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Well said Gokul, That book is my all time favorite. Like you’ve rightly put though the cinema is very good – the only movie my father would sit & watch every time its on TV- it is no match for the book. The only regret is since AV never has reruns of any of its serials , I was able to get only a published version of the book. The one with Gopulu’s sketches add more value to the novel. The old bound ones if available are in very bad shape . IMHO Padmini does not come anywhere near Gopulu’s Mohana.
Shobha
P.S. You may like to try ‘Raobahadur Singaram’ by the same author which is also a very interesting read .

— In [email protected], Shobha Ramakrishnan wrote:
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> Well said Gokul, That book is my all time favorite. Like you’ve rightly put though the cinema is very good – the only movie my father would sit & watch every time its on TV- it is no match for the book. The only regret is since AV never has reruns of any of its serials , I was able to get only a published version of the book. The one with Gopulu’s sketches add more value to the novel. The old bound ones if available are in very bad shape . IMHO Padmini does not come anywhere near Gopulu’s Mohana.
> Shobha
> P.S. You may like to try ‘Raobahadur Singaram’ by the same author which is also a very interesting read .
>
> — On Mon, 8/16/10, Gokul wrote:
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> From: Gokul
> Subject: [ponniyinselvan] Thillana Mohanambal – Thiruvaarur in 20th Cenury
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 10:25 AM
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> Dear all
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> Happened to read this wonderful and famous novel by Kalaimani alias Kotthamangalam Subbu.
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> Though the movie of the same name was an excellent cinema, I think the book has lot more to offer – esp for history lovers
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> It vividly captures the tamil society under the british raj – without the Independent struggle backdrop. It shows a society which has silently accepted and settled with the British supremacy.
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> It has very rare portrayal of song and dance paradigms of the bygone era which seems to have been alive even 100 years ago.
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> Thiruvarur breaths to life in all its glory. The dancing legacy of this place seems to have survived since the chola times until 19th century.
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> I wish to recommend this book to all PS lovers
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> Rgds
> Gokul Seshadri
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Dear friends,I have in my collections,old bound of Thillana Mohanambal 3 volumes with Thirvarur Mohana dances in the brushes of Thnjavur Gopulu.
N.S