Its quite sometime I wrote here. Am very much busy at office that I find no time to write.
Coming to the point. I am reading SS now and as usual enjoying the story line. but, idikara vishayam ennanaa...why is Kalki so obsessed with Aal Marattam.....Parthiban Kanavu - Samiyar and Narasimha pallavan, Vikraman disguising as rathina vyabari etc. PS - Senthan Amudhan, Madhuranthakan... SS - Bikshu and Pulikesi...
Any reason behind such aal marattam.Somehow I feel its monotonous in all his three historical novels that he adopts aal marattam as a primary means to unfold his plot...Somehow I didnt like it. This, i feel spoils the reality of the story line. I didnt give it much a thought earlier, but when I am reading SS now, I could not stop thinking on this line.
I am about to finish SS. Last few chapters left. I actually enjoy the story line. Oru Kanchi/Manimangalam war, oru vathapi war. Two incidents connected to one another and Kalki has devised nearly 1000 page of story, almost 90% fiction. Thats the greatness of Kalki.
yes all the romantic scenes are hacksaw blade than. TOo much of varnanai and dialogues.
One year back Kalki came in my dream. I asked him why did he write such a "blade-u" story like SS when he could write novels like PS or at least Paarthiban Kanavu. Know what he told me?
"Krupa, I wrote Paarththiban Kanavu first. Then wrote Sivagaamiyin Sabatham."
"adhaan theriyumey. maettarukku vaanga.", I said.
"I then made a decision not to bore my fans with stories like Sivagaamiyin Sabadham and chose the Paarththiban Kanavu route. Unakku yedhu romba pudikkum?"
"yenakku Ponniyin Selvandhaan pudikkum", as I said my office MD woke me up and said, 'Krupa, time is up. Go home and come back tomorrow to sleep.'
you know what, Kalki has himself said(not in my dream, nijamavee..)that SS was in his mind for 12 long years and he was restless until he completed the story 12 years after conceiving the idea of the story. He said, only after he wrote Muttrum for SS his 12 year long baram was relieved. I am not sure whether he has said something like this for PS. ethulernthu therinchikalam, how much SS was dear to Kalki.
Even before Parthiban kanavu was conceived, SS took shape in his mind and thats why he has given a trace of SS in Parthiban kanavu itself.
ana, innum yarume intha aal maratta velayata pathi pesave matengareengale...Krupa you are deviating me. why kalki followed a monotony to unfold his plots? your thoughts please.
ahaa, paaththeengalaa! Kalki-ye sollittaar. He was restless until his "baram was relieved". Avarukkey thaanga mudiyalai-nnaa, namba nelamaya kaekkavey vaendaam. btw, he would not tell anything like this for PS. :-))
apparam, regarding my thoughts about aal maaraattam, I did say Crazy Mohan also used to do this in his writings... but as long as these are fun, "no probelm" (Suzuki advertisement style-la padikkavum).
SS & Parthiban Kanavu-la aal maaraattam vechchu main kadhaiye irukku. aanaa in PS, it is not the main storyline. Kalki has tried various things in PS, face-to-face encounter (Ravidhasan & VD), suspense (obvious... killing AK), thriller (again, killing AK), humour (niraya), romance (SS alavukku illai, thappichchome), etc. Aal maaraattam is just one of them. aanaal PS-la aal maaraattaththai base panni yedhaavadhu oru plot... mhooom, appadiyaa thondrugiradhu?
Hi Boss, i beg to differ. ya sure. there is so much romance in SS.. but it's not that boring... even the romance is good... kalki's varnanai is too good to resist... flow is superb with their Q&A session kinda stuff... surely u would have read sandilyan's... even then u r saying Kalki's version boring.. i don't beleive it Sir..