The tiger throne

The Tiger Throne is the English language book and a shortened one of Tamil language book Ponniyin Selvan.  It is written by Preetha Rajah Kannan. The images formed by reading the English version are strong and local and good.

Most of the guys in north India have not seen Ponniyin Selvan I. This post is to motivate them to see the movie over OTT. Because Cholas were a big dynasty.  And all of us must see, understand and appreciate the goodness.

The story is of a few days or months. When the comet is there in sky. Indicating death in the family of Sundara Chola, the current emperor. 

Raja raja chola had qualities like Ashoka. Benevolent.  A great warrior.

The benevolence is essentially a Tamil characteristics and should be imbibed, I feel. Arulmozhi realizes he has an elder brother Karikalan.  And Madhuranthakan. He is not greedy for the empire. He is interested in expansion in islands. And he respects his father.

The stone wall writings must have been confusing to Kalki and he wrote the book knitting as best as possible in a fairy tale approach.  The movie was brilliant and knitted more efficiently. Mani Ratnam and the screenplay writers were very good. Everyone editors, camera, costume , art director,  music were great. 

Frankly I did not read the 4th and 5th part. I went past them. This is because the book is of 1950s and we are in 2022.  In olden days we did not have mobile and Facebook.  And what to say of chola period. Only rings, sword, warrior skills, bhakti were the identity of a person.  One should consider this fact while watching the movie. 

I am waiting for part two to be released in April 2023. And the remaining story will be the story Ponniyin Selvan II says.

Have a nice day !!