Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Taanaa na taananaa naa

Only once in a while we find such television shows , which teach you a lesson with no effort ,where the plot is not complex but keeps you mesmerized , Where you know in each episode the climax of the story is going to be that good will win ultimately and even in few plots there won't be any antagonist at all, still the simple human feelings,and love and affection are so well depicted that you love it all. Malgudi, a perfect society I sometimes used to believe that such a place really existed . When the world is full of mistrust , suspicion and competing for being more crafty and refined , small stories like these have inculcated the morals and simplicity in many.
R. K Narayan, the writer extraordinaire, puts a story so simply that I would even put him in the class of Prem chand and Tolstoy and Gorky. The major treat and the delight surely was the title song/music . Tana na na na na Tana na na na na which is still a favourite of many of my generation . I somehow feel myself very fortunate that I grew up in a time when television was really a source of education family entertainment(atleast till I was in mid teens ) . I take pity on the kids who are growing up with cable and cartoon network and are missing up the real lessons of life for animation .

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