. I was told that I will be called after half an hour. I thought to do the rehearsal before in the meantime. I practiced how I will react physically after the collision. During the shot I suggested him that if I'll hold a newspaper in hand while colliding, it will look natural and authentic. He agreed. I did my best and I felt very satisfied. 
Hope you liked reading it. Thank you once again.
Yours faithfully,
Patol Babu

Some More Questions From Patol Babu, Film Star Chapter

Read the following extract and answer the questions by choosing from the alternatives given below.

The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,
The furrow followed free;
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.

(a) How did the mariners enter the silent sea?
(i) A storm drove them there.
(ii) The breeze stopped blowing and the sails dropped.
(iii) The Albatross took them there.
(iv) The helmsman steered the ship.

(b) Name the poem and the poet.
(i) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by P. B. Shelley
(ii) The Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge
(iii) The Mariner and the Albatross by D. H. Lawrence
(iv) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge

(c) Which poetic device is used in the above lines?
(i) Metaphor
(ii) Alliteration
(iii) Simile
(iv) Personification

What did Sosanko mean when he said that Patol Babu was lucky?

Answer the following in about 120 words:
“That’s odd − the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow!” What traits of Patol Babu make him a strange fellow?

'Oh, oh, oh; oh, oh ...' Patol Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection
each time he uttered it: After doing it a number of times he made an astonishing
discovery.

(a) Why did Patol Babu repeat the word, `oh' over and over again '?

(b) What 'astonishing discovery' did he make?

(c) What does the word, 'uttered' mean?

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?

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