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KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BHIND
ENGLISH FA-4 PRESENTATION

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Submitted to-
Mrs. M. Bhattacharjee
Submitted by-
Arpit Sen Shrivastava
Anuj Gupta
Shashwat Sengar
Satyam Gupta
Sanjam Singh

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4. Satyajit Ray-
Director, Producer, Screenwriter,
Composer, Writer, Graphic
Designer
Born: May 2, 1921, Kolkata
(Calcutta), India
Died: April
23, 1992, Calcutta, India
The Writer
Satyajit Ray, standing 6'-4" tall, was a
towering figure in the world of cinema. He
studied at the university in Calcutta and later
joined Shantiniketan, Rabindranath Tagore's
university to study art. He began his career as
a commercial artist (1943-56). He founded
Calcutta's first film society in 1947 and made
his first film, Pather Panchali (1955) while
working at an advertising agency. Pather
Panchali was an immediate success and won

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Pather Panchali with his
Aparajito (1956, The
Unvanquished) and Apur
Sansar (1959, The World
of Apu) are known as 'Apu
Trilogy'. His later films
include Jalsaghar
(1958, The Music
Room), Kanchenjunga
(1962), Charulata
(1964, The Lonely
Wife), Ashanti Sanket
(1973, Distant
Thunder), The Chess
Players (1977), The Home
and The World
The Writer

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The story revolves around Patol Babu, a very common man in his fifties
struggling for his living. Patol Babu has a talent of acting and was an amateur
actor at a time. But due to sudden retrenchments in his office due to war costed
him his nine year old job. Till then he was struggling to make a living.
The story begins with the visit of a neighbor of Patol Babu named
Nishikanto Ghosh. He tells Patol Babu that he has recommended his name for a
role in a movie to his brother-in-law. He says Patol Babu to stay home so as to
meet his brother-in-law Naresh Dutt and talk about the role.
Patol Babu hadn’t expected such news at the starting of the
day. Acting in a movie was beyond his wildest dreams. Although he had been a
very good actor once but acting in a movie was different thing.
Naresh Dutt turned up at half past twelve. After a short talk Patol is
finalized for the role and told to come on the shooting the next day to a place
other than the studio. Naresh also tells him about his role and his required
costume.
Patol Babu reached the shooting sight at correct time. There was a big
crowd over there. Patol Babu realized after seeing the preparations, that film
making is a rather tough job. Patol Babu, who was sweating because of his high
collared warm jacket, was welcomed by Naresh Dutt. He directed him to a
shade. But then Patol Babu realized that he still didn’t had his dialogues. He had
to get them and learn them. How small will he feel if he muffed in the presence
of so many people!

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Then Naresh Dutt came up with a cup of tea for Patol Babu. When
Patol Babu asked for his lines, he leaded him to a man named Sosanko who
gave him his dialogues written on a paper. His line was- “oh”
Patol Babu shocked at this. Were the people wanted to make fun
of him in front of half of the city! A sigh came out of the depths of his hearts. But
then he remembered his mentor Gogon Pakrashi’s advise that no matter how
small the part is, it should be acted with full efforts. The memory of his guru
made Patol Babu bow his head in obeisance.
And then he reconciled to his dialogue. “Oh,oh,oh,oh,oh”-Patol
Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection each time he uttered it.
And then he made an astonishing discovery. The same exclamation, when
spoken in different ways carried different shaded of meaning. He realized that a
true actor could make a mark with this one single syllable.
Then he went behind the shooting sight and rehearsed for his
role. He putted down all his efforts in that monosyllable word and came up with
full confidence. He was called off after 30 minutes. He had a talk with the
director. The director told him to apply a moustache. Then the shooting began.
Patol Babu stood with a newspaper in hand. Chanchal Kumar
came, they collided and director shouted “cut”. The scene was shooted
successfully. Barren Mullick, the director, praised Patol Babu for his acting, and
a total satisfaction swept over Patol Babu.
He thought that what 15 or 20 rupees were when measured against the
intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication. He went
home without getting paid.

