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Best-selling author AnandNeelakantanlaunched the cover of his new book

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Jaipur:20 January, 2017(ONT Bureau)
The author of thought-provoking best-sellers, AnandNeelakantan, launched the cover of his new book THE RISE OF SIVAGAMI, a prequel to the blockbuster movie BAAHUBALI, at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival 2017, on 20 January, Front Lawn, at 1.40 pm.
Joining him on the panel were actor RanaDaggubati(who plays Bhallala Deva in the film), director S. S. Rajamouli, and Prasad Devineni, President, Arka Media Works.
The first book in a trilogy, The Rise of Sivagami(prequel to the film Baahubali) tells the tale of the kingdom of Mahishmathi. The book reveals the childhood and history of the queen of Mahishmathi, Sivagami, and introduced us to the royal slave Kattappa.
Commenting on this movie-to-book adaptation, author AnandNeelakantan said, ‘I have always written books on villains and for the first time I’m writing about a strong positive character. So it is a challenge for me. I watched the films many times to understand Sivagami’s character. Even though the film is on Baahubali, but the backstory could not be any other hero other than Sivagami…the story is her journey that these three books will be dealing with. Another strong character is Kattapa, he gives colour to the book and is a very modern character. A novel cannot work with one or two characters…it is an epic, and a lot of strong characters are there in the book.’

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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