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10th Class English Chapter 4B Maya Bazaar Textbook Questions and Answers

Answer the following questions

Question 1.
You have read the review of the film Maya Bazaar. List the things that the review focuses on?

Answer: The things that the review focuses on are

  1. its director and producers
  2. the actors acted in the film
  3. other artists who made it a great success
  4. its contribution to Telugu culture, language, and customs
  5. its dialogues and songs
  6. its contribution to the Telugu dictionary
  7. its theme
  8. the directors greatness in making it the "Greatest Indian Film"
  9. how it is helpful to an NRI.
Question 2.
Do you think this review of the film is positive or negative? Substantiate your view?

Answer: I think this review of the film is a positive one. In the beginning lines itself, it is told that the film Maya Bazaar has been voted as the Greatest Indian Film. The expressions such as unleashing, landmark movie, sterling performances, tribute to Telugu culture, language, and customs, immortalized dialogues, reverberation of songs, repertoire added to Telugu dictionary, audience laughed heartily, womenfolk recalling their tribulations, feast for the eyes and soul, introducing Telugu culture to an NRI, etc., show us that this review is positive. Each and every part of this review clearly tells us it is positive

Question 3.
What made Maya Bazaar a landmark film?

Answer: The film Maya Bazaar is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian cinema and was christened as a landmark achievement in Indian films cinematography, art direction, and VFX with the available technology during that time. The great director K.V. Reddy, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, sterling performances of the star-ensemble, all time great artists, the dialogues of Pingali Nagendra Rao, the songs and its contribution to Telugu culture, language, and customs made Maya Bazaar a landmark film. With all these great qualities, Maya Bazaar hit the screen in 1957 to become a landmark movie

Question 4.
Why is Maya Bazaar watched repeatedly?

Answer: The viewers identify every character of the film with someone they knew in their immediate vicinity. Hence, Maya Bazar is watched repeatedly. The audience still do the same now

Question 5.
What is the central theme of Maya Bazaar? How have the Telugu speakers settled abroad looked upon Maya Bazaar?

Answer: The central theme of Maya Bazaar is to make the audience aware of their culture, language and customs by showing the striking similarities. The story itself is woven around the love of Sasirekha-Abhimanyu. With Krishna and Balarama having difference of opinion over it, their wives too take sides. Telugu speakers settled abroad have looked upon Maya Bazaar as a masterpiece of their language. They try to introduce the learners (or the children) to Maya Bazaar to learn Telugu culture, language and customs

Question 6.
The purpose of the review is?
  1. .to give an account of the stars of the film.
  2. .to establish the element of Telugu culture in the film.
  3. .to help NRIs understand Telugu culture.
  4. .to praise the producer of the film.
  5. .to advertise the film. (Put a tick (?) on the options that indicate the purpose of the review.)

Answer:

  1. ...to give an account of the stars of the film. (?)
  2. ...to establish the element of Telugu culture in the film. (?)
  3. ...to help NRIs understand Telugu culture. (?)
Vocabulary
QuestionI.
In the review of Maya Bazaar the expression, language and custom, has two words linked with the conjunction and. We also use expressions like cup and saucer, near and dear etc. These pairs of words joined by a conjunction and are called binomials. In these expressions, the word order never changes. For example, we say near and dear and not dear and near. Here are some sentences with binomials underlined?
  1. Sports is a part and parcel of education
  2. The new theatre is rough and ready
  3. Music is not only Rahmans bread and butter but also his passion
  4. The film industry is expanding in leaps and bounds
  5. The customer can pick and choose anything he likes. It is the customer to decide.
  6. Give and take policy is always helpful.
  7. Ray gave his heart and soul to reading books
  8. He stood by me through thick and thin
  9. The main goods were shifted first. Then the odds and ends were taken later
Column - A Column - B
part and parcel unimportant things
rough and ready livelihood
leaps and bounds in difficult times
bread and butter dedicated
pick and choose ehelp one another
give and take a large choice
heart and soul big leaps
thick and thin an integral part
odds and ends almost finished

Answer:

