Originally Posted by nandhunaren
speaking of marma desam, i downloaded all 69 odd episodes last week and watched them over the weekend. it was such a racy, gripping show and it brought back memories from my school days. a trend setter and a beacon of its own genre, it attracted audience of a wide age range didnt it? I can now say i know about mr. naga more than i did back then from his involvement in our CR thread and that made me think that none of the stuff from Marma desam (Ragasiyamai oru Ragasiyam) was thrown at us. Every single detail was backed up by research i am sure. He was such a fore runner that he was probably the first one to involve IT in a tamil serial. although it was predictable at times, the show never ceased to be captivating.
Above all, what i appreciate more, since i am somewhat of an *adult* now, are the nuances of the blossoming of love between Prithviraj and vasuki / ramji and nimmi.. It was done without even them having to touch each other and only with beautiful dialogues, just as it would be done in anytown tamilnadu. But to me, Mr. naga topped himself in 'vidadhu karuppu'. I am not sure if it was pre-alaipayuthey but the concept of 12 min flashback and 12 min present day was absolute genius. and there couldn't have been a perfect ending to that show; it all just unravelled in a matter of minutes and past met present and then it was left hanging for the future too.
Didn't get to watch rudra veenai but i have every single episode of CR and even though i didn't get the same attachment as to his previous shows, this one is up there as one of his gems too. Overall, Mr. Naaga is like a cool brother that everyone would like to have. Not giving up his roots (evident from his beautiful poems, and even scripture writing knowledge) but still exploring new technology (implementing ASCII, software tech, most of all interacting with fans on a forum and actually putting it on the show). I would love to meet him one day and talk to the man that inspired a lot of us and has showed that intelligent and worthful shows can be made and be made a hit on TV. I will come up with questions later but I am glad I could share this with you all.