Some people think different!! and they do it all the time. One such person is kannada writer/director Guruprasad. He is famous for his 2 kannada movies MATA and EDDELU MANJUNATHA. In his first book "Director's special", he comes up with a collection of short stories which are "different" from the routine stories which we get to read normally.
The book consists of 18 write-ups consisting of short stories, his reviews and his personal experiences in the film industry. As I would not want to comment on his individual opinions, I would like to keep this reviews strictly for his short stories. Each of the handful of stories in this book succeeds in keeping your interest till the end and make sure that you have a smile on your face by the end of the story. Though a couple of stories turn out to be sore thumbs, the rest of the stories easily make up for it.
Of all the interesting stories, 2 of them need a special mention. The stories dealing with (untold story in ramayaNa) and (husband's prayer to God) are innovative and shows the author's talent in thinking out of the box. The first thought that came to my mind after reading these stories was ," how can he come up with such a thought"...There are 2 kinds of writers who can bring freshness to story writing. One write a known/familiar story with a fresh presentation while another write a new story / situation altogether. Guruprasad belongs to the latter group .
One common point in all the stories is that the author does not try to give a message or force his thoughts on the readers in any of his stories. They are simple figments of the author's wild imaginations which will make the readers sit back and think about the story in his own way. I sincerely feel that a thinking person like Guruprasad should soon come up with a full fledged collection of short stories and feed us with some more innovative, but interesting stories.
Read it without a miss if you like short stories with a difference
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