Vanara
The Legend of Baali, Sugreeva and Tara
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Narrated by:
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Siddhanta Pinto
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Written by:
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Anand Neelakantan
About this listen
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. Sandwiched between the never-ending war between the Deva tribes in the north and the Asura tribes in the south, the Vana Naras seemed to have lost all hope. But Baali was determined not to die a slave. Aided by his beloved brother, Sugreeva, Baali built a country for his people. The capital city, Kishkindha, became a beacon of hope for emancipated slaves from across the world. It was a city of the people, by the people, for the people, where there was no discrimination based on caste, creed, language or the colour of skin. 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 love triangle between Baali, Tara and Sugreeva is arguably the world's first. Written by Anand Neelakantan who gave a voice to Ravana in Asura, Duryodhana in the Ajaya series and Sivagami in the Baahubali series, Vanara is a classic tale of love, lust and betrayal. Shakespearean in its tragic depth and epic in its sweep, Vanara gives voice to the greatest warrior in the Ramayana—Baali.
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- priya
- 15-08-24
mind blowing view into vana naras
the insight into the subtle intricacies of the rise and fall of the vana naras was superbly researched and articulated
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- Anonymous User
- 15-12-23
beautiful story
this is my second book of anand neelkanthan and its as gripping and amazing as the first one. liked Tara , Bali and the wolf . beautiful portray of love between them ❤️ ❤️
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- Biswajit
- 09-07-23
A great read!!
Beautiful narrative, unputdownable! Will definitely leave you with an abundance of food for thought! However, the pronunciation of the narrator could have been better. He wrongly pronounced a few words.
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- Inder Singh Thakur
- 27-02-24
life of Tara
auther seems to question the whole story of dharma. Good fantasy story. But believing may start questioning the dharma. Some incidents explained were never heard of like sugriva plotting against Bali or angada act against mandodari.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-05-24
Not really a stand out, slow moving story and all tails of Ramayana referred in bad way.
Was in high expectations as have listened to Raavana,Kaali , but this one is disappointing. Story is not gripping at all. Moreover gets boaring as you progress.
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- Anandh Ramesh
- 02-02-23
Listen for the story, not for the names
The works of Anand Neelakantan have consistently improved since his first book. However, where I have the most problems with this audiobook (and many more) is the way several names are pronounced. It almost feels as if the author or the team did not do a quality check on how the names were pronounced by the narrator. The authenticity of the book is lost when names are butchered. Also, the emotions go for a toss in multiple places, as though the narrator was reading the book for the first time and ended up concentration more on the words than the emotions when reading the lines. On the whole, a good book ends up leaving you dissatisfied because of the narration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-10-23
Perspective makes all the difference
different people different perspective of the same fact makes it a different story. engaging!
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- Kaustubh
- 20-04-24
Excellent!
Both the Story and Narration is stunning! Got an absolutely new perspective of seeing ancient things. Excellent!
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