Column - A Column - B
part and parcel an integral part
rough and ready
leaps and bounds in difficult times
bread and butter livelihood
pick and choose a large choice
give and take help one another
heart and soul dedicated
thick and thin big leaps
odds and ends big leaps
Own Sentences
  1. Teaching students how to behave and how to deal with others is part and parcel of education
  2. The corporate hospital is rough and ready
  3. Mr. Raos career is progressing in leaps and bounds
  4. Teaching is my bread and butter. I dont want to go away from it
  5. he parent can pick and choose any school he/she likes
  6. They always follow give and take policy
  7. Narayana Murthy gave his heart and soul to studying engineering course at IIT
  8. Both Ramu and Somu have been together through thick and thin: they dont want to desert each other
  9. He is carrying a suitcase which is full of odds and ends
Some other binomials with their meanings
  1. neat and tidy : clean
  2. sick and tired : annoyed/frustrated
  3. wine and dine : entertain someone with a good quality meal
  4. up and down : moving between the same two points repeatedly
  5. skin and bone : to be very thin
  6. loud and clear : very clear and very easy to understand
  7. by and large : on the whole
  8. back and forth : moving first in one direction then in another
  9. alive and kicking : well and healthy
  10. bits and pieces : small things of different types
  11. by and by : after a while
  12. body and soul : believe something completely
  13. far and wide : across a large area
  14. fair and square : honest
  15. hard and fast : inevitable, fixed
  16. free and easy : unconventional
  17. hustle and bustle : confusion; busy activity
  18. day and night : all the time
  19. pros and cons : advantages and disadvantages
  20. spick and span : neat, trim, impeccable
  21. tooth and nail : with all ones resources or energy
  22. wear and tear : loss, damage
  23. far and wide : a large number of places, across a large graphical area
  24. high and mighty : behaving as though one is more important than others
  25. short and sweet : when something is very quick and to the point; of minimum length and no longer than it needs
QuestionII.
Read the following conversation that took place in the classroom of a film institute. Professor Paul : As a part of our Diploma in film-making we have discussed certain aspects of film technology, right? I hope by now all of you are familiar with those concepts. If you have some more queries, we can discuss them. Now the class is open for questions?

Rishi : I think what is included and excluded in an individual shot is called Frame. Am I right

P P : Yes, you are. What is brought to the viewer is called a frame

Prudhvi : Which shot is used to show a happy reunion, Sir

P P : It is called Arc. The camera moves in an arc around the subject (artistes). Any more questions.

P P : Here is a list of camera shots that helps you to have a clear idea about different shots in film-making

Shots and Angles
  1. Establishing shot : It is usually from a greater distance to establish setting, (familiarises the scene or setting)
  2. Close-up : It refers to the image occupying at least 80 percent of the frame
  3. Two shot : Two people in the frame are showed equally
  4. Dutch angle : It is neither vertical nor horizontal. Its oblique
  5. Birds eye shot : It is shot directly and vertically down at the subject
  6. High angle : Camera is above the subject. It creates an impression that the subject is weak or powerless.
  7. Low angle : The camera is placed below the subject. The subject appears larger than normal.
  8. Rack focus : Here the focus is shifted from one subject to the other where the subject that is not in focus is blurred.
  9. Footage : It is the total exposed film.
  10. Montage : Different images are assembled to build an impression
Here are some visuals. Identify their features and label them. You may choose the labels given above.

Answer:

  1. Low angle shot
  2. Dutch angle shot
  3. Establishing shot
  4. Birds eye view shot

Grammar

I. Modals

The following is a conversation between two artists.

Shankar : Shanti, yesterday the ABC Movies called me up seeking my opinion

Shanti : What is that? Shankar : Theyve a role for a heroine in their film that is going to sets very soon. They wanted to offer that role to you. Will you accept it? Shanti : Did they really mean it? Ive two doubts about it. First, can I do it? The second, should I do it? Shankar : Yes, you can certainly do it. Regarding your second doubt -I think its not that you should do it, you must do it. Shanti : Why? Shankar : We may like some roles and others we may not. But we accept them for the sake of our career. Shanti :Mmm. . Shankar : Certain roles we should accept for the sake of satisfaction. Thats why, I said you must do it. Shanti : Then 1 take your word as final to me. I shall do it. Tell the ABC Movies that I have accepted the offer. The words given in bold letters in the above conversation perform different functions.They are called modal auxiliaries or modals. Their functions are given below

Modal Function
Shall obligation, offer, order, suggestion
Should obligation, advice
Can ability, possibility, permission
Could request, suggestion, permission, possibility, ability
Will certainty, intention, futurity, purpose
May permission, possibility, wish
might might
Must compulsion, inference

Some important points about modals

  1. Modals take any subject before them. There is no Subject-Verb agreement problem
  2. No two modals co-occur in a sentence. e.g.: The film will be released next week
  3. The main verb will always be the V1 form after the modals. e.g.: He cannot move the big stone
  4. Past form of some modals stands for politeness
  5. Would you like to have some tea
  6. Could you lend me your book

Read the following sentences and identify the functions performed by the modals

  1. He can sing for eight hours at a stretch.
  2. You could take an umbrella, its raining outside.
  3. We should complete the shooting by tomorrow evening
  4. Shall I wait till you come
  5. The time was up but the makeup person would not turn up
  6. The car hasnt arrived yet. It mustve got a flat tyre
  7. There may be heavy rains tomorrow. So, why couldnt we go for indoor shooting
  8. Will you join us for tea
  9. The agreement between the two parties shall be in force for two years
  10. It might be an idea to postpone the release of the film

Answer:

  1. ability
  2. suggestion
  3. obligation
  4. offer
  5. future of the past
  6. inference
  7. suggestion
  8. request/invitation
  9. obligation
  10. possibility

Writing

QuestionI.
Now read the review once again. Write a review of a film/a TV Programme/an episode of a TV serial you have seen?

