hi kalki by himself though a freedom fighter was a very gentle man. the exact personification of hios charecter is in the ' saving the sparrow fledgelings from the flood " episode. in Ps there arent many fight sequences.even the wars come in flashbacks. if i am not mistaken the only case of violence comes when vandiyathevan and rrc fight it out with swords. in comparision narasimha pallava or vikraman of parthiban kanavu did justice to their clans.
could we discuss the war and fight scenes kalki described in these three books?
> could we discuss the war and fight scenes kalki described in these > three books? > > venketesh > Hi venkatesh
Parthiban kanavu - the dialogue he has with the the poli saamiyaar. even though kalki did not describe the actual war, he brought out the valour in just that one dialogue.
in PS - when VT is first inside tanjore, as he waits to meet sundara cholar - he is left inside the painting room, filled with portraits of all the great warriors - has some lovely lines on bravery at the battle front
It was a mock fight bet VD and RRC, at least there was no violence. But the fight between Ravidasan, assisted by VD and the Ara pirates in the ship is a real one; all the pirates are killed. All the sailors and the 'kalapati' were killed on the land by the arabs.
Hello Mr.Venkatesh; Ive always maintained that the introduction seen of RRC, with himself and VT on horseback, is a superbly written one. Its definitely not war and definitely not a full fledged fight but truly stunning neverthless. If ever PS comes on silver screen, hope they do justice to this scene. Far better than any of today's "hero's" intro scenes. A TRUE hero introduction scene.
thats a violent scene. and yet when we take a list of those who die in PS it must be less than 20? in SS it must be a hundred thousand and in Parthiban kanavu a few thousands( the ebntire chola army)
With respect to Kalki's writing on fight/war, i like one from SS. When Mahendra meets Paranjothi for the first time to intercept a olai, he fights with couple of guys. He even kills a man from behind when the enemy was trying to escape. that is one pretty impressive scene.
Similar brutal scene comes in SS first part, where Mahendra as Veerabagu encoutners 6-8 chalukya people near Ajanta/ellora ... Paranjothi also kills a couple of them I hope!