10th Class English Chapter 4A Rendezvous with Ray Textbook Questions and Answers
The word convert means change. Usually, the West come to India to convert the Indian people. They are known for their arrogance and look down upon Indians. They think that they are superiors in terms of knowledge, culture, civilization, etc. In one sense they want to convert the Indians and make them refined. In the other sense, the Westerners want to convert the Indians to Christianity. As far as Roberge is concerned, he was the one who got converted with the newly acquired knowledge about the world and got a chance to know about himself.
The word pairs square meal, pitch dark and bitterly cold are found together. That means they co-occur. Such co-occurring words or word combinations are called collocations(co + locate = collocate). These expressions are natural
Read the following paragraph and All in the blanks with appropriate expressions given in the list above
In every Indian language, a comedian is an essential character of films. In Telugu,Relangi and Ramanareddy provided comedy which made the audiences laugh heartily. Their appearance appealed to the film lovers.
Relangi was fat and short.
Ramana Reddy was lean and tall.
Their accent amused the film lovers.
Padmanabham and Allu Ramalingaiah followed their footsteps.
Rao Gopal Rao stint as villain-cum-comedian has been admired by all.
Mr. 101 Districts, Nutan Prasad left an indelible mark in the hearts of the audience.
Ali and Sunil are comedians.
They are also considered heroes.
Rajababu came later.
Brahmanandam has had a long career.
He has a world record.
His name found place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
He amused the people for long.
People have been laughing.
Sorrows of people are taking a back seat.
In the above sentences, the underlined adjectives and verbs are usually followed by certain prepositions.
A. As all the actors had taken their positions, the curtain rose. They started acting as thedirector had asked them to. The audience enjoyed the play very much. The hero kicked the comedian since the comedian had
done mischievous things. The musician fell off his chair after the comedian had fallen on him. The power went off after the musician had landed on the cables. There was darkness and silence everywhere. After a while two persons in the audience started a conversation.
B. Read the following conversation and fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms?
i. e. past perfect/simple past.
- Sarath : Oh ! What ________ (happen)? Everything ________ (be) disturbed before the play ________ (come) to an end
- Bharath : Damn it! The play ________ (be) very interesting. Someone on the stage ________ (do) something when the hero ________ (throw) him off
- Sarath : I too ________ (see) it. It was the comedian. The hero ________ (hurl) him since he ________ (do) a mischievous thing
- Bharath : How disgusting! I (pay) one hundred rupees before I ________ (enter) this theatre. Everything has become a chaos
- Sarath : Where ________ (be) the director? Had he ________ (try) to set things right before the audience ________ (start) leaving, it would have been nice
- Bharath : The electrician ________ (restore) the power before the audience ________ (leave). Thank God! At last the play resumed
Answer:
- happened, had been, came
- was, had done, threw
- saw, hurled, had done
- had paid, entered
- was, tried, started
- had restrored, left
IV. Given below is a paragraph with ten errors in the areas of concord,tense, prepositions, punctuation and articles. Edit the paragraph?
The Indian film industry has witnessed sweeping changes in the past hundred years. It started of with mute (mooki) films. Even then, people liked this new form of entertainment.There was several intervals in a film show because of a single projector. Later, the technology changes made a talkie films possible. A theatre of those days is like a rice mill. This type of theatre were called Touring Talkies. But these didnt tour. There were bamboo screens to served the purpose of walls of the modern theatre. Cut Shows were a luxury of those days. Have you ever watch them Now, the modern theatres is completely different. Multiplexes with dts, 3D and 4D are a present reality.
Answer:
The Indian film industry has witnessed sweeping changes for the past hundered years. It started off with mute (mooki) films. Even then, people liked this new form of entertainment. There were several intervals in a film show because of a single projector. Later, the technological changes made the talkie films possible. A theatre of those days was like a rice mill. This type of theatres were called Touring Talkies". But these didnt tour. There were bamboo screens to serve the purpose of walls of the modern theatre. Cut Shows were a luxury of those days. Have you ever watched them? Now, the modern theatres are completely different. Multiplexes with dts, 3D, and 4D are a present reality.
Study Skills
Read the following passage and rewrite it replacing all idioms, without changing the meaning of the passage?
