Comments on: Prince of Ayodhya

By: Venkata Raman Syamalam

Venkata Raman Syamalam — Wed, 03 May 2006 11:56:29 +0000

If you want to read Mahabharata Krisnavathara by KM Munshi. You would get a glimpse of the history from a rational thought of Munshi. This is in seven volumes although the seventh one was not fully written by Munshi. Happy reading for Healthy feeling.

By: manofsan

manofsan — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 04:51:01 +0000

I just watched the japanese-animated version of Ramayana, and found it very nice. I grabbed it off the desitorrents.com website. The hindi dialogue is fine, but the english dialogue track is awful and wooden. There was however a separate US-released version called ‘Prince of Light’ which has a much better english soundtrack, with better voice-acting, sound fx, and musical numbers that give it a Disney-esque feel. Check out the preview trailer at:

http://www.princeoflightmovie.com/video/princeofl_hi.rm

I rather enjoyed this animated movie. There’s also a new Indian-animated movie called ‘Hanuman’ that’s just come out in May/June. It was produced by Sahara One in collaboration with Silvertoons. This is the first ever full-length animation feature produced in India, so cross your fingers and hope the art is good. The posters for it look fantastic, anyway. Indian animators probably cost less than their japanese counterparts, but hopefully their artwork is comparably good. Keep an eye out for it, since it’s just being released in India now.

By: Swaroop

Swaroop — Sat, 07 May 2005 04:32:19 +0000

@KK: Thanks for the info, I’ll take a look sometime

By: KK

KK — Thu, 05 May 2005 17:34:48 +0000

Swaroop ..the Indian edition came out recently..I glanced it at a Mumbai shop..its in my must buy list. The amazon.com excerpt is good.

By: Swaroop

Swaroop — Thu, 05 May 2005 00:49:17 +0000

@KK: Have you read the Krishna Dharma books? They seem very interesting.

By: KK

KK — Mon, 02 May 2005 16:37:36 +0000

Well…me too a avid Mahabharat fan!!

Check the Krishna Dharma books…Got good reviews…

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Krishna%20Dharma/102-0958423-3540117

Indian editions are available with http://www.newagebooksindia.com or http://www.fabmall.com (search for Author Krishna Dharma)

also check http://krishnadharma.com

Thanks

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:14:29 +0000

BrijWhiz: I agree that the story is ‘novelized’ but it’s the best way for today’s readers to read the great Ramayana. I will try to look for that Mahabharata book. Thanks

By: BrijWhiz

BrijWhiz — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 01:41:57 +0000

My take on Ashok Banker's work is that it is cool as a fanatasy book. I have liked it immensely but as a story on its own right. A faithful rendition of the Ramayana- I don't know, too Bollywoodesque for me!!! I had read these books last year in the UK. [Interesting tidbit: I used the Prince of Rama book as a placeholder for a picture of Ramji for my diwali puja in UK:)]As for the Mahabharata it seems Kamala Subramaniam's book is cool.

link to a post on the Mahabharata: Title_TBD

By: Vikram Sujanani

Vikram Sujanani — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:47:54 +0000

Well, I guess I got too idealistic. Anyway, ‘The Original Ramayan’ is of course in Sanskrit. I am myself looking around for a good version that translates in Hindi or English as nearly as possible.

Meanwhile first complete public domain translation of the RÁMÁYAN OF VÁLMÍKI is available at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/index.htm

By: Swaroop C H

Swaroop C H — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:05:07 +0000

Vikram: What language is the ‘original’ Ramayana written in? I am comfortable with Hindi but not comfortable enough to read a whole book in it.