Telangana SCERT TS 10th Class English Guide Pdf Unit 4B Maya Bazaar Textbook Questions and Answers.
TS 10th Class English Guide Unit 4B Maya Bazaar
Comprehension:
I. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
You have read the review of the film ‘Maya Bazaar’. List the things that the review focuses on.
Answer:
The things that the review focuses on are
- Maya Bazaar was a film made in Telugu and Tamil.
- It was released in 1957 to become a landmark more in the Telugu film industry.
- Stars like N.T.R, S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, A.N.R. and Gummadi acted excellently
- K.V.Reddy, The director had full control over every frame of it.
- It is a tribute to Telugu culture, language and customs of the land.
- The dialogues written by Pingali Nagendra Rao were the same that the people using in their conversations everyday.
- Songs in the film still reverberates in marriages
- Totally, the film is a feast for the eyes, ears and soul.
- It is helpful to an NRI to know about Telugu culture.
Question 2.
Do you think this review of the film is positive or negative ? Substantiate your view.
Answer:
I think the review of the film is completely positive. In the beginning of the review, it was written that ‘Maya Bazaar’ has been voted as the ‘Greatest Indian film, on the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema.
The expressions such as ‘unleashing’, ‘landmark movie’, ‘sterling performances’, ‘tribute to Telugu culture, language and customs’, ‘immortalized dialogues’, ‘reverberation of songs’, ‘repertoire added to Telugu dictionary’, ‘audience laughed heartily’, ‘womenfolk recalling their tribulations’, ‘feast for the eyes and soul’, ‘introducing Telugu culture to an NRI’, etc., show us that this review is positive.
Question 3.
What made ‘Maya Bazaar’ a landmark film?
Answer:
The film ‘Maya Bazaar’ is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian cinema and was christened as a landmark achievement in Indian film’s cinematography, art direction and VFX with the available technology during that time.
The great director K.V.Reddy, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, sterling performances of the star-ensemble, all time great artists, the dialogues of Pingali Nagendra Rao, the songs and its contribution to Telugu culture, language and customes made ‘Maya Bazaar’ a landmark film. With all these great qualities, ‘Maya Bazaar’ hit the screen in 1957 to become a landmark movie.
Question 4.
Why is ‘Maya Bazaar’ watched repeatedly?
Answer:
The film was watched repeatedly soon after its release because people identified every character of the film with someone they knew in their immediate vicinity.
Question 5.
What is the central theme of ‘Maya Bazaar’? How have the Telugu speakers settled abroad looked upon ‘Maya Bazaar’?
Answer:
The central theme of the film is the love affair between Sasirekha and Abhimanyu, Krishna and Balarama has different opinions over it and their wives too take sides. It is ineviatable in any family. The director tries to make the audience of their culture, language and customs by showing the striking similarities.
Telugu speakers selected abroad have looked upon ‘Maya Bazaar’ as a masterpiece of their language. They try to introduce ‘Maya Bazar to’ the learners (or the children) to learn Telugu culture, language and customs.
Question 6.
The purpose of the review is …
a) … to give an account of the stars of the film
b) … to establish the element of Telugu culture in the film
c) … to help NRIs understand Telugu culture.
d) … to praise the producer of the film.
e) … to advertise the film.
(Put a tick ( ✓ ) on the options that indicate the purpose of the review.)
Answer:
(a) ………….. to given an account of the stars of the film. (3)
(b) ………….. to establish the element of Telugu culture in the film. (3)
(c) …………… to help NRIs understand Telugu culture. (3).
Vocabulary:
I. In the review of ‘Maya Bazaar’ the expression, ‘language and custom’, has two words linked with the conjunction ‘and’. We also use expressions like ‘cup and saucer’, ‘near and dear’ etc.
These pairs of words joined by a conjunction ‘and’ are called ‘binomials’. In these expressions, the word order never changes. For example, we say ‘near and dear’ and not ‘dear and near’.
Here are some sentences with ‘binomials’ underlined.
1. Sports is a part and parcel of education.
2. The new theatre is rough and ready.
3. Music is not only Rahman’s bread and butter but also his passion.
4. The film industry is expanding in leaps and bounds.
5. The customer can pick and choose anything he likes. It is for him to decide.
6. ‘Give and take’ policy is always helpful.