Answer:I have recently seen the Telugu film Swathimuthyam which is directed by K.Viswanath. Swathimuthyam is a wonderfully crafted masterpiece. K.Viswanath has shown all his artistic brilliance in weaving the story. Each frame of the film has roused curiosity to know what would be the next scene. Kamal Hassans action is simply superb. He gets into the skin of the character very much and brings the liveliness not only to his character but also to the film itself. His heroine, Radhika too acted brilliantly. The music of Ilayaraja and the prowess of K.Viswanath are completely overshadowed by the excellence of Kamal

The music composed by Ilayaraja is unforgettable. He tries to give his best in this film. The songs such as "Suwi Suwi", "Vatapatra Sai ki." reverberate in each and every viewers mind. The theme of the movie is based on how a naive, child-like person, emerges unscathed in this selfish world, managing to uplift the lives of some troubled souls (Radhika, who is a widow and her son). There is an underlying reflection of goodwill still left in the society - it is skilfully depicted through the characters of the dhobi, Nirmalamma, Radhika and so on. One last thing about the music which is composed to "Rama Kanavemira" takes the potential of Ilayaraja to mix various traditions of music. This movie is produced by Edida Nageswara Rao

II. Read the following letter

Yours faithfully, N. Sarathchandra, Z.P.HIGH SCHOOL, KANDUKURU, PRAKASAM (Dist.)
Kondamudusu Palem, Kandukuru. Nov. 27, 2013. To The Editor, The Hindu, Vijayawada. Sir/Madam, I am a regular reader of your esteemed newspaper. I am very much interested in reading the news in Friday Review in your newspaper every week. I am writing to bring to your notice certain feelings I had when I watched the colour version of the movie Maya Bazaar. Recently Mayabazaar was released again but this time it was a different Maya Bazaar, Maya Bazaar-in colour! Thanks to the Goldstone Technologies, I was carried away to a different world of colourful visuals. Of course the audio part remained the same. But here and there the effects of digital track sound have made some difference. Such an experiment began in Hindi with Mughal-E-Azam and received applause from the audience. I hope many such experiments are welcome to the film lovers. Thanking you,
QuestionIII.
Write a reply to the letter that appeared in the Hindu in response to the review of Maya Bazaar. In your letter write whether the opinion expressed in above letter is a sufficient appreciation of Maya Bazaar?
QuestionIV.
Lets read the following skit?

Suhas : Amma, Amma... .

Mother : What, Suhas?

Suhas : My friends are planning to watch a movie. I too want to join them.

Mother : Movies, movies, movies. No, I cant let you go to movies too often.

Suhas : My friends are making fun of me. They call me a bird in a cage. (Goes out disgusted taking his school bag.)

Mother : Money, money, money. He always needs money. This is not a

kid. Its an apparition.

Father : (coming) Why are you shouting, Sarala? What did you say?

Mother : Didnt you hear? An apparition.

Father : Who is the apparition?

Mother : Who else could I mean? Its your son.

Father : Not your son? He needs money?

Mother : Yes, he needs money. He watches movies. His life is movies.

He doesnt care to study. All the children in the street are doing very

well. But this devil (Starts banging her head against the wall. No wounds.No blood)

Father : No, Sarala. No, dont do it.(Mother falls down and father brings a glass of water.)

Father : Sarala., Sarala.., have some water. (A pause)

Father : Sarala, we have to understand certain things.

Mother : (Having drunk water) As if you have understood You dont

worry about anything. He doesnt study at all. He is after movies.

Father : Wait! Ill find out.

Father : Suhas, you didnt take your bicycle today. You didnt take your

lunch box. You look tired ... .

Suhas : Amma doesnt understand me. She always makes fuss of me.

She always wants me to do one thing; study.. study... study. I want to

go to a film. That too once a week. All my friends are going. I too want

to go. Is it wrong on my part?

Father : Why dont you try to understand your mothers concern? She is

worried a lot about your future.

Suhas : But I am all right in my studies. I think, watching a film once a week, that too, watching a good film is not a sin.

Father : Which film did you want to watch

Suhas : "Life of Pi". Its an interesting movie with high technical values

Father : All right, my boy.

Father : Sarala, the boy didnt want to do anything bad.

Mother : But I have my own fears.

