Can I get the summary of All the characters in the novel ` THE BLUE UMBRELLA BY RUSKIN BOND` ??? I DON'T WANT THE SUMMARY OF THE STORY I O N LY WANT OF THE CHARACTERS
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The Blue Umbrella tells the story of Binya, a ten year old girl and her umbrella. The
novel depicts all the shades of emotions that children are familiar with. These emotions range from innocence to greed, from
simplicity to jealousy, and from obsession to forgiveness. In 2005, the novel The Blue Umbrella was adapted by Vishal
Bharadwaj into a film of the same name which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film. With its breathtaking
visuals and acting, it became a critical success and gained accolades. As a novel, the story was popular among children for years,
and as a film also it gained attention of audience and critics. In spite of all the success, the question arises- is the film a faithful
adaptation? Have all the characters been given equal space and dimension, as in the novel? Are all the actors true to their
characters? Have the sequence of events been represented in all their appropriateness? Has the film been successful in creating the
similar wavelength of aesthetic distance as in the novel? And most importantly, does the film retain the tone of the message that
Ruskin Bond wanted to convey through his story?
This gives us an opportunity to make a comparative study between the novel and the film, and find out how successful or
unsuccessful the adaptation is from critical and creative points of view. Thus, with a comparative analysis of the text and the film,
this paper aims to analyze the aforementioned issues through the application of narrative techniques under the genre of Adaptation
Studies. Have all the characters been given equal space and dimension, as in the novel? When we compare the characterisation
part of the novel with the film, we find a contrastive change in the way characters have been presented in the film.
In the novel, Bijju was two years older to Binya, [“Binya was two years younger than her brother” (Bond 1992)] where as in the
film; Bijju is around twenty years older than Binya. In the novel the visitors were from the Indian planes who were speaking the
same language as that of Binya. [“They were holiday-makers from the plains. The women were dressed in bright saris, the men
wore light summer shirts, and the children had pretty new clothes” (Bond 1992)]. However, in the film the visitors were from
Japan, which bears a postcolonial undertone. In the novel Binya was wearing a leopard’s claw [“it’s a tiger’s claw, said the man
beside her” (Bond 1992)] but in the film it has been presented as a bear’s claw. In the novel, Rajaram, the attendant of Nandu,
appears in the middle of the story, whereas he is present from the beginning in the film. The character of the ‘fortune teller’ has
been added to the film to give the plot a more convincing touch- the way he says, “Angrezi mein bhi jhooth bolta hai koi!”
(Bharadwaj 2005) (Does anyone tell lie in English!), makes us aware of the innocence of the rural people. The village characters
like Mukhia, and his son are some additions to the plot.
In the novel, Binya is the protagonist of the story whereas the protagonist has been changed in case of the film. Ram Bharosa, who
has been renamed as Nandakishore Khatri (Nandu) is the protagonist of the film around whom the story revolves. The change of
the protagonist gives us the scope of comparison between Ruskin Bond and Vishal Bharadwaj’s perception towards literature.
Bibhudatta Dash
Research Scholar in English Literature, Department of Humanities,
Social Sciences & Management National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Mangalore, India
Abstract:
The Blue Umbrella tells the story of Binya, a ten year old girl and her umbrella. Through the story, Ruskin Bond revisits the
essence of the Bhagvad Gita and the Holy Bible. Greed, jealousy, hatred, and kindness play equal roles in the story to bring
the point across to children. In 2005, The Blue Umbrella was adapted by Vishal Bharadwaj into a film of the same name
which won the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film. With its breathtaking visuals and acting, it was a critical
success and gained accolades.
In spite of all the success, the question arises- is the film a faithful adaptation? Are all the actors true to their characters?
Has not the plot been tampered in trying to make the film a critical success? Have the sequence of events been represented
in all their appropriateness? Have all the characters been given equal space and dimension, as in the novel? Has the film
been successful in creating the similar wavelength of aesthetic distance as in the novel? Most importantly, does the film
retain the tone of the message that Ruskin Bond wanted to convey through his story?
With a comparative analysis of the text and the film, this paper aims to answer these questions through the application of
Narrative Techniques under the genre of Adaptation Studies.
Explanation:
Answer:
a by Ruskin Bond is a popular children’s story. It features Binya as the main character, though there are other important characters as well, but the story revolves around Binya and her little beautiful umbrella. The story is widely popular among children, thus it has also been included in the schools’ syllabus all across the country. Since it is often taught in the school, thus the character sketch of Binya is often demanded by students from year to year.
Character Sketch of Binya from The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond
Binya is the main character of the novel ‘The Blue Umbrella’ by Ruskin Bond. Her full name is Binyadevi. As in the hills or anywhere in India it is a kind of trend to call children with their short nicknames. Binya’s elder brother’s name is Bijju, whereas his real name is Vijay.
Binya aged eleven is a hilly girl. She lives with her small family in the hills of Garhwal. Her father died when she was two years of age. For sustenance, they have three tiny terraced fields, on which they grow potatoes, onions, ginger, beans, mustard and maize. They don’t sell the vegetables in the market but keep it for themselves. They also have two cows and the extra milk they sell to others. Self-sustenance is their primary objective of life, not money making. Binya’s brother Bijju goes to school. Sadly, she doesn’t go to any school; instead she looks after the two cows: Neelu and Gori.
Binya loves wandering over the mountains and in the distant valleys. She isn’t afraid of darkness, forests, and climbing the trees. She loves freedom as well, thus whenever cows go out with her, she never yells at them nor restrain them going here and there. In fact, she seems lost in herself.
One day when she comes across some picnickers from the city, she realizes that city people have different kind of lifestyle and happiness. They are wealthy and possess good items, like blue umbrella. It is sad to note that city people regarded her as a poor girl because she was wearing torn clothes. She looks at them from a distance – it means she doesn’t like being with people. Often hilly people don’t prefer mingling in the crowd. Also, she feels nervous when she is at bazaar. Binya isn’t greedy: that we can say when city people tried to buy her tiger-claw pendant for five rupees. Instead she chose to have that blue umbrella for that tiger-claw pendant.
Another aspect of Binya is that she is a kind-hearted person. She allows the children of the village to hold her umbrella for a short while. At one instance when Bijju offers her berries, she lets him hold the blue umbrella. One windy evening when her umbrella gets carried away by the wind into a ravine, she carefully with a good presence of mind follows it and gets it out from the cherry tree. Evidently, she wasn’t afraid of anything.
Her relationship with Ram Bharosa, the tea-shop owner, goes sour when he tries to contain her blue umbrella by an unfair way. After that incident Ram Bharosa’s shop business declines and Binya feels responsible for his loss. She reproaches herself for flaunting the umbrella over-the-limit and it caused greed in Ram Bharosa. Hence, she gifts the blue umbrella to him, so that people can again start coming to his shop.
Coming to her looks, Binya is fair, stout, and sturdy with black hair and eyes. She sports a tiny ponytail. Though Binya is an ordinary girl, like most of the children her age, but her virtues like compassion and kind-heartedness and boldness makes her stand out from the crowd.
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