Stone Boy (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Stone Boy is an India
n children's television series of 10 episodes that ran on DD National
channel during the 1990s. It was shot in Mauritius
. The story was based on a fantasy story of a poor farmer/milkman boy who gets cursed by fairies.
Eventually, what the fairies said starts to come true. The boy starts getting more profit from business. He starts getting richer. But jealous villagers can't stand his progress. One day they force him to tell the secret of prosperity. The boy cannot keep silent when the whole village is forcing him to tell the secret. So he starts telling them the secret. No sooner has he uttered the secret than his body is transformed into a stone of arbitrary shape and shifted to the peak of the mountain. That mountain is called the Stone Boy since then.
When Ajit and Archana hear this legend, they think of trying to call back Stone Boy. They climb up the mountain and call him to come back. But Stone Boy does not appear.
Again they start living their normal lives, with the problems of not having any more new friends in the new country.
Ajit and Archana think of giving it one more try to call back Stone Boy. This time they keep in mind the fact that they need to call him from the depth of their hearts. So they sing a very touching song: "Aaa gaya hoon paas tere, chod ke sab yaar mere, karle mujhse dosti, Stone Boy..." They succeed. The stone boy comes back to life. Stone Boy is only visible to Ajit and Archana. Stone Boy helps Ajit and Archana to make new friends. Vijay becomes their new friend who can now see Stone Boy. Stone Boy also wishes to enjoy his long-awaited three days of life. So the foursome enjoy three days. After three days, Stone Boy has to go back to his stone form.
The story ends with a very emotional scene of Stone Boy getting transformed back into stone.
India
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n children's television series of 10 episodes that ran on DD National
DD National
DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
channel during the 1990s. It was shot in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
. The story was based on a fantasy story of a poor farmer/milkman boy who gets cursed by fairies.
Plot
Ajit and his sister Archana have to shift to a new country as their father's job gets transferred. They get admitted to a new school. Initially they find it difficult to befriend their new class mates and end up fighting with many. The schoolmates are not ready to accept the new class mates Ajith and Archana. Eventually, they come to know about a mountain called Stone Boy. There is a legend about this mountain that long long ago there was a poor farmer/milkman boy. He was having very bad days because of his poverty. He owned a goat and selling that goat's milk was his source of income. Every day he used to milk his goat and went selling milk. One day when he was returning home from his business, he saw an amazing scene. A group of very beautiful fairies had landed on earth and were enjoying dancing and singing. He saw their whole "leela" or singing and dancing by hiding behind a large stone. Eventually a fairy happens to catch him having a sneak-peak. The fairies get very angry at him and curse him. But the poor boy pleads for forgiveness. One of the fairies takes pity on him, and asks him to make a promise. The fairy says, "From now on, you will become prosperous. All your problems will be solved. All hurdles in your life shall be removed. But only while you keep this secret that we fairies visit this place on earth. You shall have to keep this secret. If you ever tell this to anyone, all your prosperity will be lost and you will be transformed into a stone on that high mountain. You can only appear upon being called as a normal human being once every fifty years, for just three days. Remember, you can appear as a normal human being only when someone climbs to that mountain, and calls you from the depth of his heart. After three days of your coming back to humans you shall again be transformed into stone for another fifty years, waiting for someone to call you. This would be your punishment for not keeping our secret." Saying this, the fairies disappear.Eventually, what the fairies said starts to come true. The boy starts getting more profit from business. He starts getting richer. But jealous villagers can't stand his progress. One day they force him to tell the secret of prosperity. The boy cannot keep silent when the whole village is forcing him to tell the secret. So he starts telling them the secret. No sooner has he uttered the secret than his body is transformed into a stone of arbitrary shape and shifted to the peak of the mountain. That mountain is called the Stone Boy since then.
When Ajit and Archana hear this legend, they think of trying to call back Stone Boy. They climb up the mountain and call him to come back. But Stone Boy does not appear.
Again they start living their normal lives, with the problems of not having any more new friends in the new country.
Ajit and Archana think of giving it one more try to call back Stone Boy. This time they keep in mind the fact that they need to call him from the depth of their hearts. So they sing a very touching song: "Aaa gaya hoon paas tere, chod ke sab yaar mere, karle mujhse dosti, Stone Boy..." They succeed. The stone boy comes back to life. Stone Boy is only visible to Ajit and Archana. Stone Boy helps Ajit and Archana to make new friends. Vijay becomes their new friend who can now see Stone Boy. Stone Boy also wishes to enjoy his long-awaited three days of life. So the foursome enjoy three days. After three days, Stone Boy has to go back to his stone form.
The story ends with a very emotional scene of Stone Boy getting transformed back into stone.
Cast
- Manjunath also known as Master ManjunathMaster ManjunathManjunath Nayaker better known by his screen name Master Manjunath or Swami for his lead role in the television series Malgudi Days directed by Shankar Nag and subsequently in its film version, Swami And Friends....
... as Ajit - Neha Contractor ... as Archana
- Ankur Javeri ... as Stone Boy
- Parikshit Ambatkar ... as Vijay
- Rajesh Chand ... as the main villain- Bholu
- Dinesh ChandDinesh ChandDinesh Chand is a Fijian professional golfer who plays mainly on the Japan Golf Tour.At the end of 2009, he lost his full playing rights for the Japan Golf Tour and so decided to play on the developmental Japan Challenge Tour in 2010...
... as Gopi- friend