At its core- the story theme is the same as Mahabharatha, Baahubali & Game of thrones, if you will.
One king is retiring. Who is going to become the next king?
The fight is for the Chola throne. The period is 968 AD according to Kalki.
Also, according to history!
A quick history lesson:
Parantaka-1 has 3 sons - the elder son died early in a war.
The middle son Gandaraditya became the next king. His son Madhurantaka was 1 year old when he dies.
So, Gandaraditya asks his younger brother Arinjaya to succeed him.
Fate played a game here!
Arinjaya died in a year after becoming king.
We have 2 choices for the next king here:
1. The 3rd brother and current king's son - Sundara Chola of age 20 (played by Prakshraj)
2. The 2nd brother and ex-king's son - Madhurantaka, of age 2 (played by Rahman)
They went with #1
24 years later, after Sundara Chola, who should become king?
1. Madhurantaka, age 26 2. Sundara Chola's 1st son Aditya Karikala (played by Vikram), age 25
Should the son of the older brother, or the grandson of the younger, be crowned?
A conflict as old as the Mahabharatha!
After multiple conspiracies, betrayals, battles, natural disasters,
The answer to this question is provided at the end of the book-5. (Part-2 movie!)
You are in for a delightful treat of a journey! A tale for the ages!
You must have heard the word 'பன்னாடை' (Pannaadai) as a common insult.
This word is mentioned in 12th century Tamil grammar work 'Nannool' to illustrate the nature of a bad student.
The set of examples for top, mid & bottom tier of students has a life lesson for us all (1/6)
Bhavanandhi Munivar, writer of Nanool classifies students into 3 tiers.
The top tier students are like swan and cow.
The mid tier students are like mud and parrot.
The bottom tier students are like broken pot, goat, buffalo and Pannaadai.
What do these examples mean?
Mythical swans can separate out the water from milk - it has the ability to discern useful things even out of an adulterated product.
Good students can filter out what's unnecessary.
Cows eat fast but chew slowly. A good student must get a quick download of lessons when learning, but recall it at leisure, and absorb the lessons well.
Shouldn't an army Major be remembered for his bravery rather than his caste?
Then, why are some RW handles being "casteist" in demanding an accurate portrayal of Major Mukund's roots in his excellently crafted biopic Amaran?
A thread that offers nuance on biopics (1/10)
First off, members of our forces - be it Indian Army, or Navy, or Air Force, these brave warriors cannot be boxed to the confines of caste, creed or religion.
They are unanimously respected for what they do - their selfless service to the nation. Not for who they're born to.
Then why are some RW handles hellbent on showing the real identity of Mukund Varadarajan - a TamBrahm?
If you're irked by it, consider this - how would Tamils have reacted if he was depicted as Major Mukund Menon - from Kochi?
Boat - a 1940s Dravidian propaganda stage play, masquerading as a Tamil feature film.
A thread that reviews this film with a clear agenda (1/9)
On Oct 11, 1943, Japanese warplanes bombed the Madras presidency in a nighttime raid.
Fearing another attack, 9 random people get on a boat to secure themselves in mid ocean, with one univited British guest who joins them later, with a gun.
'Did they all survive?' is the plot
The 9 characters stuck on a boat are carefully chosen to represent a Mini-India.
The fisherman & his grandma help onboard a pregnant Telugu woman+ her sick son, a Sait, a regular M, a regular H, and the usual villains of Tamil cinema - a c@steist TB mama and her daughter.