By Gnanaozhi
The movie didn’t suit me. We have a serious GoT season 5-8 issue. Seasons 1-4 were sublime and faithfully adapted the books, but the showrunners added their own little twists (like the scene where Tywin is being served by Arya pretending to be a vile servant). to). It sure looked great. Background music by Ramin Djwadi has been around for a long time.
Ps1 was great. The first half of the PS2 took the shine of the PS1 and amplified it. Latter half? sheer nonsense.
Kalki’s genius was that he took specific known historical events, meticulously researched them, and filled in the gaps.
Therefore, we know that Adita Kalikaran was murdered by the beauty of the work.
We know there was a Chola war against the Pandian rebellion.
I even know high-ranking officials like Anirudha Brahamarayar and Vandhiyathevar.
We know that Kundavei was a powerful noblewoman with a vast fortune who did many good deeds.
We know that the line from Sundara chola skipped Arulmozhi and went to Utama Chola and then back to Arulmozhi aka Raja Raja. .
And more historical facts. Kalki took these sparse facts and spun them into an exquisite tapestry.
MR simply skips this scrutiny, writes the man’s character in a strange dead end, and at worst commits a terrible historical error.
Let’s start with history.
There was a war between Rashtrakutas and Cholas. Yes, Rashtrakutas also invaded. Yes, that’s right, but the flick happened in the era of Palantaka Chola 1. (Adita, Kundavai, Arrumoji). By the time of the events described, the Rashtrakutas ceased to exist.
It’s like someone made a historical film about World War II and showed the Germans allied with Napoleon’s France to fight Soviet Russia. That’s how unhistorical this is.
You don’t even care about real weapons or Roman Scutum-style shields, or leather armor that looks like something BDSM practitioners would wear. Or tactical. In general, I think Indian filmmakers, even great figures like MR, suffer from historical accuracy.
Spoiler area ahead.
In the book, it was a battle of trickery and wit, not muscle or chance. Anirudha Brahamarayar and Kundavi were the supreme masters of the supreme whispering, even the whole opposite Nandini equaled them. The man put putty on her hand and she wielded that power to its fullest. She had a very strong will (even side characters like Kundavi and Poonguzhali did). Nandini, and indeed the first half of PS1 or PS2, wouldn’t have hesitated to thrust a dagger into AK’s chest.
Kundavi, who coordinated the events, had no part in the film.
Yes, it was great to see Vikram at his best, but the shift in focus from Arrumoji to Adita didn’t make sense either.
The reason why Parthibendra switches allegiance is… Reason? It also didn’t make sense.
Arulmozhi and Kundavi don’t even speak for Vandhiyathevar?
As Kalki constructed, things resembled a complicated Swiss clock not because of the organic movement of the plot, but here things happen because they have to happen.
Yes it looked great. The songs were good (the background music simply didn’t work for me). I also liked Jayam Ravi. The show stealers were young Vikram and young Aishwarya.
Finally, I cannot pretend that Aishwarya is MR’s muse and that she is this young otherworldly beauty. And that face has all the acting scope of Steven Seagal!
