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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 ShivaThe 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 powerpacked 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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