Father : I do understand. Your fears may have reasons. But what Suhas

wanted was just 100 rupees. And that too for watching an interesting film.

Mother : Maybe I was wrong. Well ask Suhas to go to the film. He is such a nice boy. He never troubles us.

Father : Come on. Lets have supper. Come, Suhas. Now lets ponder over these points :

Keeping in mind the features of a skit given below, prepare a skit on any subject you like most.

A skit has all the characteristics of a play. Usually, it does have a message to convey. It has a plot (a beginning, a crisis and a resolution).

However, there are certain differences with respect to time, number of characters, setting, etc. The skit is more of an informal nature. The number of characters is less. The setting does not have much importance.

Answer: (Rakesh, Prabhas and Suhas are the students of tenth class, studying at ZPH School, Uppalapadu.)

Rakesh : (with sorrowful face) Oh, no! What can I do now?

Prabhas : What happened, Rakesh? Why are you so sad?

Rakesh : (searching his pockets) I have lost my money. How can I get home ?

Suhas : Hi friends ! Dont you come home? Its already late.

Prabhas : Rakesh has lost his money.

Suhas : What? When did it happen?

Rakesh : I have just known about it.

Prabhas : Calm down. It will be OK How much money have you lost?

Rakesh : I have lost my fifty-rupee note !

Prabhas : Dont worry; I found a fifty-rupee note in the conference hall in the lunch break. I wanted to hand over the money to our H.M. I think that it is yours only! Here it is your note.

Rakesh : Yes, it is the note I have lost. I even wrote my name on it. See my name!

Suhas : Yes, your name is on the note. Certainly it is yours only.

Rakesh : Thank you very much, Prabhas. You are really a good boy. You could have bought something about the money you got but you didnt do that.

Prabhas : But, I wouldnt have felt good about it. I think that it is not a good thing to do. Wanting others money is nothing but stealing. 1 know very well that it is someone elses and he/she would be upset. I dont want to make sorrowful anyone. I too had the same bitter experience. I wouldnt forget how I was disappointed when I lost my money.

Rakesh : I wont forget your honesty. I am very glad and proud to have a friend like you. Prabhas : OK, friends. Come, our bus is ready to depart.

Maya Bazaar Summary in English

"Maya Bazaar" is a review published in "The Hindu" on 21st April, 2006 on the^ occasion of its Golden Jubilee. K.V.Reddys Maya Bazaar has been voted as the Greatest Indian Film" in an online poll conducted by a television news channel. Its director K.V.Reddy and producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani made it both in Telugu and Tamil.

The film became a super hit because of the performances of the star-actors S.V.Ranga Rao, Savitri, NTR, ANR and Gummadi and the efforts of K.V. Reddy. The great persons like Marcus Batley, Ghantasala, M.L. Vasantha Kumari, Leela, Suseela, Madhavapeddi, Gokhale, Pasumarthy and Pitambaram played their roles together in making up of such a landmark movie in Telugu film industry. It shows us Telugu culture, language and customs in every frame. When people saw it, they identified every character of the film with someone they knew in their area. The dialogues written by Pingali Nagendra Rao became immortalized. The songs such as Aha naa pelli anta," "Vivaha bhojanambu", etc., have a strong effect on people for a long time. This film made people familiarize with the words such as "Talpam", "Gilpam", "Asamadiyulu", "Tasamadiyulu", etc. We cant forget the expressions such as "veyandira veediko veeratadu", "hai hai sodara" and "hai hai naayaka".

Its story deals with the love of Sasirekha-Abhimanyu. The director uses a magic box to introduce the theme. It creates a wonderful effect on viewers. The scenes shown on its screen made the audience laugh heartily. The dialogues of Balarama made the women viewers recall their own problems in the hands of such brothers. The director greatly displays all the follies of human beings through all the characters except Ghatothkacha and Krishna. This film is a feast to us with its simile, imagery, adage, sarcasm and wit. Though it is the story of Pandavas and Kauravas, Pandavas are never seen throughout the movie. Even an NRI will know about Telugu culture if he/she happens to watch this Imovie.

