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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partner and answer the following question:
What are your strengths?
| Strengths | Why do you feel so? |
What is your dream career?
I want to become a………
• Is there any correlation between your strengths and aspirations?
• Do you think you can achieve your dreams? Give reasons.
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उत्तर
| Strengths | Why do you feel so? |
| Why do you feel so? | I believe that being honest is of paramount importance in any situation. |
| Hardworking | I have never shirked from hard work and I never use short cuts to achieve my goals. |
| Capable | I can put my hand to any type of work. |
| Dependable | I am a person of my word and I rarely break my promise. |
| Moral | I have a strong moral compass that guides me in making my decisions. |
| Passionate | I am deeply passionate about everything I undertake. |
| Intelligent | My intellect helps me deal with various problems that come in my way. |
| Focused | I am very clear with what I want to achieve and will never stray from my goals. |
Dream careers:
- Teaching
- Scientist
- Lawyer
- Doctor
- Engineer
- Banker
- Sportsman
Yes, you need to have the strength to carry out your various aspirations:
- As a teacher-dedicated/passionate about your work.
- As a banker-honest/hardworking /intelligent.
- As a doctor-dedicated / honest / intelligent / empathetic
- As an engineer-persevering/ intelligent/focused.
Yes, I will be able to achieve my dreams as I have all the qualities and the strength to be successful in the career I want to follow.
I take good care of my health (both body and mind) by having a balanced diet, by exercising and by leading a stress free life. I also speak several languages and am fluent in my mother tongue as well as in English so I am sure I will be able to communicate with all.
Above all, I am an honest, noble and hardworking human being and with all these qualities I am definite that I will succeed.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why did the dialogue given to him disappoint Patol Babu?
Patience and hard work go a long way in achieving your goals. How does Patol Babu win the admiration of the director through a very small role? Write in 80–100 words.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
'Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax ? A meek harmless man like him and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him.'
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) Why does he think that he is being made a 'laughing stock'?
(c) What does the word 'hoax' mean?
Answer the following question briefly :
How does Patol Babu reconcile to the dialogue given to him?
Answer the following question briefly :
‘Patol Babu was a meticulous man’Elucidate.
Answer the following question briefly :
What were the special touches that Patol Babu gave to his role to make it more
authentic?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :
'Were these people pulling his leg? Was the whole thing a gigantic hoax? A meek, harmless man like him, and they had to drag him into the middle of the city to make a laughing stock out of him. How could anyone be so cruel?' Why does Patol Babu have these thoughts?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :
Patol Babu is an amateur actor for whom walk-on part in a movie turns into an ultimate challenge. Discuss.
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :
Why does Patol Babu walk away before he can be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook :
Do you think making a movie is an easy job? Discuss with reference to the story.
Here are some lines from the lesson. Match the meanings of the underlined words with their meanings listed below
| (a) Then he had a job in a Bengali firm which he gave up in disgust when his boss began to treat him in too high-handed a fashion | stimulate the imagination |
| (b) A faint memory was stirred up in Patol Babu's mind. | to surrender or relinquish |
| (c) At first he opened a variety store which he had to wind up after five years. |
staged |
| (d) In Jatras, in amateur theatricals, in plays put up by the club in his neighbourhood, Patol Babu was always in demand | to gain control over one's actions |
| (e) Patol Babu was about to step forward when he was pulled up short by a voice shouting 'Silence!' |
shut down |
| (f) Patol Babu pulled himself together | stopped |
Patol Babu impresses everyone at the shoot with his acting talent in spite of having a one word dialogue. In groups of four enact the word 'Oh' in different ways to show the following emotions:
• happiness • sorrow
• excitement • fear
• sarcasm • pain
• disappointment • surprise
Each group will then enact one of these emotions to the rest of the class using the word
'Oh'. The other groups will try to guess which emotion is being expressed.
Patol Babu writes a letter to Nishikanto Ghosh to thank him for being instrumental in his getting a role in a film. He also shares his experience at the film shoot including the excitement and deep satisfaction that he derived from the same. Write the letter in about 200 words.
Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.
'star quality' refers to things like……………..(Tick the right choice)
Ten minutes or so later Naresh Dutt went looking for Patol Babu near the paan shop and found that he was not there. “That’s odd the man hadn’t been paid yet. What a strange fellow !”
(a) Where had Patol Babu gone ?
(b) Why did Patol Babu leave without informing anyone ?
(c) Why was Naresh Dutt looking for Patol Babu ?
(d) What does the incident tell us about Patol Babu ?
Answer the following in 100-200 words :
"Patol Babu, Film Star," by Satyajit Ray emphasizes the valuable contribution of a mentor in changing a negative mindset into a positive one. Describe how Mr. Pakrashi's advice helps Patol Babu in performing his role.
