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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instanceOf Indian television series
adaptationOf Malgudi Days (short story collection) NERFINISHED
Swami and Friends NERFINISHED
The Vendor of Sweets NERFINISHED
basedOn short stories by R. K. Narayan
broadcastOn Indian national television
countryOfOrigin India
creator R. K. Narayan NERFINISHED
depicts everyday life in a fictional South Indian town
director Shankar Nag NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Mithaiwala (vendor of sweets) NERFINISHED
Muni NERFINISHED
Swami NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Agumbe, Karnataka NERFINISHED
Karnataka, India NERFINISHED
firstAired 1986
format television anthology
genre anthology series
drama
hasCultFollowing India NERFINISHED
Indian diaspora
hasEpisode Muni (episode) NERFINISHED
Swami and Friends (episode) NERFINISHED
Vendor of Sweets (episode) NERFINISHED
hasMusicBy L. Vaidyanathan NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
Hindi
originallyBroadcastIn 1980s
originalNetwork Doordarshan NERFINISHED
originalRunEnded late 1980s
producer T. S. Narasimhan NERFINISHED
productionCompany Doordarshan NERFINISHED
reBroadcastOn DD National NERFINISHED
Doordarshan NERFINISHED
various Indian television channels
setIn Malgudi NERFINISHED
targetAudience family audience
timePeriodDepicted mid-20th century India
pre-independence India

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Girish Karnad notableWork Malgudi Days