Maya Bazaar Glossary

enduring (adj) : continuing for a very long time

christened (v) : gave something or someone a name

cinematography (n) : the skill or study of making films

VFX : visual Effects shortened to Visual FX and then to VFX

unleashing (v) : suddenly letting a strong force, feeling, etc. have its full effect

sterling (adj) : very good

ensemble (n) : a small group of musicians, actors or dancers who perform together regularly

facet (n) : one of several parts of someones character, a situation, etc

the vicinity (n) : the area around a particular place

reverberate (v) : have a strong effect on people for a long time

repertoire (n) : all that a performer can do

advent (n) : arrival

array (n) : an impressive collection of things

indignation (n) : a feeling of anger

sarcasm (n) : a way of using words that are the opposite of what one means to make fun of somebody

laps up (phr. v.) : to enjoy something without worrying about whether it is good, true, etc.

curtly (adv) : abruptly

confronted (v) : dealt with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way

tribulation (n) : formal serious trouble or a serious problem

folly (n) : a very stupid thing to do, especially one that is likely to have serious results

simile (n) : an expression that describes something by comparing it with something else

imagery (n) : the use of words or pictures to describe ideas or actions in poems, books, films, etc.

adage (n) : a well-known phrase that says something wise about human experience

wit (n) : the ability to say things that are clever and amusing

Important Question

TS 10th Class English 11th Lesson Maya Bazaar Questions and Answers

Section - B : Vocabulary & Grammar (Q.13 - 17):
Question(A).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answe booklet?
  1. Roberge does not endorses the accusation of Rays detractors that the master director made his reputation selling Indias poverty to the West.
  2. What struck me most was not the material poverty depicted in the films, and the enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than material poverty/ he said.
  3. Roberge does not spoke with the arrogance of the West.
  4. I was here on a quest to know the world and in the process know yourself.
  5. I did not came to here to convert. In fact, I am the one who got converted/ he said

Answer

  1. Roberge does not endorse the accusation of Rays detractors that the master-director made his reputation by selling Indias poverty to the West
  2. What struck me most was not the material poverty depicted in the films, but the enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people is much more deplorable than material poverty he said
  3. Roberge does not speak with the arrogance of the West
  4. I was here on a quest to know the world and in the process know myself.
  5. I did not come here to convert. In fact, I am the one who got converted; he said
Question(B).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. But it took him nine years after reaching Calcutta (now Kolkata) and joining St Xaviers College, to muster of the confidence to meet Ray in person.
  2. "Although I wanted to meet him right away, I didnt want just go and see him like he was a living museum piece.
  3. I wanted to prepare myself, get to know his works more, so that when we met, there can be a worthwhile dialogue," he said.
  4. When they final met, it was the beginning of a close friendship that lasted 22 years- until Rays death in 1992.
  5. It was a very quite friendship that developed over the years

Answer

  1. muster up the confidence
  2. I didnt want to just
  3. there could be a worthwhile dialogue
  4. When they finally met
  5. a very quiet friendship
Question©.
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. One important fallout this friendship is the establishment of Chitrabani.
  2. It was a communication and film institute, the first of its kind in West Bengal, which Roberge founded 1970 and to which Ray, as a token of friendship, lent his name as co-founder.
  3. Ray was in the first body and after a few terms readily agreed to be the institutes adviser.
  4. Roberge arranged most of the initial funding Canadian agencies. "I had no reservations applying for them, for I feel richer countries in the West are indebted to countries like India," he said.
  5. For 26 years Roberge was the director of Chitrabani and under him the institute not only important documentary features, but also became breeding ground for local talent for film-making

Answer

  1. One important fallout of this friendship was the establishment of Chitrabani
  2. which Roberge founded in 1970
  3. Ray was in the first governing body and after a few terms readily agreed to be the institutes adviser
  4. Roberge arranged most of the initial funding from Canadian Agencies.,
  5. Under him the institute not only produce important documentary features, but also became a breed ing ground for local talent for film-making
Question(D).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. K. V. Reddys Maya Bazaarhas voted as the Greatest Indian Film in an online poll conducted by a television news channel.
  2. The poll was conducted to find out Indias greatest film till date, the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema.
  3. And people Maya Bazaar over other Indian classics. The film is considered one of the enduring classics of Indian cinema and was christened as a landmark achievement in Indian films cinematography, art direction and VEX with the available technology during that time.
  4. The is a review on the film when it celebrated the Golden Jubilee in 2007.
  5. Fifty years ago, director K.V. Reddy or for that matter, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, would not imagined what they were unleashing. It was when they decided to make Maya Bazaar- a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil

Answer

  1. K.V.Reddys MAYA BAZAAR has been voted as the "Greatest Indian Film" in an online poll conducted by a television channel
  2. The poll was conducted to find out Indias greatest film till date - on the occasion of 100 years of Indian cinema
  3. And people chose Maya Bazaar over the other Indian classics
  4. The following is a review on the film when it celebrated the Golden Jubliee In 2007
  5. Fifty-years ago director K.V.Reddy or for that matter, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, would not imagined what they were unleashing
Question?.
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. Frame after frame impacts viewers to similarities.
  2. The greatness of the director lies here-he successfully reduces all characters to ordinarily mortals displaying all the follies of human beings except Ghatothkacha and Krishna.
  3. And then he injects in the Yadava household a Telugu atmosphere, full with its simile, imagery, adage, sarcasm and wit.
  4. The result - a feast for the eyes or soul. That is Maya Bazaar for you.
  5. Mind you, this is a story of Paandavas and Kauravas with the Yadavas pitch in

