Question

write a summary of ch poets and pancakes class 12 flamingo

Answer 1

This chapter has been taken from "My Years with Boss" written by Asokamitran. Asokamitran worked in Gemini Studios, a very famous film studio of its time. His job in the studio was to cut newspaper clippings on various topics and maintain a file of the same.

Through this write up Asokamitran brings up a lot of topics pertaining to film industry in particular and India in general, and provides the reader a glimpse of Independent India in its infancy.

He first takes up the make up department, and makes fun of the trouble that the artists took to look "ugly" and the pain they underwent under the glare of the big light bulbs. In fact the term 'pancakes' refers to the brandname of make-up material which was excessively by the aartists of the Gemini Studio. 

Answer 2

This chapter has been taken from "My Years with Boss" written by Asokamitran. Asokamitran worked in Gemini Studios, a very famous film studio of its time. His job in the studio was to cut newspaper clippings on various topics and maintain a file of the same.

Through this write up Asokamitran brings up a lot of topics pertaining to film industry in particular and India in general, and provides the reader a glimpse of Independent India in its infancy.

He first takes up the make up department, and makes fun of the trouble that the artists took to look "ugly" and the pain they underwent under the glare of the big light bulbs. In fact the term 'pancakes' refers to the brand name of make-up material which was excessively by the artists of the Gemini Studio.  

Kothamangalam Subbu, the number two in Gemini studio is a story in himself. He is very talented, a poet, novelist, actor and film maker. He is an all rounder and very loyal to boss.

Asokamitran also tell about the manner in which the legal advisor ruins the career of a talented actress unwittingly.

Communism also finds a place in the musings of Asokamitran. At that time of India the educated folk took pride in showing their support for Communism and Gemini Studios was no exception. In the same stride he also mentions the anti-communism movement run by the West. In this context he mentions the play troupe of the poet/editor who visited the studio. Later on he discovers that the poet was in fact the editor of the then famous magazine 'The Encounter'

(Taken from Themes and Sub-Themes. Edited)