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Malgudi Days

Name: Malgudi Days
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1987-03-17
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Manjunath, Girish Karnad, Anant Nag, Shankar Nag, Vaishali Kasaravalli

Drama Family

★ 7.9/10 TMDB Premiered 1987-03-17 4 seasons 54 eps

## Series Overview Set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi, *Malgudi Days* brings R. K. Narayan’s celebrated stories to life through a rich collection of tales about ordinary people and everyday experiences. Blending humour, warmth, irony and social observation, the series explores childhood, family, friendship, ambition, poverty, tradition, superstition and the changing values of Indian society. From schoolboys and shopkeepers to servants, postmen, astrologers and wandering performers, each story captures the distinctive character of Malgudi while reflecting universal human emotions. Adapted from Narayan’s short stories and novels, *Malgudi Days* remains one of Indian television’s most enduring literary adaptations.

Last Episode Aired 2006-12-25

S4E1 — A Hero

Swami’s father grows tired of what he considers his son’s cowardice and orders him to sleep alone in the office for a night. Terrified Swami reluctantly obeys, only for an unexpected encounter in the darkness to transform him into a local hero.

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