Omnipresence
On Mahashivratri today, we chart Lord Shiva’s rise and rise as an enduring icon in popular culture
Mythological figures have always been the source of inspiration for film scripts, TV shows, and books. Lord Ram, Hanuman, Krishna continue to be favourites. However, the one God who tops them all, when it comes to popularity, can easily be said to be Lord Shiva. On Mahashivratri today, After Hrs explores this phenomenon...
Be it comic books, graphic novels, fiction or non-fiction, myth in India easily tempts readers. Authors Namita Gokhale’s The Book of Shiva and Andy McDermott’s The Vault of Shiva were instant hits. More recently, copies of The Immortals of Meluha began shooting off racks making it a bestseller.
Author Amish Tripathi kissed success with Meluha. His second book, Secret of the Nagas, in the Shiva trilogy, is already a chartbuster. He tells us he is writing the third book The Oath of the Vayuputras at the moment. “All I can say is evil will be taken out of the equation in this one,” he reveals, adding, “Shiva is an exciting figure — a dancer, the originator of yoga, and he respects women. The fact that he consumes bhang makes him loveable even. It’s rare to find to a God who you can be in awe of and adore at the same time.” And now filmmaker Karan Johar has bought the rights to adapt Meluha.
When Karan Vir Arora, CEO of Vimanika Comics, put up a poll online to decide on the mythological figure for his series, he got a unanimous answer — Lord Shiva. Vimanika’s Shiva-The Legends of the Immortal divulges unknown facts about the God. “There is a charisma to Shiva. But he’s relatable, gets angry, which makes him flawed in a human sense while still having the aura of a God. He’s handsome; his life is an adventure, and his story has romance, drama, and action!” Karan explains.
Apart from films, theatre and TV shows too seem to have taken a cue. There’s a show of a power-packed play, Shiva Om, which gives an insight on Shiva’s life, at Birla Matushri auditorium today. TV show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev is already getting the TRPs rolling, as it follows the saga of Sati falling in love with Shiva, from her point of view of Mahadev. Sohanna Sinha, Creative Director, says, “Unlike most mythology shows, ours is done very differently, yet in a grand and lavish manner. Our focus is on the love story, but we’ve kept it all true to the myth. It’s also shot like a youth social show, so the treatment is unique.”
On Mahashivratri today, we chart Lord Shiva’s rise and rise as an enduring icon in popular culture
Mythological figures have always been the source of inspiration for film scripts, TV shows, and books. Lord Ram, Hanuman, Krishna continue to be favourites. However, the one God who tops them all, when it comes to popularity, can easily be said to be Lord Shiva. On Mahashivratri today, After Hrs explores this phenomenon...
Be it comic books, graphic novels, fiction or non-fiction, myth in India easily tempts readers. Authors Namita Gokhale’s The Book of Shiva and Andy McDermott’s The Vault of Shiva were instant hits. More recently, copies of The Immortals of Meluha began shooting off racks making it a bestseller.
Author Amish Tripathi kissed success with Meluha. His second book, Secret of the Nagas, in the Shiva trilogy, is already a chartbuster. He tells us he is writing the third book The Oath of the Vayuputras at the moment. “All I can say is evil will be taken out of the equation in this one,” he reveals, adding, “Shiva is an exciting figure — a dancer, the originator of yoga, and he respects women. The fact that he consumes bhang makes him loveable even. It’s rare to find to a God who you can be in awe of and adore at the same time.” And now filmmaker Karan Johar has bought the rights to adapt Meluha.
When Karan Vir Arora, CEO of Vimanika Comics, put up a poll online to decide on the mythological figure for his series, he got a unanimous answer — Lord Shiva. Vimanika’s Shiva-The Legends of the Immortal divulges unknown facts about the God. “There is a charisma to Shiva. But he’s relatable, gets angry, which makes him flawed in a human sense while still having the aura of a God. He’s handsome; his life is an adventure, and his story has romance, drama, and action!” Karan explains.
Apart from films, theatre and TV shows too seem to have taken a cue. There’s a show of a power-packed play, Shiva Om, which gives an insight on Shiva’s life, at Birla Matushri auditorium today. TV show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev is already getting the TRPs rolling, as it follows the saga of Sati falling in love with Shiva, from her point of view of Mahadev. Sohanna Sinha, Creative Director, says, “Unlike most mythology shows, ours is done very differently, yet in a grand and lavish manner. Our focus is on the love story, but we’ve kept it all true to the myth. It’s also shot like a youth social show, so the treatment is unique.”
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Actor Hrithik Roshan is apparently the frontrunner among names which also includes actor Ranbir Kapoor being considered to play the role of Shiva in Karan Johar’s production of the Meluha adaptation. Meanwhile, superstar Rajinikanth is apparently playing a Shiv bhakt in the Tamil 3D motion film Kochadaiyaan, which also stars Bolly hottie Deepika Padukone. |
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