johnny walker played the role of swami in malgudi days.
johnny walker played the role of swami in malgudi days.
who played the role of swami in malgudi days?
johnny walker
master manjunath









































manjunath nayaker is an indian actor and public relations professional. he is better known by his screen name master manjunath and "swami" for his lead role in the television series "malgudi days" (1987) directed by shankar nag and in its film version, "swami and friends".









































section::::early life.









































nayaker was born in bangalore, india. he did his ba in english and ma in sociology from mysore university and bangalore university. he also holds a diploma in cinematography and ca foundation course.









































section::::career.
master manjunath
in 2004, the project was revived with filmmaker kavitha lankesh replacing shankar nag as director. the new series was telecast from 26 april 2006 on doordarshan. most of the stories in the series are one episode long and were derived from the books "a horse and two goats", "malgudi days", "swami and friends" and "the vendor of sweets".









































section::::legacy.









































indian railways decided to rename arasalu railway station of shimoga district, india to malgudi railway station as homage to the location of malgudi days serial.
malgudi days (tv series)