Tragedy in Comedy
"Cut!.. Shot OK", shouted the director. The funny face of the comedian suddenly wore a worried look. He said to the director, "sir,.." The director did not allow him to
say anything. He said, "Yes, you can go " Where should he go? The comedian really did not understand what the director had meant. He could not make out what he said. As per the original plans, the comedian had to attend the schedule for 15 more days continuously. This put the comedian in soup as his wife was seriously ill. He was referring to the break he needed to visit his wife and maybe the director was referring to the sets. Perhaps both of them were talking to cross purposes. He had always been loyal to the firm that brought him into the limelight. But he could not help his wife. He was in a tight corner then. Yes! He had to face difficulties, yet he had to make people laugh. This was the paradox of his life. Wasnt it a tragedy in comedy
Answer:
"Cut! Shot OK", shouted the director. The funny face of the comedian suddenly wore a worried look. He said to the director, "Sir. " The director did not allow him to say anything. He said, "Yes, you can go " Where should he go ? The comedian really did not understand what the director had meant. He could not understand what he said. As per the original plans, the comedian had to attend the schedule for 15 more days continuously
This put him in a difficult situation as his wife was seriously ill. He was referring to the break he needed to visit his wife and maybe the director was referring to the sets. Perhaps both of them understood the other words incorrectly- He had always been loyal to the firm that made him catch the public attention. But he could not help his wife. He was in a trouble then. Yes ! He had to face difficulties, yet he had to make people laugh. This was the peculiar situation of his life. Wasnt it a tragedy in comedy
Listening
Listen to the radio programme and tick (?) the right answer to the following questions.
Jewels of India
This is All India Radio, Hyderabad.
Welcome to Jewels of India Programme presented by Meenakshi.
In our programme today, we will know about the most famous Indian filmmaker.
We know that Bengal is a beehive of cultural activities. It has witnessed cultural reforms. It is the birthplace of many writers and intellectuals.
To continue this tradition, another great son of India took birth in Calcutta on 2nd May 1921. Who ioiiicl that be? It is none other than Satyajit Ray, the son of a writer. a grandson ol an amateur astronomer. His home provided him with an ambiance to think and feel
Graduating from Presidency College, Calcutta, Ray moved to the open air university, hantiniketan1. A keen observer that he was, Ray imbibed the spirit of Shantiniketan. There he read extensively and developed interest in painting.
Back in Calcutta, Ray started working for a London-based advertising firm. Wasnt it a right place for a creative man like Ray? He worked there for some time and moved to London to work there.
There he watched films. Film after film. He liked the film Bicycle Thieves.That kindled interest in Young Ray in film-making. Slowly his interest led him to a world of creativity. That was the birth of a great film maker. And Ray became a film maker.
His films Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Agantuk were some of his master pieces. His vision for Bengali films was matchless.
Along with the Oscar Award, he received the Bharata Ratna. The legendary film maker passed away in 1992. But the film world cherishes his memories forever.
Next week we will know about another great personality.
Till then, good bye.
1.What was the programme about?
- Ray
- Jewels of India
- Film-making
Answer:
2. Which film inspired Ray?
- Agantuk
- Bicycle Thieves
- Shantiniketan
Answer:
3. The highest civilian award Ray received was?
- Oscar Award
- Bharath Ratna
- Padma Vibhushan
Answer:
Oral Activity
Make a short speech of 2-3 minutes about the film you have seen recently. You
should include the following points in your speech.
- What the film was.
- Why you liked it so much (You can talk about the direction, actors, costumes, music, songs, etc.)?
Answer:
Dear Sir and my dear friends,
I am very glad to take this chance of speaking on the film (movie) Satamanam Bhavathi", which I have seen recently along with my family members. I like it so much as it is a family sentiment movie. All the family members can sit and watch it pleasantly
The director of this film, Satish Vegesna presented it in a nice manner. We dont find the scenes of violence, more fights, horror, sex, etc. in this movie. The famous music director Mickey J Meyer composed beautiful songs for this movie. Audience can easily be mesmerised by the melodious songs written by lyricists Sri Mani and Ramajogaiah Sastry. In the characters of Raju and Nitya, Sarvanand and Anupama Parameswaran acted su-perbly. Prakash Raj and Jayasudha action is wonderful. Sameer Reddy cinematography is one of the attractions of this film. I conclude that it is a super hit movie which attracts the attention of the spectators
Thank you one and all for giving me this opportunity
Rendezvous with Ray Summary in English
Rendezvous with Ray is the news report published by Frontline on July 29 and on August 11, 2006. This is all about Satyajit Ray, the distinguished cine director from Calcutta (Kolkata). Gaston Roberge, a French-Candian priest presents his experiences with Ray in this lesson.
