PONNIYIN SELVAN

Very recently I read one of the great historic novel of Tamizh – Ponniyin Selvan..

Kalki Krishnamoorthy is a genious with unmatchable imagination..

When I read books, I used to skip the description part of it like sun arising in orange color, birds singing morning raga..moon and stars entering into its shelter blah blah blah…So I had a hesitation in the beginning to read this novel as its nearly 2500 pages and Hajara amma said the first volume fully is a messenger called Vandhiyathevan s adventure on his way to drop a message to the king Sundara chozan and Kundhavai..

Machu has great interest in historic things and he started reading and was much immersed into it. He was deeply moved by PONNIYIN SELVAN'S character description..And he said me he wish to name our son as "Arulmozhi Varma". It was at this point i decided to read this novel..

This is the first novel ever I enjoyed reading description.. Vandhiyathevan and Kundhavei's love narration and his comparison styles are awesome ..Usually when I read novels, I used to make a guess work on the twists, mostly it will be matched with the author..But in this novel, till the last book the twist continues and he unlocks it brilliantly..He had left few things to the imagination of the readers which is another different approach..

After reading PS, joined few communities to know better of the story.. From it, came to know Nandhini, Senthen amudhan, Poonghuzali, Azhwarkadiyan are fictious character of the novel who stands as a backbone to the novel..

Vandhiyadevan is my favourite character of this novel who is brave, good friend of Arulmozhi and a one who enters into trouble and narrowly escapes out of luck and tongue..

Kalki’s son had said in an interview that his dad lived with the characters of the novel.. One day while he was doing “Sheersasana” he jumped out of the posture and said it seems, “Senthen Amudhanei Raja aakkita enna”.. Immediately he rushed to this writing table and continued the story.. I read this incident in a forum..

Then to know how Adidthya Karikalan was killed, did a search and in orkut community I learnt that he was killed by Ravidasan and co and they were supported by Mathuranthagar.. Later when Arulmozhi comes to throne, he finds the truth and punishes Mathuranthagar.. Balakumaran in his book “Kadigai” had explained about it..

One uncleared doubt I have in this novel is about Nandhini’s father…I think it’s Veerapandiyar.. If so, when Adidthya Karikalan comes to kill him, she begs to him to not kill her lover..I tried a google search and I could n’t get a proper answer to it..If anyone know about it, please detail me..

I found an interesting game on orkut to recommend actor and actress for PS movie.. Many suggested Surya for Vandhiyathevan, Jothika for Kundhavei, Ramyakrishnan for Nandhini, Kamal for Anirudhar,Prakash Raj for Adidtya Karikalan...

I found an animated trailer for Ponniyin Selvan, Check the below link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogws4vhRhaM

If you are a great lover of historic novels, dont miss PONNIYIN SELVAN..