— In [email protected], “S Rathinam”
wrote:
>
> Dear Kayal and Vijay
>
> I agree Kaviri mainthan was a let down as far as I was concerned
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> Kanthan Maaran as Hero was hard to digest..
WELL, THE AUTHOR DID SHOW HIM AS COMPLETELY LOST AND ALMOST INSANE
AND THEN BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO THE GROVE. SO I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR
THAT.
>
> Arulmozhis character took a complete nose dive..first Lokaâ¦then
running away from wife and childâ¦
YES,THE RUNNING AWAY PART WAS REALLY HARD TO DIGEST.
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> Vandhiyadevan was made a laughing stock..Agreed historically
Sambuvarayars beame powerful under kandamaaran but VD was powerful
as well in the chola courtsâ¦
>
NOT REALLY SURE, VD WAS GIVEN DUE RESPECTS IN THE WORK. INFACT WE
GET TO SEE HIM DOING SOME ACTION SCENES ( FOR A CHANGE IN THE FIRST
BOOK)
> Nandhinis character was muddled
HERE AGAIN I WOULD SIDE THE AUTHOR. TOWARDS THE END KALKI HIMSELF
WAS NOT SURE OF WHAT TO DO WITH HER. SO SHE WAS ALREADY CAUGHT
BETWEEN THE PANDYA/CHOLA – LAND PULLING AGAINST HER HEART. SO THE
AUTHOR DID PURSUE THIS STRAND OF THOUGHT.
> Ravidasan and Alwarkadiyan were the ones to survive unscathed..
ACTUALLY RAVIDASAN IS ALMOST THE HERO….( THIS THE AUTHOR CONFESSED
TO ME AS WELL – IS ONE OF HIS FAV CHARACTERS….BUT AGAIN I WOULD
SIDE THE AUTHOR AS THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER AND CONVICTION OF
RAVIDASAN IS TOO GREAT.
>
> The Fish ensign on the hill was genious as was the limerick
S, THE LIMERICK WAS AMAZING.
but taking away the achievement of RJC and saying let someone claim
victory to this find is actually tarnishing a great emperorâ¦Agreed
it is fiction but doesnât go too well
TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU SIR, THIS WAS SHOWING RJC IN POOR LIGHT JUST
TO SHOW KM IN A HIGHER PLANE.
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> Vanathiâs character moves up a notchâ¦
NEVER LIKED HER, SO DONT WANT TO COMMENT.
> I still cannot understand the need for Loka AMV Kandamaaran
triangle at allâ¦.I wish the author would share his logic with usâ¦
AGREE WITH YOU SIR, IT COULD HAVE BEEN ORU THALAI ( ONE SIDED ) ON
KM SIDE…KEEPING LOKA AS A REAL (LIVED )CHARACTER UNTARNISHED…
> No doubt itâs a great read as a novel with its pitfallsâ¦
I LOVED THE NARRATION THOUGH,CAME AS CLOSE TO KALKI’S NARRATIVE
STYLE.
>
> Unfortunately it falls down where all others failed as a sequel to
PSâ¦
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>
>
> I still think Akilans Vengaiyin Mainthan is the only True sequel
to PS in story line style and being close to the historical
threadâ¦.
>
I SECOND THAT – VENGAIYIN MAINTHAN IS SUPERB AS A SEQUEL BUT WOULD
HAVE LIKED A LITTLE MORE COMIC ELEMENT WITH MAYBE A FEW SCENES OF
THE ELDERLY VD WITH KUNTHAVAI.
>
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> And ofcourse you still have the old gracious but still admirable VD
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>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Sri
>
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of kayalarul
> Sent: 07 July 2008 12:43
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ponniyinselvan] common features in kalki’s
historical novels
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am a silent member of this group….reading all the mails but
not replying….
>
> I think the person R.Venkatesh is the one who wrote Kaaveri
Mainthan right????
>
> I just want to know how many of you loved reading it…..i couldnt
proceed to read further as they project Arulmozhi to have another
wife. My favourite in PS is Arulmozhi. I couldnt accept Arulmozhi to
be roaming behind any girl….even kalki potrayed him with a very
warmth love for Vanathi and not so much of dreaming about her. In
this Arulmozhi is dreaming too much about Loka and that girl is
interested in Kanthamaaran…
>
> I couldnt even digest it yaarr…….thats y i thought of querying
whether anybody have same thoughts like me.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Kayal.
>
> “R.venketesh” wrote:
>
> Hi
> a writer invariably has several common features in all his novels.
> when we read SS PS and parthiban kanavu we do note common features.
>
> first I think mahabalipuram is one place that comes in all three
> novels.
> do scenes in kanchipuram come in Ps? or is it just mentioned.?
>
> venketesh
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