It just occured to me that we have discussed all the main charecters in some form or other but has Kalki's brilliance stopped there????
I dont think so...He makes all the charectors look good in the end...thats Kalkis magic...
I wonder which charector did he potray the best as the servant of the empire?
Anbil Brahmarayar: The able administrator the trust worthy freind the man with a steel heart
Periya Pazhuvettarayar:The greatest warrior in the story..mind clouded by his new found love but when he realises his mistake makes up with a greatest sacrifice
Poothi Vikrama Kesari The great general who sets aside his dream of his brother's daughter's marraige to Arumozhi when she vows not to sit in the throne but still fights for Arulmozhi to become king
Kalanthaga Kander:The thalapathi who scares the yamadarmaraja himself when finding out the truth about his son in law goes to the extend of fighting him to death to protect the kingdom.:
Malayamaan:The aging king who fights the sadness of his favorite grandson to make way for the new king
Sembiyan Maadevi The Queen mother who puts the country before her own son
Who do you thing Kalki potrayed the best and made an impression???
Standard Phrase: I think Kalki portrayed *everyone* brilliantly :-))
But this is voting after all...I think I'll cast my vote for Periya Pazhuvettarayar - one of the greatest men the Chozha dynasty ever saw (as per PS), priding himself on his strength - both physically and mentally - and he had the misfortune to be ensnared by Nandini. Kalki's brought out his internal struggle very, very well. You can actually find yourself sympathising with the veteran, for being caught in a situation like this. [Remember paagam 2, when he rages at Kandamaaran, because Nandini cared for him? He couldn't throw Kandamaaran out, because he was a guest - and he couldn't blame his wife either. Bravo.]
Anbil Aniruthar comes next - I've always admired the way Kalki managed to bring out the steely strength and a kind of...menacing quality (in spite of Anirudhar's outward, calm appearance) he possessed. The man practically ruled the Empire, after all.
The rest, I feel, were considerably overshadowed by the two above :-))
Getting back to the first line - personally, aside from VD and K, Kalki's portrayal of Arulmozhi was superb. Everyone's said this a dozen times...but I can't help marvelling at how brilliantly the young prince-in-waiting has been chiselled out. Considering the fact that he becomes Raja raja later...every single conversation, and every situation has been shaped, with this in mind. You can almost see the future Emperor being formed, in front of your eyes. Someone who's not just interested in ruling, per se - but ruling *well*.
My favourite, perhaps, is when Arulmozhi feels some uncertainty regarding his feelings for Poonghuzhali. Until then, we know him as a favoured prince - that's the moment he becomes an ordinary person. Ah, simply superbe.
i am divya and i only recently joined this group.i didnt catch the actual question but if it was who was the greatest servant of the chola desam then i would have to say Aniruthar.he was so objective.whatever he did he did for the good of cholanadu and did not let anything stop him.i always considered him as some kind of ancient director of the CIA bcos he was so intelligent,he knew everything and he was quite ruthless when it came to the good of the land.Even kundavai devi was a little afraid of him.
Arulmozhi is also so beautifully potrayed.i remember the passage that pavithra refers to.all this while u always felt that arulmozhi was larger than life.you could feel the beginnings of greatness in him but when he thinks about poonguzhali and suddenly feels angry with his sister for being so ambitious for him he becomes so human and u really sympathise with him.
on a differant note are there any fans of vandhiyathevan out there? he is my favorite charecter in the book followed by azhvarkadiyan nambi.do any of you know the actual history of vallavarayan vandhiyathevan and what happened to him after the story ends.i wud really like to know.
Anbil Brahmarayar: The steal hearted man rendered flawless service to the Empire. Knowing almost all the birth secrets of Mathuranthaga, he showed enormous maturity in dealing with conflicting character throughout. The highlight is the conversation between him and Mathuranthaga after Anbil saved him.
Kalaanthakandar: Should have been the first in the list but for his lack of tact and maturity. He is short tempered too. He has been caught between love and respect to his brother, knowing the plots of his brother
I rate Mr.Anbil as the greatest servant of chola desam. A matured character, worked for choladesam until the end without any selfishness.
Then second rank from me goes to sembian madevi. I read PS 5-6 years ago. So I do not exactly remembers that "Aal mArAttam" scenes. But I have an impression that she did something better to cholanAdu than the following guys.
Third rank goes to Mr. malay and fourth rank goes to Mr. Poodhi. They both had a selfish reason for their work towards Chola desam. Mr.poodhi wanted his brothers daughter to be queen of chola nadu ( Am I correct? ). Mr. malay wanted his grand son to become king of cholanadu. They even went to the extend of fighting with others like Mr. sambu&co.
Mr. Chinna pazhu.- wanted his son in law to be the king of Chola naadu. Eventhough there was a valid reason behind this wish, I felt like his actions were not because of that valid reason, it was more because of affection towards his son in law and daughter. But at the end he cleans his character by his proper actions.