Answer

  1. Viewers with similarities
  2. to ordinary mortals
  3. Injects into the Yadava household
  4. eyes and soul
  5. the Yadavas picthin in
Question(F).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered irom 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them ar.d rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. When Savitri was twelve, she was offered a role in the film, Agnipareeksha, but was finally dropped as she looked too young with the role.
  2. She given a song sequence - Ranante rane ranu- in Pathala Bhairavi.
  3. Savitris part in it was brief, but the effect of her performance was considerate.
  4. Her expressions was beautiful. A lot of film makers recognized a potential artiste in her. As 6 result, she was elevated to the role of a heroine by the noted director L V Prasad in the film Samsaaram(1950).
  5. On the sets, she was nervous; she has to repeat many takes and this proved a setback for her

Answer

  1. too young for the role
  2. She was given
  3. her performance was considerable
  4. expressions were beautiful
  5. she had to repeat
Question(G).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. Savitri establish her credentials with Ardhangi (1955)
  2. She gave an exceptionally brilliance performance as a woman forced to marry a mentally retarded person (ANR). She nurses him back to health.
  3. She also teaches a lesson to her in-laws who conspire with her husband.
  4. Savitri captured the audiences with her charmful and magnificent acting.
  5. She was able convey a wide range of feelings through her expressive eyes

Answer

  1. Savitri established
  2. brilliant performance
  3. conspire against her husband
  4. with her charm and
  5. She was able to convey
Question(H).
Read the following passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered from 13 to 17 at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct them and rewrite the sentences in your Answer booklet?
  1. Savitri gets totally involved in whatever role she played.
  2. Chivaraku Migiledi is such one film. She played the role of a nurse in a psychiatry ward.
  3. In a particular scene the nurse has a nervous breakdown and cries uncontrolled. The shot was over.
  4. " CUT",the director said, but Savitri played the role could not stop crying!
  5. Everyone in the set had to run to her and pacifies her. The film became-a milestone in her career !!

Answer

  1. role she plays
  2. is one such film
  3. and cries uncontrollably
  4. Savitri who played
  5. and pacify her
(Q. 18 - 22):
Question(A).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answer:longstanding, being, of, with, compilation, that, been

    It was en route to India in 1961, at a stopover in New York, that 26-year- old Fr. Gaston Roberge was acquainted with
  1.  the works of Satyajit Ray through the Apu Trilogy. He found the world of Apu so fascinating that
  2.  he saw all three films in one sitting; and there began his longstanding
  3.  love affair with the people of India and Bengali cinema and culture, which led to path-breaking work in those fields. In his latest book, Satyajit Ray, Essays : 1970-2005, a compilation
  4.  of his essays as the name suggests, being
  5. published by Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, Roberge provides a scholarly, original analysis of Rays works
Question(B).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answer:greatest, receiving, in spite of, and, had cemented, great, instead of

    But this happened only after the friendship had cemented
  1. , for in the early days of their dialogue Rays shyness prevented him from talking about his own films. "He was even shy of receiving
  2.  compliments," said Roberge. To Roberge, the greatest
  3.  mark of Rays appreciation for him was that he often addressed the French-speaking priest in Bengali, " inspite of
  4. my lack of elegance in that language, and the fact that Ray knew both English find
  5.  Bengali so well."
Question©.
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answer:establishment, invented, governing, founded, reservations, funding, development

    One important fallout of this friendship was the establishment
  1.  of Chitrabani, a communication and film institute, the first of its kind in West Bengal, which Roberge founded
  2.  in 1970 and to which Ray, as a token of friendship, lent his name as co-founder. Ray was in the first governing
  3.  body and after a few terms readily agreed to be the institutes adviser. Roberge arranged most of the initial funding
  4. from Canadian agencies. "I had no reservations
  5.  applying for them, nor I feel richer countries in the West are indebted to countries like India," he said
Question(D).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answerfor, thought, because, in, imagined, by, landmark

    Fifty years ago, director K.V. Reddy or for that matter, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, would not have imagined
  1. what they were unleashing when they decided to make Maya Bazaar- a bilingual in
  2. Telugu and Tamil. The finished product hit the screen in 1957 to become a land mark
  3.  movie in the Telugu film industry. It became a hit not only for
  4.  the sterling performances of the star-ensemble that it had right from S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, NTR, ANR, and Gummadi, but also because
  5. K.V. Reddy was in full control over every frame of it
Question?.
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet. (June 2018)?

