About Malgudi Days


Malgudi Days is an Indian television series based on the works of R.K. Narayan. The series was directed by the late Kannada actor and director, Shankar Nag while Carnatic musician L. Vaidyanathan composed the score; Narayan's brother, R. K. Laxman was the sketch artist. The series was made in 1986 by film producer T. S. Narasimhan with Anant Nag as the lead actor.

The sketches for the serial were done by Narayan's brother and acclaimed cartoonist, R.K. Laxman. Thirty-nine episodes of "Malgudi Days" were telecast on Doordarshan . Subsequently, it was re-telecast on Doordarshan and later on Sony Entertainment Television, and Maa Television in Telugu. This television series was shot entirely near Agumbe in Shimoga District, Karnataka. 'Malgudi Days' remains one of the most loved, nostalgic television series of all times.

In 2004, the project was revived with film-maker Kavitha Lankesh replacing the late Shankar Nag as director. The new series was telecast from April 26, 2006 on Doordarshan.

Plot
The series involves various stories of R K Narayan and most of them are one episode long. The stories are from the books "A Horse and Two Goats", "Malgudi Days", "Swami and Friends" and "Vendor Of Sweets".

Swami and Friends revolves around ten-year old Swaminathan, or Swami as he is known by other characters. Swami portrays the growing pangs of a boy who despises school, as he makes excuses and roams around Malgudi with his friends. Swami's father works in a government office and his mother is a housewife. At home, Swami shares his adventures with his aged granny, who lovingly addresses him as "Chamy." Swami also has two close friends: Mani and the son of the Police Chief Superintendent, Rajam. Swami's character was portrayed by Manjunath, a regular actor in many of Shankar Nag's productions.

Vendor Of Sweets narrated the story of a sweet vendor, Jagan, his business and confrontation with his son who had returned from abroad. The title role was played by Kannada actor and director Anant Nag, and most of the actors for this serial were chosen from Kannada film Industry. 
Directed by: Anand Lal Das

Format TV series
Created by R. K. Narayan
Directed by Shankar Nag
Country of origin India
Language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 39
Running time approx. 22 minutes
Original channel DD National
Sony TV
TV Asia
Picture format 480i (SDTV)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malgudi_Days

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

This videos is heart touching for many like me….. Thanks a lot

Anonymous said...

I appreciate the effort in bringing back memories of "Malgudi Days" online. I enjoyed watching all the episodes. Artistic genius of both writer and director are commendable. Thanks for compiling them online.

Anonymous said...

It took me to my childhood days, thanks for bringing online

Anonymous said...

I love to watch malgudi days... its one of my fevouret serial...so thanks lot...


prarthana.

Anonymous said...

Excellent I love to watch these even more... But how can I download these video

dezigner's said...

great

Anonymous said...

...its certainly great to see all episodes together. Watching these videos was like an emotional roller-coster ride...with so many childhood memories attached. I must be 4 years old when Malgudi days was broadcast on Doordarshan for the first time. I still remember we had a new colour TV & the whole family as well as our neighbours used to come to watch Malgudi Days... Hats off to everyone involved behind this great epic!!! The serial carries a strong message that life was so much content when we had very less...
......................................Neel

Anonymous said...

i need to see it again on telivision at prime time bcz it give good entertainment and i hope all kids love it to watch it agin it very good.

Devendra Gehlod "MAIKHAN" said...

hi, its great to see episodes of malgudi days its very heart touching stories. due to this my childhood come in mind.

Anonymous said...

Awesome job... I want to download these video's....

pradeep said...

Mai wo din kabhi nahi bhoolunga jab mai, mere bhai aur papa, hum sab sath me "MALGUDI DAYS" dekhata the.
Pradeep,unnao,up.

Anonymous said...

