| Language | English |
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| ISBN-10 | 9780143442837 |
| No of pages | 309 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | penguin |
| Published Date | 19 Nov 2018 |
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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 9780143442837 |
| No of pages | 309 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | penguin |
| Published Date | 19 Nov 2018 |
Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker. He has authored six fiction books in English and one in Malayalam. His debut work Asura, The Tale of the Vanquished is based on the Indian epics of Ramayana. His next book series was Ajaya-Roll of the Dice, Ajaya – Rise of Kali based, the two books on the epic Mahabharata told from Kaurava perspective. Anand's books voice the suppressed party or the defeated party. His fifth book Vanara, the legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara also follow the same pattern of voicing the defeated side.
Anand Neelakantan also had signed with the producers of Baahubali, the blockbuster film, for a three-book series based on their film and the series will be a prequel to the film. The first book of this trilogy, Rise of Sivagami, was released in March 2017. Netflix has announced a webseries on the book. His books have been translated to different languages such as Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali , Gujarati, Assamese and Indonesian Bahasa. The second book in the series, Chaturanga was released on August 6th 2020
Anand’s Asura is one of the 100 books to be read in a life time as per Amazon.[1] The book has sold more than half a million copies across the years. Three of Anand Neelakantan’s books have been shortlisted for crossword award during the respective years and he is also listed as one among the 100 top celebrities in India in 2015, 2017 by Forbes India. All his books have got critical accreditation from various people across the world.
Anand Neelakantan's fifth book Vanara,[2] the legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara is published by Penguin Random House and is a best seller. DAR films and KR movies have announced that they have won the film adoption rights and will be producing a multilingual film on Vanara.
Anand's Malayalam work Pennramayanam has been published by Mathrubhumi books.
Anand also writes a column for New Indian Express on current affairs and his fortnightly column is called "Acute Angle".
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Bali and Sugriva of the Vanna Nara tribe were orphan brothers who were born in abject poverty and grew up as slaves like most of their fellow tribesmen. They were often mocked as the vanitas, the monkey men. Sandwiched between the never-ending war between the Deva tribes in the north and the Asura tribes in the south, the Vanna Naras seemed to have lost all hope.
But Bali was determined not to die a slave. Aided by his beloved brother, Sugriva, Bali built a country for his people. The capital city, Kishida, became a beacon of hope for emancipated slaves from across the world. It was a city of the people, by the people, for the people, where there was no discrimination based on caste, creed, language or the color of skin.
For a brief period in history, it seemed as if mankind had found its ideal hero in Bali. But then fate intervened through the beautiful Tara, the daughter of a tribal physician. Loved by Bali and lusted after by Sugriva, Tara became the cause of a fraternal war that would change history for ever.
The love triangle between Bali, Tara and Sugriva is arguably the world's first. Written by Anand Neelakandan who gave a voice to Ravenna in Asura, Duryodhana in the Ajayan series and Sakagami in the Baahubali series, Venera is a classic tale of love, lust and betrayal. Shakespearean in its tragic depth and epic in its sweep, Venera gives voice to the greatest warrior in the Ramayana-Bali.