Mr.Periya Pazhu.- He did not act as a proper finance minister(danathigari) of chola nadu. He gave more imporatance to his wife than his country, and so did not do his duties properly . I loved the way kalki potrayed his character(mukkiyamA, avar nandhini munnAl vazhiyira vazhi). He also realises his mistake at the end and cleans his mistakes by his actions.
Somehow I have chosen the list and given reasons:-)
Hi Divya, If you really are interested to know what happened to V.Thevan after PS, then u can read Nandhipurathu Naayagi, Vanthiyathevan VaaL, Vengaiyin mainthan. But all ur imaginations and hallucinations about him will be destroyed when u read them.
Can somebody re-write those novels, in the same tone, kalki had written.
In a way I am so much upset with Kalki that he didn't give a proper ending and left the readers literally anxious to know what had happened later. It is like a One-day match, where the chasing team needs 12 runs of the last over and the match is hampered by rain.
Perhaps Kalki wanted to write a sequel to PS down the line, but passed away unfortunately. { He wrote Parthiban Kanavu even before writing Sivakamiyin Sabadam. Parthiban Kanavu is somewhat a sequel to SS )
Sandilyan did the same to "Raja Thilagam" At the end of the last chapter of this novel, he wrote something like, "if I have life and energy, I will write a sequel to this novel on Rajasimha Pallavan's deeds in Nepal and China on building temples there.." Almost 10 years later in the late 1980's he started writing a sequel in Kumudam. Few chapters were published, but he passed away in a hard attach.
Dear Divya Welcome to The PS Family The question was to analyse Kalkis potrayal of various charectors in seeing which one he has done beautifully as the greatest servant of the Kingdom...It was just a comparision of his charector potrayal and your reasons for it...
are there any fans of vandhiyathevan out there? I think practically every PS fan would be a Vandiyadevan Fan...With other heroes you aspire to be ike them but with VD you waant to be him Theres a bit of VD in all of us I guess
Dear All Thank you fr all your responses Pavi,Natarajan,Divya,Guhan,Priya Thank you for your nice reasons... Pavi as always Succint, divya welcome to the discuusion Natarajan very sound reasoning Guhan the whole idea of a discusson is to see different veiwpoints That was a good reasoning and Priya..That was a good segregation but as I had said in my mail to Divya..My question was to see Kalkis Potrayal of charectors in the light of their service to Chola Kingdom ....And I chose the charectors as servants of the kingdom...
My Order may surprise you I will agree with Pavi Periya Pazhuvettarayar Kalkis charectorisation of THe periyvar was marvellous.The greatest warrior of his times...A person who was the Velakarapatai thalaivan swore his life and allegiance to the throne...The Thanadhikari and dahanyathikari...the person weilding the greatest power and judicially so till he falls in love...with Nandhini...That torments him he believes her in her actions thinking they are for the betterment of chola kingdom...He hasa rift with his brother...he throws his weight around the youngsters but when he finds out the truth about the pandyas and nandini....The mist clears away from his mind.... His charector achieves its pinacle whenhe sacrifises his life to sve vandiiyadevan...he understands Kundvais love for him and that way removes the blemish from VD He may have killed Nandhini but he doesnt thanks to his love for her and his word to Kundavai that he ont kill her...
Its easy to be an able administrator...when you are impartial but when you are divided between your love,your loyalty and your brother and still he upholds his lace in the PS hall of fame...
My second coice is divided between the next two.
Abil Brahmarayar... The all knwing Minister who saves the throne from being taken over by an imposter the man who puts the nation above his lovefor his freind...(He hides the secret about manadakini to Sundara)He doesnt even stop ptraying himself as a cruel tyrant to know the truth (Vanathi)
Chinna pazhu vettarayar:
The man even Yama was afraid of The man wo stands up to his brother when he thinks he is wrong..The man who loves brave younsters... When he knows he has failed in his job doesnt hesitate to relinguish it...When he finds out about his son inlaw...fights him to save the kingdom...Yes he was a bit hasty to garner support for his Son in law apart from that I think Kalki potrayed his charector with a great Midhukku which only Kalki can
The Bottomline is Kalkis Charectors are all human...They are heroes but human beings thats why Vandiyadevan dreams of a Boatride with Poonguzhali and trying to kiss her...That why PS tells his sister about Poonguzhalis greatness in his dreams...Thats why Aditha karikalan confessses that he is scared to go to Thnajavur lest hell dio what Nandhi says thats Kill his family...thats why Kundavai is a bit harsh on manimegalai and poonguzhali because she seesthem as threats to her love for her brotheres...
Well.. I must confess that when I first read PS, I didn't really like Vanthiya THevan a lot. he was too fortuitous to be a real "hero". THen I realized that it was precisely this "everybody"ness about him that was so unique.. So unique in fact that it was commonplace enough that all of us could identify with him :)