7. Ray gave his heart and soul to reading books.
8. He stood by me through thick and thin.
9. The main goods were shifted first. Then the odds and ends were taken.
Answer:
1. Sports is a part and parcel of education.
2. The new theatre is rough and ready.
3. Music is not only Rahman’s bread and butter but also his passion.
4. The film industry is expanding in leaps and bounds.
5. The customer can pick and choose anything he likes. It is for him to decide.
6. ‘Give and take’ policy is always helpful.
7. Ray gave his heart and soul to reading books.
8. He stood by me through thick and thin.
9. The main goods were shifted first. Then the odds and ends were taken.
Match the following binomials with their meanings and use them in your own sentences.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| 1. part and parcel | a. unimportant things |
| 2. rough and ready | b. livelihood |
| 3. leaps and bounds | c. in difficult times |
| 4. bread and butter | d. dedicated |
| 5. pick and choose | e. help one another |
| 6. give and take | f. a large choice |
| 7. heart and soul | g. big leaps |
| 8. thick and thin | h. an integral part |
| 9. odds and ends | i. almost finished |
Answer:
1 – h
2 – i
3 – g
4 – b
5 – f
6 – e
7 – d
8 – c
9 – a
Own Sentences:
1. Games and sports are part and parcel of eduction.
2. The new school building is rough and ready.
3. My brother’s career is progressing in leaps and bounds.
4. Painting is his bread and butter.
5. The owner can pick and choose any flat in that apartment.
6. We must always follow give and take policy.
7. I gave my heart and soul to my work.
8. His carrer is in big leaps.
9. Her hand bag is full of odds and ends.
II. Read the following conversation that took place in the classroom of a film institute.
Professor Paul : As a part of our ‘Diploma in film-making’ we have discussed certain aspects of film technology, right? I hope by now all of you are familiar with those concepts. If you have some more queries, we can discuss them. Now the class is open for questions.
Rishi : I think what is included and excluded in an individual shot is called ‘Frame’. Am I right?
PP : Yes, you are. What is brought to the viewer is called a frame.
Prudhvi : Which shot is used to show a happy rcunion,Sir?
PP : It is called ‘Arc’. The camera moves in an arc around the subject (artistes). Any more questions…?
PP : Here is a list of camera shots that helps you to have a clear idea about different shots in film-making.
Here are some visuals. Identify their features and label them. You may choose the labels given above.
Question 1.
Answer:
Low angle shot
Question 2.
Answer:
Dutch angle shot
Question 3.
Answer:
Establishing shot
Question 4.
Answer:
High angle shot
Grammar:
Modals:
The following is a conversation between two artists.
Shankar: Shanti, yesterday the ABC Movies called me up seeking my opinion.
Shanti: What is that?
Shankar: They’ve a role for a heroine in their film that is going to sets very soon. They wanted to offer that role to you. Will you accept it?
Shanti: Did they really mean it? I’ve two doubts about it. First, can I do it? The second, should I do it?
Shankar: Yes, you can certainly do it. Regarding your second doubt – I think it’s not that you should do it, you must do it.
Shanti : Why?
Shankar: We may like some roles and others we may not. But we accept them for the sake of our career.
Shanti : Mmm….
Shankar : Certain roles we should accept for the sake of satisfaction. That’s why, I said you must do it.
Shanti : Then I take your word as final to me. I shall do it. Tell the ABC Movies that I have accepted the offer.
The words given in bold letters in the above conversation perform different functions. They are called modal auxiliaries or modals. Their functions are given below.
| Modal | Function |
| Shall | obligation, offer, order, suggestion, |
| Should | obligation, advice |
| Can | ability, possibility, permission |
| could | request, suggestion, permission, possibility, ability |
| Will | certainty, intention, futurity , purpose |
| Would | offer, preference, past habit, future of the past |
| May | permission, possibility, wish |
| Might | possibility |
| must | compulsion, inference |
Some important points about modals:
1. Modals take any subject before them. There is no Subject-Verb agreement problem.
2. No two modals co-occur in a sentence.
Eg. The film will be released next week.