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Name - Sitalakanto Ray(Patol Babu)
Age - 52 years
Profession- currently not employed, amateur
actor
Character - modest; passionate actor;
traits diligent; talented; genial;
unassuming;meticulous

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Genial = Extremely nice and happy
Retrenchment = Economic decline or depression
Disgust = Dislike or repel
Diffidence = Lack of confidence
Crucial = Important
Esplanade = Path
Tremor = Shiver, Tremble
Stout = Heavy built
Hoax = Trick
Pompous = Arrogant, Boastful
Trivial = Having little importance
Edification = Education, Enlightenment
Obeisance = Salutation
Devoid = Lacking
Enunciating = Speak clearly
Excruciating = Painful

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Get in touch - to contact
Turn away - disappoint
Beyond wildest dreams - unimaginable
Put up - held
Gave up - leave
Sail smooth - to live without difficulties
To be in someone’s good books - to be honorable and trustable
Wind up - close
To send shiver down the spine - to make excited
Turned up - appeared
Show up - come
Break a news -tell a news
To count chickens before they are hatched- to wonder about something
which has not yet started
Pull short - stop
To come up fast - to progress quickly
To pull leg - to make fun of something
Work out - prepare
To see stars before eyes - to be out of senses due to a collision

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16. An adaptation of Satyajit Ray’s short story, Patol Babu
Film Star is about a one-time theatre actor, Patol Babu, in
his fifties, struggling without a regular job and family
responsibilities, who has nearly forgotten his love for
acting. Quite by chance, he is given a chance to play a
part in a movie. His enthusiasm about the possibilities that
this might bring him is dampened when he realises at the
movie set that his role is fleeting. His disappointment is
overcome as he remembers what his Guru once told him:
that every part in an act has that opportunity to enhance
and the responsibility to fulfill the larger cause of the
production.
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17. In contrast, it was because of his passion towards the
job that drove him to act in the film. He also says-"I'll
be paid, of course, but that's not the main thing." He
also knew that nobody would appreciate
his performance as he is only a minor actor in the film.
Even though Baren Mullick praised him, he would soon
forget about it. He says- "But all his labour and
imagination he had put into this one shot--were these
people able to appreciate that?" However, Patol Babu
thought that his own satisfaction was more salient. He
had proven his ability and talent in acting and these
worked as a sort of motivation to him.
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19. In Patol Babu Film Star, Satyajit Ray has highlighted
the idea that personal satisfaction is more important
than financial rewards. According to him, one does a
job because he is interested in it rather than because
he can get reward from it.
In the story Patol Babu was given only a minor role in
the film, as a pedestrian who was only needed to collide
with the main actor Chanchal Kumar and utter a
monosyllable sound “oh”. Nevertheless, his passion to
the job drove him to work hard to give the best
performance by rehearsing himself. Eventually, he had
done a terrific job and received praises from Chanchal
Kumar, "You timed it so well that I nearly passed out."
and Barren Mullick "Jolly good! Why, you're quite an
actor!"
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He felt very pleased with his performance and "a total
satisfaction swept over him." He thought that it did not
matter whether he received any payment or not. "What
were twenty rupees when measured against the intense
satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and
dedication?" Thus, he did not wait to collect his payment.
Patol Babu realized that personal satisfaction could not
be measured and weighed by money. To him, personal
satisfaction is more crucial than material rewards. Ever
since the beginning, Patol Babu did not act in the film
because of the money merely. In contrast, it was because
of his passion towards the job that drove him to act in the
film. "I'll be paid, of course, but that's not the main thing."
He also knew that nobody would appreciate his
performance as he is only a minor actor in the film.

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Even though Baren Mullick praised him, he would soon
forget about it. He says-"But all his labour and
imagination he had put into this one shot--were these
people able to appreciate that?" However, Patol Babu
thought that his own satisfaction was more salient. He
had proven his ability and talent in acting and these
worked as a sort of motivation to him.
In the nutshell, personal satisfaction was more
important than financial rewards and this idea work as
one of the main issue in the story.

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