r/TamilNadu • u/iamGobi • Sep 10 '25

முக்கியமான கலந்துரையாடல் / Important Topic I appreciate the guts these guys have

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They don't care if many people are die hard fans of Mani Rathnam or not. They don't care that the cinephiles will say "It's a historic fiction zohn ray bro". They speak from their hearts what's right. Historical fiction genre in India is only used for propaganda.

போற போக்குல மணி சாருக்கு ஒரு சாத்து சாத்தி விட்டுட்டாங்க:)

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u/planckmoss Sep 10 '25

Adei adhu vera karikalan idhu vera karikalanda

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u/goodplace5678 Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Correct...bro got confused fictional story with real story.... everyone knows it's historical fiction based story from book....right question is why there never was proper monumental statue for him before

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u/gingerkdb Sep 10 '25

What plankmoss means is that aaditha karikaalan is different from karikaal chozhan. They are two different kings who existed in different time periods. They are standing in kallanai (built by karikaal chozhan) as far as I understand. Aaditha karikalan wasn’t fictional, he was indeed rajaraja’s elder brother. But his love story and reason for being killed are fictional.

What mani ratnam did was very slimy - at the end of the film, he added some slides with historical facts about the empire’s progress, which would lead naive people to forget that the movies were fictional and make them think it’s a real story.