The Blue Umbrella
1980 novel by Ruskin Bond / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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][3] 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.[4] This story appeared in Bond's collection of short stories, Children's Omnibus.