The Blue Umbrella

For the film adaptation, see The Blue Umbrella (2005 film). For the unrelated Pixar short film, see The Blue Umbrella (2013 film).

The Blue Umbrella is a 1980 Indian novel written by Ruskin Bond.[1] It was adapted into 2005 Hindi film by the same name, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, which later won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film.[2] In 2012, the novel was adapted into a comic by Amar Chitra Katha publications, titled, The Blue Umbrella – Stories by Ruskin Bond, and included another story, Angry River.[3] This story appeared in Bond's collection of short stories, Children's Omnibus.

  1. ^ "The Blue Umbrella: by Ruskin Bond". Goodreads.
  2. ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  3. ^ "Ruskin Bond's books now as comics". The Hindu. June 23, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2013.