Bangalore, Jul 28: The maker of 'Malgudi Days' is no more. TS Narasimhan, film and TV serial producer, passed away at his residence in Tata Silk Farm here on Friday night. He was 86 and is survived by two sons and a daughter.
According to Badarinath, Narasimhan's son, the producer had been ailing for sometime. "He had undergone a surgery about 8 years ago and didn't recover from that. He had a cup of soup last night (Friday) and died at 9pm,'' said Narasimhan.
Narasimhan became popular for producing 'Malgudi Days', a Hindi serial for Doordarshan in 1986 based on the works of RK Narayan. The 39-episode serial was directed by Shankar Nag with Anant Nag, Master Manjunath and others in the role. The sketches for the serial was done by RK Laxman. It was shot in Agumbe near Shimoga.
Kavitha Lankesh, who directed 19 telefilms based on Narayan's short stories, said Narasimhan reminded her of her father P Lankesh. "Narasimhan was very strict, loving and disciplined. He was always punctual. He never delayed any payment," she said.
Narasimhan also produced a few Kannada movies. His first movie was 'Kesarina Kamala' (1973) with Minuguthare Kalpana in the lead role. He also made Bangarada Jinke, Banker Margayya (based on RK Narayan's work Financial Expert and directed by TS Nagabharana) and Dange Yedda Makkalu.
Nagabharana, who directed serials - Tenali Rama and Stone Boy (Indo-Mauritius co-production) for Narasimhan, said: "He was very disciplined. He took agreement from artistes and others while producing movies and serials. Perhaps, he was the one who introduced agreement in the field.''
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