Thanana thana na na na... the signature music of ‘Malgudi Days’ scored by Music Director L. Vaidyanathan, is suffice to transport one back to mid-80s. The 39-episode popular TV serial by name ‘Malgudi Days’ which was a screen adaptation of a trilogy of stories penned by the acclaimed writer R.K. Narayan and directed by actor-director Shankar Nag (late) was aired on Doordarshan in three seasons from 1986 to 1988. It still arouses one’s curiosity, for the combination of the duo (R.K. Narayan and Shankar Nag), who were stalwarts in their respective fields.
Among very few who were a part of ‘Malgudi Days’ and still reminisce the moments related to those days, is Manjunath Nayaker, better known as Master Manjunath, once a leading child actor of Sandalwood. Though in his late 40s, Manjunath is okay with the prefix ‘Master’ without which he feels incomplete.
