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Discuss with your partner and answer the following question: What are your strengths?

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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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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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Patol Babu, Film Star
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पाठ 5: Patol Babu, Film Star - Exercises [पृष्ठ ५५]

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सीबीएसई English Literature Reader [English] Class 10
पाठ 5 Patol Babu, Film Star
Exercises | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ५५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

"Oh, oh, oh; oh, oh ..." Patol Babu began giving the exclamation a different inflection each time he uttered it: After doing it a number of times he made an astonishing discovery.

(a) Why did Patol Babu repeat the word, `oh' over and over again '?

(b) What 'astonishing discovery' did he make?

(c) What does the word, 'uttered' mean?


Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

Patol Babu suddenly felt that he could write a whole thesis on that monosyllabic exclamation. Why had he felt so disheartened when this single word contained a gold-mine of meaning?

(a) Why was Patol Babu disheartened?

(b) Which was the word that contained a 'gold-mine'?

(c) What does the word 'monosyllabic' mean?


Answer the following question briefly :

 How did Patol Babu react? Why?


Answer the following question briefly :

Who was Mr. Pakrashi? How do his words help Patol Babu in enacting his role?


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 :

'I hope the part calls for some dialogue?' Who says this? Why does he /she ask this
question?


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 :

Do you agree with the statement that Patol Babu is a practical man who comes to terms with whatever life has to offer? Give reasons for your answer.


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. What do they tell us about Patol Babu's character? You may take help from the words given in the table below or find some of your own from the dictionary. The first one has been done for you:

passionate       actor          diligent            unassuming         talented
genial     mercenary      short-tempered       introvert
meticulous     modest     humble         arrogant

(a) That an offer to act in a film could come to a 52-year-old nonentity like him was
beyond his wildest dreams unassuming; modest

(b) Indeed, there was a time when people bought tickets especially to see
him…………….

(c) 'I was with Hudson and Kimberley for nine years and wasn't late for a single day.'
…………………………………….

(d) It didn't matter if the part was small, but, if he had to make the most of it, he had to learn his lines beforehand. How small he would feel if he muffed in the presence of
so many people………………………….

(e) Patol Babu cleared his throat and started enunciating the syllable in various ways. Along with that he worked out how he would react physically when the collision took place--how his features would be twisted in pain, how he would fling out his arms, how his body would crouch to express both pain and surprise--all these he performed in various ways in front of a large glass window. …………………….

(f) It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication?...............................................................


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.


Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

Supporting roles are those roles that do not affect the plot or the subject of the film


Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

People become character actors chiefly because (Tick the right choices)


Listen to your teacher read out from page no. 193, the passage on character actors and complete the exercise as directed.

The chief advantages of being a character actor is that …………….(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.


In Patol Babu, Film Star, how is Patol Babu's character a commentary on the struggling actors in the film industry?


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