hello what up bestie 👋🏼👋🏼
Been a while innit?
Have you read Ponniyin Selvan? And what did you think of Mani Ratnam's movie adaptations??
hello there,
yes it has been a while, and i am happy to see someone pop into my inbox.
and yes, i have read ponniyin selvan- a long time ago (i should read it again), and i am such a fan of kalki's writing (i read it in tamil since i know the language) and i adore the book so much (you can indeed see the ponniyin selvan references i make in my fic for the mummy (but don't tell anyone, tis but a guilty pleasure)).
well, i do like the mani ratnam films, mainly due to the way it was shot, the music and the costumes (since i am addicted to kemp jewelry and silk saris, comes with being a dancer) but one part i hated and found absolutely irrational was not making uttama chozha (sendhan amudhan) the king, and instead have madhuranthakan (whom i affectionately call as fishy boy (since he does belong to the pandya empire, and i had a weird ass dream once of madhuranthakan being an actual fish, and i am willing to make that count as my own AU of fish madhuranthakan (any doubts, please do ask, i would love talking about it))) crowned as king, the way manimekhalai had only been mentioned once and not shown, and where is idumbankaari and pinakapaani, and i feel that the films would have been better if they made it a tv show with 5 seasons and stuck to the plot.
but overall, the story (the book by kalki) and the cast of the film are good, it is bharathi approved, except for making fishy boy king, in this department we support the flower boy
vote sendhan amudhan for king people, someone tell the script writer of the film that we want sendhan amudhan for king