Gift to 90s kids: Railways gives green signal to revamp Arasalu railway station into Malgudi station

re are some things from our childhood we never forget. A familiar taste, a place we call home, games we played, music we heard and our old friends. Same is story of RK Narayan's Malgudi days, evergreen. While 'Malgudi' in itself continues to remain fictional, a railway station in Karnataka is set to become 'Malgudi' soon.

Indian Railways have decided to give a green signal to rename Arasalu railway station to Malgudi railway station. Arasalu railway station, which is 34km from Shivamogga town and is located in Hosanagar taluk, in Karnataka has got  go-ahe from government to be renamed 'Malgudi.'

But Arasalu isn't just any random train station. It has special significance. This is where director-actor Shankar Nag filmed Malgudi Days movies after famed television series and refore Indian Railways decided to rename it to pay hom to legendary director and actor Shankar Nag. 

Confirming plans to rename station, Shivamogga MP B Y Raghavendra said, “re was a demand to name station after Malgudi Days and railways has agreed to change it to Malgudi Station.” 

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Along with just being renamed, Arasalu railway station will also have a restoration project, with South Western Railway investing an estimated cost of Rs 1.3 crore into its development.  old railway station building where film was shot is in a state of ruination. Plans of turning it into a railway museum are also underway.

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Malgudi Days, written by RK Narayan, was first published in 1943 and TV show was me using a few stories from this book in 1986 by Shankar Nag, a Kanna film and atre stalwart. show featured many famous celebrities from Kanna film world of those days – Girish Karn, Vishnuvardhan, Ananth Nag, Arundhati Nag and Vaishali Kasaravalli, to name a few.