After fascinating audience with beautifully written Baahubali prequel, writer of the film Anand Neelakantan is coming up with his book titled ‘Vanara: The Legend of Baali, Sughreev and Tara’. The book is all set to launch soon and the book lovers of the city are excited to read it.
It is to be noted that the book is about the love triangle between Baali, Tara and Sugreeva is arguably the world's first love triangle in history. Baali and Sugreeva of the Vana 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 vanaras, the monkey men.
For a brief period in history, it seemed as if mankind had found its ideal hero in Baali. But then fate intervened through the beautiful Tara, the daughter of a tribal physician. Loved by Baali and lusted after by Sugreeva, Tara became the cause of a fraternal war that would change history for ever. The book is a classic tale of love, lust and betrayal. While The Pioneer spoke to some readers, the book lovers seemed excited about the book. “I wish the book releases soon as the subject seems really interesting and moreover writing style of Anand Neelakantan is what fascinates me a lot,” said Ruchika Dixit, student and a book lover.
Another book lover, Anita Singh a housewife and a book lover said, “I have many books in my collection of similar genre. But, the legend of Baali, Sughreev and Tara would be a good read as firstly it is written by Anand and secondly, the storyline seems pretty interesting.”
Anand Neelakantan is the author of the Baahubali trilogy, the prequel to S.S. Rajamouli's movie. The first book in the series, The Rise of Sivagami, was released on 15 March 2017 and continues to be the no. 1 bestseller across charts. The book was on Amazon's list of top five bestsellers for 2017.