In 1961, when Fr. Gaston Roberge was 26 years old, he was acquainted with the works of Satyajit Ray through the Apu Trilogy. He saw all the three films in one sitting -the incident which made him love the people of India and Bengali cinema and culture. Roberge gives a scholarly, original analysis of Ray works in his latest book, "Satyajit Ray, Essays : 1970-2005". In his youth, Roberge knew of Bengal through Mircea Eliade La Nuit Bengalie, some of Tagore poems and a Reader Digest article on Mother Teresa. He was haunted by the harsh image of poverty shown in "Saint of the Slums" and Apu world came as a reassurance. Ray critics accused him that he made his reputation selling India poverty to the West. But Roberge was struck by the enormous spiritual poverty of some rich people which is worse than material poverty.
He wanted to meet Ray and make friends with him but it took him nine years after reaching Kolkata. He wanted to get to know Ray works more so that there could be a worthwhile dialogue between them when they met. Their friendship lasted about 22 years until Ray death in 1992. Their quiet friendship developed over the years. Ray friends called him Manikda. He was shy and discreet about showing his emotions. He was very simple and modest with a subtle sense of humour. Both the friends used to meet on Sundays at 9 a.m. at Ray residence on Bishop Lefroy Road, Kolkata. Ray used to show Roberge the private screenings and welcome his comments. Ray often addressed Roberge as the French- speaking priest in Bengali and Roberge felt it was Ray appreciation for him. Ray wrote his manuscripts in Bengali, with notes in English for his set-designer, with sketches and staff notation of music. Once, he missed the Charulatha screenplay. Though he knew who the culprit was, he didnt want to take any action with humane concern.
We find striking comparison between Tagore and Ray in their works. There is a philosophical analogy too between them. We find all the characters - the rich, the poor, the powerful, the humble, the peasants, the city persons, children, teenagers, adults, old people, men, women, etc. in Ray movies.
Rendezvous with Ray Glossary
rendezvous : a meeting place
unique (adj) : usually good and special
en route (adv) : on the way
stopover (n) : a halt in a long journey
acquainted (v) : deliberately found out about something
trilogy (n) : a set of three films with the same artists or characters [The Apu Trilogy comprises three Begali fims directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959)]
fascinating (v) : being attracted
path-breaking (adj) : totally new
compilation (n) : book, list, record, etc., which consists of different pieces of information, songs, etc.
insight (n) : a sudden clear understanding of something especially a complicated situation or idea
portal (n) : an entrance
haunted (v) : obsessed
reassurance (n) : something that is said or done which makes someone feel calmer and less worried or frightened about a problem
accusation (n) : the act of charging somebody
detractors (n) : people who criticise
deplorable (adj) : very bad, unpleasant and shocking
arrogance (n) : showing pride
quest (n) : a long search for something that is difficult to find
muster up confidence (idiom) : gain confidence
right away (idiom) : immediately
worthwhile (adj) : important or useful
discreet (adj) : careful about what you say or do, so that you do not offend, upset, embarrass people or tell secrets
stature (n) : the degree to which someone is admired or regarded as important
aloof (adj) : unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
intimidating (adj) : making you feel worried and not confident
unassuming (adj) : showing no desire to be noticed or given special treatment, modest
subtle (adj) : not easy to notice or understand
screening (n) : the showing of a film or television programme
cemented (v) : made a relationship between people, countries or organizations firm and strong
elegance (n) : the state of being beautiful, attractive or graceful
manuscript (n) : a book or piece of writing before it is printed
notation (n) : a system of written marks or signs used to represent something such as music, mathematics or scientific ideas
culprit (n) : the person who is guilty of a crime or doing something wrong
reputation (n) : the opinion that people have about someone or something because of what has happened in the past
humane (adj) : treating people or animals in a way that is not cruel and causes them as little suffering as possible
colossus (n) : someone or something that is extremely big or extremely important
sign out (phr.v.) : to write one name in a book when one leaves a place such as a hotel, an office or a club
dictum (n) : a statement that is believed to be true and followed
analogy (n) : a feature that is similar
didactic (adj) : intended to teach people a moral lesson
verbose (adj) : using or containing too many words
impulse (n) : a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do
aesthetics (n) : the art of judging beauty
denying (v) : saying that something is not true
agnostic (n) : a person who does not know whether God exists
frail (adj) : weak and thin
fallout (n) : result