Dear Jagan Please dont compare Kalki to Balkumaran in historic fiction....I agree Bala is great writer but dont compare him with Kalki please...
I havent finished the fourth bagam of Uadayar yet but its probably the most dragging historic novel(or maybe i should call it social novel with historic names and background) I have ever read...
I was given PS when i was in the 4th std to read....those of you who have read PS will give your children at the same age....Can you give Udayar to your children???I wont it needs a A certificate...
Kalki used his imagination on a historic background and built a mega novel...I am afraid Bala hasnt achieved that...
secondly in a historic novel you want to reiterate the facts you are aware with your imagination...many a places you feel Bala is talking to you than his charectors thats a big difference to Kalkis potrayal of charectors each charector has its own niche and charectors....
Kalki is Kalki no comparision definitely not Udayar of Bala ( I am really not surprised the weekly withdrew its support for the serialisation)
with Kalki and sandilyan and akilan when one chapter finished you want to go to the next next week or turn pages then and there and where dissapointed that the nect week it was a different angle in the story line Bala doent create that thirst