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Arjun Narayanan Profile picture
Arjun Narayanan
@madraswallah
Founder, Simply Stories, Chennai Film Researcher | Journalist | Podcaster | Content Marketer Tweets mostly about cinema and culture
Mar 22 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
There is immense nostalgia for DD's Ramayan (1987) and Mahabharat (1988). But there is a reason why people continue to hold these two as benchmarks. It's about excellent writing, research and above all, intent to present something rooted in dharma, despite creative liberties 🧵 Image Ramayan was directed by Ramanand Sagar, who had the blessings of several seers of that time to make Ramayan. He didn't include anything that didn't have the validation of Saint poets of our land. He was himself well versed in everything from Ramlilas in UP to Villupaatu in TN Image
Feb 11, 2025 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
A lot of us have grown up reading @ACKComics and I also read 'Script by Kamala Chandrakant' in several volumes of Amar Chitra Katha. On Feb 9, 2025 she passed away, having made several childhoods richer with her work. Here is a thread of books scripted by her from my collection Image Got this Krishna and Shishupala in 1996. A colourful story of how Krishna remains playful and calm in the face of worst adversities. He is unfazed through the abduction of Rukmini or the insults heaped upon him by Shishupala during Rajasuya. I read this a million times so far. Krishna and Shishupala