Analyzing The Guide as an Indian Screen Adaptation

Abstract

The Present paper aims to explore the major thematic concerns of the novel The Guide, which is adapted into movie. Adaptation is a kind of imitative work. Novels, non-fictions, short stories, autobiographies, comic books, scriptures, plays, historical sources and even other literature are a common form of film adaptation. Some films are based on particular elements of literature such as theme, characters, dialogues, settings, plot and other aspect of literature in order to enhance the quality of films. Novels are frequently adapted for film.
This paper deals with R.K. Narayan’s novel The Guide and its cinematic adaptation by Vijay Anand. The researchers have tried to show that during the process of adaptation of novel into film, Director has taken some liberty to include some elements and exclude some parts of the novel which shows that an adaptation of The Guide into film is not merely a translation of a novel. Only a few producers and director have an aim to truly show the reader what the book is about, making their movies truly objective.
Researchers have tried to analyze a novel The Guide by comparing with the film Guide by taking in to consideration major parameters like setting, characters, opening, closing and narrative technique used in the film and the novel