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    The document provides details from Asokamitran's autobiography about his time working at Gemini Studios in India. It describes how the makeup department used large quantities of "pancake" makeup on actors. It also profiles some of the colorful characters that worked at the studio, including Subbu who was a talented poet and actor, and an office boy who felt he deserved to be a star. The document also mentions a visit from English poet Stephen Spender and discusses his background and connection to the studio's owner.

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    The document provides details from Asokamitran's autobiography about his time working at Gemini Studios in India. It describes how the makeup department used large quantities of "pancake" makeup on actors. It also profiles some of the colorful characters that worked at the studio, including Subbu who was a talented poet and actor, and an office boy who felt he deserved to be a star. The document also mentions a visit from English poet Stephen Spender and discusses his background and connection to the studio's owner.

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    POETS AND PANCAKES

    ASOKA MITRAN

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    ● In this lesson, Asokamitran talks about Gemini Studios and all that helps in
    keeping it in the spotlight.
    ● He starts by making a mention about ‘Pancakes’, the famous make-up brand
    which Gemini Studios ordered in truckloads.
    ● He then talks about the plight of actors and actresses who have to bear too many
    lights on their face while getting ready in the make-up room.
    ● The make-up department, according to him, used heaps of make-up to turn them
    into ugly-looking creatures.

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    Poets And Pancakes: Central Theme
    Poets and pancakes summary has been taken from the
    autobiography ‘My Years With Boss’ by Asokamitran. It shows
    the time period when he used to work in the Gemini Studio. It was
    a very famous film studio of that time and he got a lot of exposure
    there. We came to know that he used to cut paper cuttings of
    different topics.
    Through this lesson, we get to know about the working of the
    Indian film industry. He also wrote about the makeup department
    and we came to know that ‘pancake’ was the makeup material
    used in the industry. 11
    Character Analysis

    1. Ashokamitran
    He is the author of this lesson and used to work as an
    employee of Gemini Studio. His job was to cut newspaper
    clippings on different topics and make a file on it. The
    other members of his staff looked down upon his work and
    felt superior to him always.

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    2. The Office Boy
    He was not really a young boy, but a grown-up man of
    forty years old and was given the duty of crowd makeup.
    His job was an easy one still he feels he was an expert
    and a skilled make-up artist. He blamed Subbu for his
    failure to become a hero or a star actor.

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    3. Kothmangalam Subbu
    He was considered the No.2 at the studio and came from a lower
    background than the office boy but being a brahmin he was
    given more importance than the office boy. He always looks
    cheerful as a lark and was loyal towards Vasan, always being at
    service for him. He was extremely creative and used his talent to
    his own advantage and to make his position strong in the studio.
    He was a talented poet also and sometimes performed better
    than the lead actors. He used to write poems in Tamil and so he
    had made some enemies also in the studio. He was a brilliant
    poet and actor and contributed a lot to the Studio 14
    . Legal advisor
    He was a lawyer in the story department of Gemini
    Studio. He wore pants and a tie and sometimes an
    oversized coat unlike everyone in the department. He
    possesses cold and lame logic. He destroyed the career
    of many actresses by his unrealistic behavior.

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    5. Stephen Spender
    He was an English poet, editor, and a one-time communist
    who gave a speech about Communism. He gave a long lecture
    on communism and also explains his tough times when he
    wishes to establish it here. Later on, people could know about
    the reason he gave. Asokamitran, later on, came to know that
    he was the Editor of the British Periodical, ‘Encounter’.he
    recognized the connection between him and the owner of the
    Studio, S.S. Vasan.
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    MRA (Moral Re-Armament)
    In 1938, Europe was rearming militarily. Frank Buchman, who had
    been the driving force behind the Oxford Group, was convinced
    that military rearmament alone would not resolve the crisis. At a
    meeting of 3,000 in East Ham Town Hall, London, on 29 May
    1938, he launched a campaign for Moral Re-Armament. "The
    crisis is fundamentally a moral one," he said. "The nations must
    re-arm morally. Moral recovery is essentially the forerunner of
    economic recovery. Moral recovery creates not crisis but
    confidence and unity in every phase of life."[1]
    The phrase caught the mood of the time, and many public figures17

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