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Question
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 ?
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Solution
(a) Patol babu had gone to the place where shooting had to be recorded.
(b) Patol babu left without informing anyone because acting gave him more satisfaction, as he was one of the passionate actors. He felt satisfaction he got was more than the 20 or 50 rupees that he would be getting
(c) Naresh Dutt was looking for Patol Babu to give him his pay for acting in Baren Mullick’s film.
(d) The incident tells us about Patol Babu that he was not greedy about money. He cannot wait to be paid because he thinks that whatever he did there is priceless.
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