Comments on: Dr. Rajkumar: Mayura - 1

By: Land of Lime » Pulakeshi II - 2

Land of Lime » Pulakeshi II - 2 — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 17:23:47 +0000

[...] Pulakeshi II (610-42) is not the most glamorous of Kannada heroes. In comparison to other Kannada emperors such as Krishnadevaraya and Amoghavarsha or even Hoysala Vishnuvardhana and Ranadhira Kanthirava of Mysore, Pulakeshi hasn’t captured the attention of Kannadigas to the same extent. If Mayura (see this, this and this) was the founder of the first Kannada dynasty (Kadambas), then in the 7th century, Pulakeshi established the first pan-Indian Kannada kingdom; Pulakeshi II and Chalukyas were the first Kannada family to establish their control beyond their core area of northern Kannada speaking regions, effectively into all the south Indian regions, south of the Vindhyas. His success in stopping Harsha, the celebrated emperor of north India, on the banks of Narmada adds to his legend as a great Kannada hero. Yet, possibly because of the absence of popular legends and folk narratives, Pulakeshi doesn’t hold the same romantic appeal, as is the case with Mayura. His association with Kannada nationalism too seems to be contrived and forced. [...]

By: PDCS

PDCS — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:40:08 +0000

Kamalakar, you are absolutely spot on. Company plays are extremely significant to understand historical films.

hope you are well and we should meet sometime soon.

By: Kamalakar

Kamalakar — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 04:39:13 +0000

Good read. I think in discussing films like Mayura, we need to attend to the links between the historical films and the company dramas. The generic derivation also informs the manner of representation esp the rhetoric. Coupled with this is the status of the actor, Rajkumar, and how that structures the treatment of the historical material.

By: Prasanna L.M

Prasanna L.M — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:42:38 +0000

dhnyavaadhagalu… tumba chennagi barediddira..

By: bmdevaraju

bmdevaraju — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 05:09:06 +0000

dhanyavadagalu…kannadigara swabhimana matthu
kannadigara kecchannu bimbisida adbhuta chitrada bagge charchege nandi hadiruvudu nanage bahala santhoshavayithu

By: Aravind

Aravind — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:17:05 +0000

dhanyavaadagaLu… aMda haage, namma haaleMD kannaDa baLagadalli naDesida aNNaavra shraddhaaMjali kaaryakramadalli naavu mayoora chitravannu nODidevu, nODi hemme paTTukoMDevu!

By: shashi

shashi — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:54:39 +0000

superb work, keep going, really u have put extra effort to write this article, once again thanks a lot

By: Thippeswamy

Thippeswamy — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:33:17 +0000

Thumba olleya chitrada baage thumba olleya vimarshe barediddera. Dhanyavaadagalu. Ide reethi Naagara Haavu, Sharapanjara, Gejjepooje ………. ithyadi chitragala vimarshegala nireekhseyalli

Kannadabhimani
Thippeswamy

By: appi

appi — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:37:01 +0000

wow! superb information guru!

innasHTu aNNavr chitragaLa bagge heege bareyiri plz!

thanks.

By: S.jayakumar

S.jayakumar — Mon, 08 May 2006 07:11:40 +0000

Mayura is a depiction of agreat freedom fighter and a real man with highest human value-in filmworld Dr. Raj has given life to the truth of it.