By RK Narayan
Answer :
RK Narayan depicts the superstitious beliefs of people in ' The Antidote ' . Gopal a film actor is deeply upset when he is told that he has to enact a dying scene on his 49th birthday. Astrologers had predicted that if he survived his 49th birthday he could look forward to a smooth life thereafter. He had propitiated ( make peace ) the God's but feels it would be inauspicious to enact a dying scene on his birthday. He is desperate to get the ending changed. He pleads with the director, & the script writer and the script writer's boss in vain . Even the attempt to postpone the shooting fails. Gopal feels he cannot fight his fate any longer. He agrees to die. The shot he gives is perfect. But before the director can say 'Cut' Gopal winks at the camera. It is his way of reassuring ( Antidote) himself that he had not died, even in the shot.
Conclusion :
He believes that this little action would be an Antidote to the ill effects of enacting a dying scene on his birthday.
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