3. The main verb will always be the form after the modals.
Eg. He cannot move the big stone.
4. Past form of some modals stands for ‘politeness’.
Eg. i) Would you like to have some tea?
ii) Could you lend me your book?
Read the following sentences and identify the functions performed by the modals.
a) He can sing for eight hours at a stretch.
Answer:
ability
b) You could take an umbrella, it’s raining outside.
Answer:
suggestion
c) We should complete the shooting by tomorrow evening.
Answer:
obligation
d) Shall I wait till you come?
Answer:
offer
e) The time was up but the makeup person would not turn up.
Answer:
future of the past
f) The car hasn’t arrived yet. It must’ve got a flat tyre.
Answer:
inference
g) There may be heavy rains tomorrow. So, why couldn’t we go for indoor shooting?
Answer:
suggestion
h) Will you join us for tea?
Answer:
request/invitation
i) The agreement between the two parties shall be in force for two years.
Answer:
obligation
j) It might be an idea to postpone the release of the film.
Answer:
possibility.
Writing:
I. Now read the review once again. Write a review of a film / a TV Programme / an episode of a TV serial you have seen.
Answer:
A review of a film ‘Maa Gopi’
I have recently seen the Telugu film, “Maa Gopi”. B.S. Iyengar Ranga was a self trained cinematographer, producer, director and studio owner. He founded Vikram producation in 1954. He chose to make his debut film in Telugu. He gave offer to Kovvali Lakshmi Narasimha Rao for writing story ‘Maa Gopi.
Nagaiah, G.Vara Lakshmi, Relangi, Jamuna, V.Narasimha Rao, Prabhavathi were the main actors. It was the story of a boy who lost his parents when he was born. Though Ramadasu (nagaiah) [the eldest brother of Gopi’s father] was a kind hearted person, his wife, Kamala and his brother-in-law Sankaraiah [Relangi] and his wife Durgamma develop hatred towards him.
Time passes and Gopi’s elder brother Balaram marries Suseela [Jamuna], Her entry into the household makes life happy for Gopi. Her affection for him brings great relief to Ramadasu. Balaram gets a transfer to an other town and his wife Suseela also leaves with him. Sankaraiah and Kamala throws Gopi out of the house when Ramadasu is away. It so happens that Gopi averts a train accident and saves many lives. He is hailed by all, including his former formentors, as ‘Maa Gopi’.
The director’s strength lay in choosing the right artistes for the different characters. He also showed talent in shot division and shot taking. Apart from Chittoor V.Nagaiah, G.Varalakshmi and Relangi, the lead pair V. Narasimha Rao and Jamuna too came up with neat portrayals. It was the fourth film for Jamuna and her second successive hit. From this film onwards only, Lamuna earned the tilte ‘Andaala Nati’.
Musical score by Viswanthan and Ramamurthy and lyrics by Anisetty contributed to the success of ‘Maa Gopi’. As per songs, K. Rani’s ‘O muddu papa — Naa muddu Gopi’, T. Satyavathi’s ‘Desadesamula’, and Jikki’s ‘Oogavu Uyyala’ were the popular numbers.
‘Maa Gopi’ was dubbed into Tamil as JayaGopi. Later it was remade into Kannada, titled Bhagya Vantha, introducing RajKumar’s youngest son Master Puneeth in the title role. This two was also big hits.
II. Read the following letter.
Hanamakonda,
Nov. 27, 2013.
To
The Editor,
The Hindu,
Hyderabad.
Sir/Madam,
I am a regular reader of your esteemed newspaper. I am very much interested in reading the news in ‘Friday Review’ in your newspaper every week. I am writing to bring to your notice certain feelings I had when I watched the colour version of the movie ‘Maya Bazaar’. Recently ‘Maya Bazaar’ was released again but this time it was a different ‘Maya Bazaar’,-Maya Bazaar- in colour! Thanks to the Goldstone Technologies, I was carried away to a different world of colourful visuals. Of course the audio part remained the same. But here and there the effects of digital track sound have made some difference. Such an experiment began in Hindi with ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ and received applause from the audience. I hope many such experiments are welcome to the film lovers.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
Ramu,
Govt. High School,
Hanamakonda,
Warangal (Dist.).