Answerwatched, immediate, tribute, audience, became, dialogues, because

    It is a tribute
  1.  to Telugu culture, language and customs of the land. The film was watched
  2.  repeatedly soon after its release because
  3.  people identified every character of the film with someone they knew in their immediate
  4.  vicinity and the audience
  5.  still do the same now
Question(F).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answerpride, learning, difficult, offered, difficulty, proud, learn, organization, was offered

    Telugu audiences are proud
  1. of many great producers, directors and artistes. Savitri is one such prestigious artiste. Ever since she was eight, she evinced interest in learning
  2.  dance. Later she associated herself with the theatre. She formed a theatre organisation
  3. as well. She had little difficulty
  4.  in entering the film field
  5. When Savitri was twelve, she was offered
  6.  a role in the film, Agni pareeksha, but was finally dropped as she looked too young for the role.
Question(G).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answerin, are, too, of, offered

    Telugu audiences are
  1. proud of
  2. many great producers, directors and artistes. Savitri is one such prestigious artiste. Ever since she was eight, she evinced interest in
  3.  learning dance. Later she associated herself with the theatre. She formed a theatre organization as well. She had little difficulty in entering the film field. When Savitri was twelve, she was offered
  4.  a role in the film, Agnipareeksha, blit was finally dropped as she looked too
  5.  young for the role
Question(H).
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the box. Write the Answers in your Answer booklet?

Answeran, amazing, as, full, to

    Savitris amazing
  1.  talent was in full
  2.  form in Missamma, a hit comedy that established Savitris place firmly as a star Mary in the film comes into an
  3. agreement with a Hindu youth, NandamuriTaraka Ramarao (NTR) to pretend as
  4.  a couple in order to
  5.  get a job in a school. Mary was a Christian to the core, whereas Rao was a tolerant Hindu. What results in is a three hour pure comedy for the audience
(Q. 23 - 27) : (A) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    It was a unique 
  1. friendship that developed between a French-Canadian priest and one of the worlds greatest film directors, and had a singular 
  2. impact on Bengali films both academic 
  3. and practically. It was en route to India in 1961, at a stopover in New York, that 26-year-old Fr. Gaston Roberge was acquaint 
  4. with the works of Satyajit Ray through the Apu Trilogy. He found the world of Apu so fascinated 
  5. that he saw all the three films in one sitting, and there began his long standing love affair with the people of India and Bengali cinema and culture
Question 23.
Write the word that is opposite in meaning of the underlined word?

Answer common

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer obvious

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer academically

Question 26.
Write the underlined verb with its correct form?

Answer acquainted

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with its correct form?

Answer fascinating

(B) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    Philosophically too, Roberge feels, Ray took off 
  1. where Tagore signed out 
  2. If one compares the last major prose piece by Tagore, "Shabhyatar Sankat" (Crisis of Civilisation), which he wrote at the beginning of the Second World War, which contains his immortal 
  3. dictum 
  4. that in spite of what was happening it would be a sin to lose faith in Man, and the last three films of Ray- Ganashatru, Shakha Prashakha, and Agantuk- the analogy 
  5. becomes clear
Question 23.
What does the underlined phrase mean ?

Answer to begin doing something

Question 24.
What does the underlined phrase mean ?

Answer leave or stop

Question 25.
Write the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word?

Answer mortal

Question 26.
What is the meaning of the underlined word ?

Answer a statement that expresses something that people believe is true

Question 27.
What is the antonym of the underlined word ?

Answer dissimilarity

(C) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    One important fallout of this friendly 
  1. was the establishment of Chitrabani, a communication 
  2. and film institute, the first of its kind in West Bengal, which Roberge founded 
  3. in 1970 and to which Ray, as a token of friendship, lent his name as co-founder. Ray was in the first governing body and after a few terms readily 
  4. agreed to be the institutes adviser. Roberge arranged most of the initial funding from Canadian agencies. "I had no reservations applying for them, for I feel richer countries in the West are indebtec to countries like India," he said For 26 years Roberge was the director of Chitrabani and under him the institute not only produced important 
  5. documentary features, but also became breeding ground for local talent for film-making
Question 23.
Write the correct form of the noun?

Answer friendship

Question 24.
What is verb form of the underlined word ?

Answer communicate

Question 25.
Write the synonym of this word?

Answer established

Question 26.
Name the part of speech of the word underlined?

Answer adverb

Question 27.
Write the antonym of the word underlined?

Answer trivial

(D) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    Fifty years ago, director K.V. Reddy or for that matter, producers Nagireddy and Chakrapani, would not have imagine 
  1. what they were unleashing 
  2. when they decided to make Maya Bazaar- a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil. The finished produce 
  3. hit the screen in 1957 to become a landmark 
  4. movie in the Telugu film industry. It became a hit not only for the sterling 
  5. performances of the star-ensemble that it had right from S.V. Ranga Rao, Savitri, NTR, ANR, and Gummadi, but also because K.V. Reddy was in full control over every frame of it
Question 23.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer imagined

Question 24.
Write the meaning of the underlined word?

