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@article{180772,
        author = {Maharnab Baruah},
        title = {Between Art and Capital : Understanding The Guide from Novel to Film},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {1},
        pages = {2743-2754},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=180772},
        abstract = {This paper examines how R.K. Narayan’s novel The Guide was adapted into the 1965 Hindi/English film Guide. While the novel narrates a calm and contemplative story steeped in Indian life and culture, the cinematic adaptation turns to drama and emotion to reach a wider audience. The paper therefore renders the rationale that the adaptation was beholden to commercial considerations of the rapidly growing capitalistic Indian cinema, and also touches upon how the characters and themes were changed through the process. Supporting the arguments for changes in the story during the process of adaptation and how these adaptions reflect the age and the audience they are made for; the paper draws on theories of adaptation from Linda Hutcheon and Thomas Leitch.},
        keywords = {Adaptation, Linda Hutcheon, R.K. Narayan, The Guide, Thomas Leitch, Vijay Anand},
        month = {June},
        }