II. Write a rejoinder to the letter that appeared in the Hindu in response to the review of ‘Maya Bazaar’. In your rejoinder write whether the opinion expressed in this letter is a sufficient appreciation of ‘Maya Bazaar’.
Answer:
Krishnapatnam,
Nalgonda,
20-1-2015.
To
The Editor,
The Hindu,
Nalgonda.
Sir/ Madam,
I am a regular reader to your esteemed newspaper. I regularly read your news paper, particularly the letters column and Friday review.
In this letter, I am writing my opinion in response to the review of ‘Maya Bazar’ that appeared on Nov 27th. Thanks to the person who wrote the letter to your column on the ‘review of Maya Bazar’ that his appreciation of Maya Bazar is superb and sufficient. I totally agree with his view when he wrote to say that experiments are welcome to the film lovers. In this fast developing world, experimentation is necessary in each and every field to get better results. We have to say thanks to the Goldstone Technologies’ which gave colour effects as well as the effects of the digital track sound to the film ‘Maya Bazaar’ and make it wonderful. We have to welcome all the new innovations which give a modern look to the present things. I wish there would be a number of innovations in store for us. I think all the readers will agree with me.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
S.Christiana Joy,
Kennedy High School,
Nalgonda. (Dist)
III. Let’s read the following skit.
Suhas : Amma, Amma
Mother : What, Suhas?
Suhas : My friends are planning to watch a movie. I too want to join them.
Mother : Movies, movies, movies. No, I can’t let you go to movies too often.
Suhas : My friends are making fun of me. They call me ‘a bird in a cage’. (Goes out disgusted taking his school bag.)
******
Mother : Money, money, money. He always needs money. This is not a kid. It’s an apparition.
Father : (coming) Why are you shouting, Sarala? What did you say?
Mother : Didn’t you hear? An apparition.
Father : Who is the apparition?
Mother : Who else could I mean? It’s your son.
Father : Not your son? He needs money?
Mother : Yes, he needs money. He watches movies. His life is movies. He doesn’t care to study. All the children in the street are doing very well. But this devil (Starts banging her head against the wall. No wounds.No blood)
Father : No, Sarala. No, don’t do it.
(Mother falls down and father brings a glass of water.)
Father : Sarala…, Sarala…., have some water.
(A pause)
Father : Sarala, we have to understand certain things.
Mother : (Having drunk water) As if you have understood You don’t worry about anything. He doesn’t study at all. He is after movies.
Father : Wait! I’ll find out.
*****
Father : Suhas, you didn’t take your bicycle today. You didn’t take your lunch box. You look tired …….
Suhas : Amma doesn’t understand me. She always makes fuss of me. She always wants me to do one thing; study…. study study. I want to go to a film. That too once a week. All my friends are going. I too want to go. Is it wrong on my part?
Father : Why don’t you try to understand your mother’s concern? She is worried a lot about your future.
Suhas : But I am all right in my studies. I think, watching a film once a week, that too, watching a good film is not a sin.
Father : Which film did you want to watch?
Suhas : “Life of Pi”. It’s an interesting movie with high technical values.
Father : All right, my boy.
*****
Father : Sarala, the boy didn’t want to do anything bad.
Mother : But I have my own fears.
Father : I do understand. Your fears may have reasons. But what Suhas wanted was just 100 rupees. And that too for watching an interesting film.
Mother : Maybe I was wrong. We’ll ask Suhas to go to the film. He is such a nice boy. He never troubles us.
Father : Come on. Let’s have supper. Come, Suhas.
Now let’s ponder over these points:
Keeping in mind the features of a skit discussed below, prepare a skit on the subject you like most.
A skit has all the characteristics of a play. Usually , it does have a message to convey. It has a plot (a beginning, a crisis and a resolution). However, there are certain differences with respect to time, number of characters, setting etc., The skit is more of an informal nature. The number of characters is less. The setting does not have much importance.
Answer:
Joy : Dad, Dad….
Father : What, Bangaram ?