Answer releasing

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with the right form of the verb?

Answer product

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer milestone

Question 27.
Write the meaning of the underlined word?

Answer excellent; outstanding

(E) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    As for songs, Aha naa pelli anta still reverberates 
  1. in marriages and Vivaahabhojanambu is yet another must. An entire repertoire 
  2. was added to the Telugu dictionary by the film. Take for example Talpam used for denote 
  3. a cot or a bed. Were Telugus using Gilpam as an antonym 
  4. of it till the movies advent 
Question 23.
Write the meaning of the underlined word?

Answer to have a strong effect

Question 24.
Write the meaning of the underlined word?

Answer all that a performer can do

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer denoting

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer opposite

Question 27.
Write the word that is in opposite to the underlined word?

Answer departure

(F) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet. (March 2018)
    Telugu audiences are pride 
  1. of many great producers, directors but 
  2. artistes. Savitri is one such prestigious artiste. Ever since she was eight, she evinced interest 
  3. in learning dance. Later she associated herself with the theatre. She formed a theatre organization as well. She had little difficulty 
  4. in entering the film field. When Savitri was twelve, she was offered a role in the film, Agnipareeksha, but was finally dropped as she looked to young for
  5. the role
Question 23.
Write the right form of the word?

Answer proud

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer and

Question 25.
Write the synonym of the underlined word?

Answer showed/expressed/displayed

Question 26.
Write the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word?

Answer ease/calm/felicity

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer too

(G) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    Savitri gets total 
  1. involved in whatever role she plays. Chivaraku Migiledi is one such film. She played the roll
  2. of a nurse in a psychiatry ward. In a particular scene the nurse has a nervous break-down and cries uncontrollably 
  3. The shot was over. "CUT", the director said, but Savitri who played the role could not stop crying 
  4. ! Everyone in the set had to ran 
  5. to her and pacify her. The film became a milestone in her carrier
  6. !
Question 23.
Write the correct form of the word underlined?

Answer totally

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a correct one?

Answer role

Question 25.
Write the antonym of the underlined word?

Answer calmly

Question 26.
Write the synonym of the underlined word?

Answer lament / weeping

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a correct one?

Answer run

(H) Some words/sentences in the following passage are underlined. Rewrite them as directed in your Answer booklet
    Savitri was awarded 
  1. the title Mahanatif{the Supreme artiste).She also received the Presidential award for her performance in Chivaraku Migiledi, the magnum opus 
  2. o Savitri. She was the recipient of Kalaimamaniand Nadigayar Tiiakamfrom Tamil film industry. Savitri had nearly 300 films to her credit. Her career was nearly 30 year long. She was equally admired 
  3. by Telugu and Tamil film lovers. She also acted in a few Kannada and Hindi films. She had a lions share 
  4. of films when she was at the zenith 
  5. of her career. Her passion for films was so strong that she directed and produced a few films, in spite of certain adversities

Savitri was a humane artiste. She was generous to the people who were in need. Once, she donated all the jewellery she was wearing to the Prime Ministers fund. Her rise as a star was like a meteor. She left the world in 1981 leaving an envied and unsurpassed legacy, behind her. Savitri is no more. But she is among us with her unforgettable roles. Her versatility lives on and on and on

Question 23.
Name the voice of the sentence?

Answer passive voice

Question 24.
Write a single expression for this phrase underlined?

Answer the best

Question 25.
Write the synonym of the word underlined?

Answer praised; approved

Question 26.
What do you mean by this phrase, underlined here ?

Answer major part of

Question 27.
What is the antonym of the word understand ?

Answer nadir

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Uppalapadu, Guntur. Dec. 2, 2013. To The Editor, The Hindu, Vijayawada. Sir/Madam, This is a rejoinder to the letter in the Hindu in response to the review of Maya Bazaar. First of all I would like to thank Mr. N. Sarathchandra for his appreciation of the movie Maya Bazaar that was released in colour. I totally agree with his view when he wrote to say that experiments are welcome to the film lovers. In this fast developing world, experimentation is necessary in each and every field to get better results. But I am not happy as the films naturality has been destroyed by touching some colours to it. The characteristics such as picturization, dialogues, direction, audio-effects, etc., are all the important components of a films success. If we try to experiment with any one of them, it will lose its originality. Hence, I opine that we should welcome the technological development but at the same time we shouldnt try to make a difference which takes away over Telugu culture, language and customs. I hope all will agree with me. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, XXXX Z.P. High School, Uppalapadu, Pedakakani Mandal, Guntur District