Poets and Pancakes

Ans. In the makeup room there used to be lots of lights, which produced a lot of heat which troubled the actors in the makeup room.

Ans. People from different regions and religions used to work in same department without any conflict. That is why author calls it National Integration.

Ans. The makeup boy used to apply makeup on the faces of the actors for shooting. He had joined the studios in the hope that he would become a big star one day. He was disappointed because he never became a big star.

Ans. The author’s duty was to cutout newspaper clippings and store them in files. Other people in the studios did not consider this work much important. Therefore, the author appeared to be doing nothing at the studios.

Ans. The office boy had joined the studios in the hope that he would become a big star one day. He was disappointed because he never became a big star.

He showed his anger on Kothamangalam Subbu.

Ans. Mr. SS Vasan was Subbu’s principal.

Ans. His four special abilities were

i) He was cheerful at all times.

ii) He was a helping hand for everyone in the studios.

iii) He was an amazing actor.

iv) He had a loving nature.

Ans. The career of young actress had come to an end because of the legal adviser. Therefore, he was referred as the opposite by others.

Ans. Everyone wore Dhoti Kurta while the lawyer wore pant shirt, tie and coat. This made the lawyer stand out from the others at the Gemini Studios.

Ans. The people at Gemini Studios had no particular political affiliations. They were only follower of Gandhiji and wore Khadi.

Ans. The Moral Rearmament Army was welcome at the Studios because the Moral Rearmament Army and the people in the studios, both were anti-communist.

Ans. Gemini Studios was influenced by the plays staged by MRA because for a few years, all Tamil plays featured a sunrise and sunset scenario in the style of ‘Jotham Valley’.

Ans. Gemini Studios boss was Mr. S.S. Vasan.

Ans. Most of the people in Gemini studio spoke Tamil and the English man spoke only English. This caused the lack of communication between the Englishman and the people at Gemini Studios.

Ans. The Englishman’s visit is referred to as an unexplained mystery because he gave speech in English and no one understood it.

Ans. Stephen Spender, an Englishman was the English visitor to the studios.

Ans. Author went to the British Council Library and there he came to know the English visitor who came in Studio was Stephen Spender.

Ans. ‘The God that failed’ was the group of six essays, written by 6 different writers. In these essays all the respective writers, wrote about their journey into communism and their return.