Joy : Shall I come along with you, dad ?
Father : Not now maa. When I come back, we will go together.
Joy : No, dad, Now only take me [starts crying]
Father : Joy, don’t cry. I am not going anywhere. See, I am sitting.
Joy : Don’t sit dad. Take me with you [crying loudly]
Mother : Joy, why do you cry always? My head is aching..stop crying. Other¬wise I will beat you.
Joy : [crying still more loudly]. I will go with dad.
Mother : See, I am bringing a burning rod. Unless you stop crying I will use it on your back use it on your back. You were born, No rest, no peace of mind to me.
Father : Padma, don’t shout like that. She is just kid. She will gradually understand, be patient.
Mother : You don’t know, how I am struggling with this kid. You just say words and go out. I cann’t bear her noise.
Father : Padma, We have to understand small children. Now, they don’t know anything. They will slowly understand the things. Until that be patient. It is inevitable.
Mother : You always talk like that. You don’t follow me to tackle with her and control her.
Father : Padma, we have to carefully deal with the Kids. Otherwise, they will be afraid. It’s O.K.. You go and see your household work. I will lull her. [mother goes] Joy, come here maa.
*****
Joy : Dad, I will come with you. Take me with you.
Father : OK, I will take you with me. Before that you have to listen what I should say. Are you Ok?
Joy : Ok, dad. tell me.
Father : Is it good to cry always ?
Joy : No, dad.
Father : Nice, what should you do when dad goes out ?
Joy : I should say good bye and I should not cry.
Father : Padma, see how my daughter behaving now.
Padma : May be I was wrong. Joy is really a nice girl. I will be patient towards her.
Father : That is nice. Joy will you say good bye to me.
Joy : Ok. dad, Good bye dad. I won’t cry dad. Come back soon dad.
Father : Bye maa. I will be back soon.
Maya Bazaar Summary in English
‘Maya Bazaar’ has been voted as the ‘Greatest Indian Film’, when the poll was conducted to find out India’s greatest film till date, on the occasion of 100 years of India cinema. K.V. Reddy was its director. Nagireddy and Chakrapani produced ‘Maya Bazaar’ in Telugu and Tamil. It was released in 1957. In 2007, it celebrated the Golden Jubilee. It became a hit not only for the sterling performances of S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, NTR, ANR and Gummadi but also of K.V. Reddy.
‘Maya Bazaar’ is a tribute to Telugu culture, language and customs of the land. The dialogues written by Pingali Nagendra Rao were the same that the Telugu people were using in their conversations every day. Music director was Ghantasala. As for songs, Aha naa Pellianta and Vivaaha Bhojanambu still reverberates in marriages. The story itself is woven around the love of Sasirekha -Abhimanyu. Krishna and Balarama had different opinions over it. Their wives too take sides as is inevitable in any family.
Frame after frame impacts viewers with similarities. The greatness of the director lies here is, he successfully reduces all characters to ordinary mortals displaying all the weakness of human beings except Ghatothkacha and Krishna. K.V.Reddy injects a Telugu atmosphere into the yadava household full with its smile, imagery, adage, sarcasm and wit.
‘Maya Bazaar’, is full of feast for the eyes and soul for the audience. Though, it is a story of Pandavas and Kauravas, one never sees the Pandavas throughout the film. We only hear of them. If anyone wants to know Telugu culture, he should see Maya Bazaar first.
Glossary:
VFX = Visual effects;
advent (n) = coming or arrival, first appearance;
christened = giving a name to something;
review = a report by somebody in a news paper giving opinion of a film or book;
unleashing = suddenly releasing a powerful force set into action;
sterling = of excellent quality;
star ensemble = a small group actors;
vicinity = the area around a particular place;
reverberates (n) = have a strong effect on people for a long time;
repertoire (n) = all that a performer can do;
inevitable = certain to happen;
indignation (n) = a feeling of anger;
tribulations = great sufferings;
array (n) = an impressive collection of things;
follies = foolish and wrong practices;
adage = a traditional phrase expressing a general truth;
sarcasm (n) = a way of using words that are the opposite of what one means to make fun of somebody;
pitch = to become involved in something;
