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A reader who is self-proclaimed follower "We are not against the movie or novel.
of Hindu Aikya Vedi called me and asked: But it should not be titled as
"Udayji, who is the real hero of Mahabharata. Bhīma was not the hero of
Mahabharata? Recently, India's biggest Mahabharata right?" he asked.
movie was announced - The Mahabharata
- an adaptation of MT Vasudevan Nair's "I have read Mahabharata many times. I
Randamoozham (Second Turn) in which always found it difficult to understand who
Bhīma is the hero...” is the real hero of the epic - because
every character in the epic is unique and
"So?” important. If you try to remove one
character, the entire epic will collapse - it
"It's not the adaptation of Ved Vyasa's
Mahabharata and they should not give that is unparalleled mastery craft that never
title.” ever can be imitated. That's why it is said,
“Vyasochishtam jagat sarvam,” or
I read MT Vasudevan Nair's whatever you find in the universe, Vyas
Randamoozham (Second Turn) while it has said it before. Such well-crafted epic”
was being published as serial in a news
weekly during early 1980s when I was a "But it is a known fact that Arjun is the
college student. Based on the Indian epic hero and Duryodhana is the villain of
Mahabharata, the novel tells the story from Mahabharata...”
Bhīma's perspective, the second of the "Yes, if you read Mahabharata with a
Pandavas. I had the opportunity to Semitic mind-set of Good Guys Vs. Bad
interview MT, who was my favorite writer Guys. But Veda Vyas tried to prove a
then, about this novel. Later he had got totally different dimension. There is no
Jnanpeeth Award for the novel. hero-villain concept in this great epic.”
Now, Randamoozham is becoming India's “Whatever said and done, Bhīma is not
biggest ever motion picture, with an the hero, right?”
investment of INR 1000 crore (USD 150
million). A UAE-based Indian businessman
BR Shetty will invest to produce the film.
Veteran actor Mohan Lal is acting as
Bhima, the protagonist.
"The great Sanskrit epic has been a topic
of creative adaptation in various formats in
all art forms for many decades. Many have
written novels based on Mahabharata. So,
what's wrong in this novel? It is an exciting
novel..." I asked him.
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