Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It is a Tamil story of love and rejection, happiness and pain, good and evil like all classic epics of the world. Yet unlike other epics that deal with kings and armies caught up with universal questions and existential wars, the Cilappatikāram is an epic about an ordinary couple caught up with universal questions and internal, emotional war ...
A selection of these books were translated into English by Pritham K. Chakravarthy and published in 2009 as Where Are You Going, You Monkeys? – Folktales from Tamil Nadu. Ki. Ra. was also well known for his candid treatment of sexual topics, [11] [12] and use of the spoken dialect of Tamil for his stories, rather than its formal written form ...
At a time when Tamil cinema is turning to look back at its portrayal of caste, more importantly, to rewrite its portrayals, Pariyerum Perumal can effortlessly be called its luminary." [ 37 ] Baradwaj Rangan , writing for Film Companion , gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated "This film is a powerful, yet level-headed, drama about an oppressed ...
Cilappatikāram also referred to as Silappathikaram or Silappatikaram, is the earliest Tamil epic. It is a poem of 5,730 lines in almost entirely akaval (aciriyam) meter and is a tragic love story of a wealthy couple, Kannaki and her husband Kovalan. [13] It is set in Poompuhar a seaport city of the early Chola kingdom.
Manimekhalai, with monk Adikal's wisdom, uses magic bowl to help people. She starts a hospice. The epic mentions Rama and Vishnu story from the Ramayana, states that they built a link to Sri Lanka, but a curse of an ascetic dissolved the bridge link. [42] It also mentions stories of people fed from the magic bowl suddenly realizing their past ...
The Athichudi (Tamil: ஆத்திசூடி, romanized: Āthichūdi) is a collection of single-line quotations written by Avvaiyar and organized in alphabetical order. There are 109 of these sacred lines which include insightful quotes expressed in simple words.
Malli is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language children's film directed by Santosh Sivan.The film met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, and has been shown at many film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York International Children's Film Festival.
Chandamama was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, known for its illustrations and long-running mythological and magical stories.. Originally launched in Telugu by Chakrapani and Nagi Reddi, who later gained prominence as Telugu film producers.