Malgudi Days
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Malgudi Days is a classic Indian television series based on R.K. Narayan’s short stories, depicting everyday life in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malgudi Days Context triple: [Girish Karnad, notableWork, Malgudi Days]
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A.
Tales from Firozsha Baag
Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the lives of residents in a Parsi apartment complex in Bombay with humor and poignancy.
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B.
Mudhakirati (Memoirs)
Mudhakirati (Memoirs) is the autobiographical work of Arab nationalist thinker and educator Sati al-Husri, chronicling his life, ideas, and role in the development of modern Arab nationalism.
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C.
Anandamath
Anandamath is a 19th-century Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, famed for its nationalist themes and for popularizing the song "Vande Mataram" that became a rallying cry in India's independence movement.
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Tahader Katha
Tahader Katha is a Bengali film by acclaimed Indian director Buddhadeb Dasgupta that explores the psychological struggles of a freedom fighter returning to a changed society after India's independence.
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E.
Plain Tales from the Hills
Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling that vividly portrays British colonial life in late 19th-century India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Malgudi Days Target entity description: Malgudi Days is a classic Indian television series based on R.K. Narayan’s short stories, depicting everyday life in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi.
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A.
Tales from Firozsha Baag
Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of interconnected short stories by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the lives of residents in a Parsi apartment complex in Bombay with humor and poignancy.
-
B.
Mudhakirati (Memoirs)
Mudhakirati (Memoirs) is the autobiographical work of Arab nationalist thinker and educator Sati al-Husri, chronicling his life, ideas, and role in the development of modern Arab nationalism.
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C.
Anandamath
Anandamath is a 19th-century Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, famed for its nationalist themes and for popularizing the song "Vande Mataram" that became a rallying cry in India's independence movement.
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D.
Tahader Katha
Tahader Katha is a Bengali film by acclaimed Indian director Buddhadeb Dasgupta that explores the psychological struggles of a freedom fighter returning to a changed society after India's independence.
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E.
Plain Tales from the Hills
Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling that vividly portrays British colonial life in late 19th-century India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Indian television series ⓘ |
| adaptationOf |
Malgudi Days (short story collection)
ⓘ
linked to:
Malgudi Days
Swami and Friends ⓘ The Vendor of Sweets ⓘ |
| basedOn | short stories by R. K. Narayan ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | Indian national television ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| creator | R. K. Narayan ⓘ |
| depicts | everyday life in a fictional South Indian town ⓘ |
| director | Shankar Nag ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Mithaiwala (vendor of sweets)
ⓘ
Muni ⓘ Swami ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Agumbe, Karnataka
ⓘ
linked to:
Agumbe
Karnataka, India ⓘ
linked to:
Karnataka
|
| firstAired | 1986 ⓘ |
| format | television anthology ⓘ |
| genre |
anthology series
ⓘ
drama ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing |
India
ⓘ
Indian diaspora ⓘ |
| hasEpisode |
Muni (episode)
ⓘ
Swami and Friends (episode) ⓘ
linked to:
Swami and Friends
Vendor of Sweets (episode) ⓘ |
| hasMusicBy | L. Vaidyanathan ⓘ |
| languageOfSubtitles |
English
ⓘ
various Indian languages ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
faithful adaptation of R. K. Narayan’s stories
ⓘ
portrayal of small-town South Indian life ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 39 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| openingTheme |
Malgudi Days theme by L. Vaidyanathan
ⓘ
linked to:
Malgudi Days
|
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | 1980s ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | Doordarshan ⓘ |
| originalRunEnded | late 1980s ⓘ |
| producer | T. S. Narasimhan ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Doordarshan ⓘ |
| reBroadcastOn |
DD National
ⓘ
Doordarshan ⓘ various Indian television channels ⓘ |
| setIn | Malgudi ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
mid-20th century India
ⓘ
pre-independence India ⓘ |
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