I love all the stories of Malgudi days and wish more serials to be made on the writings of R. K. Narayan. (Aleena, Sept 6, 2010)

Anonymous said...

i always used to watch malguri adys when i was small , and when i find it here it was like a wish came true.thanks a lot !!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Simple, emotional stories.. I watched it when i was about 4-5 years old.. and now so happy that I can watch it online once again!! Although, I know people who were born after Malgudi days, who didn't like the show.. so I think it's only that generation and prior who love Malgudi days and would cherish it forever

Khushi said...

un4gettable stories which touches my heart.

Tarot Card said...

i love malgudi days...

Anonymous said...

I dont know how to thank you for this amazing website. God Bless You :-)

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much. I was just thinking sitting here to watch something intesting and I rememberd my childhood day i googled this site. My wish came true, I am so happy for this. I love malgudi days. It touches ur heart.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing the videos. Showed to my kids and they loved it a lot. simplicity in the stories and its presentation is amazing.

rishita said...

ITS AMAZING

yogeshk said...

we would had been playing outside when listening to tunes of...tanhaa..naa..tanhaa..naa..naa..we used to jump like monkeys towards way to our home to catch the serial..

this we can call a childhood epic,which none of children would like to miss.

a masterpiece of R.K Narayan,felicitated by Shankar Nag

parthasarathi said...

"Swami and Friends" is best of best.

Ashi said...

REALLY IT'S AMAZING.

tarannagyal said...

how can we download it

little change said...

owesome serial i have ever seen

Tickey said...

Nostalgic.. Brings back so many fond and wonderful memories of childhood...how all of us used to wait for Malgudi Days..thanks for compiling and sharing online..Thank u soooo much..

"Malgudi Days" was my favorite series and will always be so..

shweta said...

kindly provide with english subtitles if not dubbing

Abhinav Sarja said...

What a place to be in!!! after you come from a day meeting people of materialistic attiude.. With money ringing its clout and clamour up in the minds of every person... Malgudi days sets its imprint... A remark that I definitely agree..." There is a character of a short story.. every time you open the window of your house"

james said...

could some one help me about a serial
the story is a servant loses his masters kid in a waterfall. the kid calls him channa fu.
could yu tell me which serial is this

Vittal Kiran said...

@james
I've seen episode01 to 25, and i've not found any storyline like that(as you said). May be you can find it somewhere between Ep 26 - Ep 39.

vishal said...

reminds me of my childhood!! thank u!

arvind said...

one of my favorite TV show, i remembered my childhood days

Bharath said...

its awsome, what an effort by director and creator its really good i loved it

Suhithar Baus said...

James, it is Raicharan (Lost Child) by Tagore, I presume. Not sure of the author.

Dhrub said...

All time hit. I cant remove myself from my tv set while watching Malgudi Days. Unforgettable characters with great effort by the actors in presenting them.
And also great background music, really.
Could you please help me in getting its title music track (ta na na na na). Would really thankful to you.
Thanks

shankar said...

we miss you Shankarnag .........

akkhu said...

i searched 4 these episodes for long time(about 10 years).thanx to all u people.this serial is my childhood livelihood .at that time "swami" was my best friend on t.v.
hats off to:-
The producer,The director Late Mr. Shankar Nag.
and Writer Late Mr. R.K.NARAYAN.
thank u & we always miss u

appuraj said...

we miss u shankar nag anna

Sujit said...

Absolutely brilliant.

Raghu said...

Manjunath, Rohith and Raghu from the popular TV series 'Swami & Friends' came together to make this short film in June 2011:
http://youtu.be/jLGgYRxaqVc

dua.sam.sachin said...

its heart touch episode
bachpan ke cute memories
requst to star channel ke ek baar phir say malgudi days start kare

Mallikarjun said...

Its an awesome episode, i don't have any top words to explain about it, I really enjoyed, Hats-op to shankarnag and others, and Thanks for up-loader of those episodes on the site.
Awesome......Awesome....Awesome......

Rahul Patel said...

great stories..thanks to all malgudi days friends..
if you download all episode.please follow this link...http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6214460/

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