Karan Johar has bought the rights to convert the recently released bestseller book The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi. Hrithik Roshan has been already casted as Lord Shiva for the movie. Who will play the role of Sati is yet to be finalised.
We have read and watched many diiferent stories of Lord Shiva. Numerous television serials has been made on Lord Shiva. Each showing almost same story with few differenced here and here.
The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi is an excellent book written on the story of Lord Shiva. In the book, Shiva has been depicted as normal human being with some extra ordinary powers of destroyers which he himself doesn’t know. But as the story progresses he finds about his power, his purpose and aim of life. He is worshiped by the people of Meluha does becoming Lord Shiva.
The book begins showing Shiva as brave warrior and also a tribe leader. But in a fix about saving his tribe from the enemy. Then he decide to move with tribe to the land of Meluha which is said to be created by Raja Raghu founder of Suryavanshi dynasty.
On his way to Meluha, Shiva and his tribe were ask to drink Somras in order to get rid of any disease they are carrying. While everyone in the tribe falls sick, Shiva throat turns blue in color. Doctor Ayurvati tells him of the legend of neelkanth, where it is told that one person whose throat will turn blue after drinking Somras will be the saviour of Meluha tribe and will destroy the their enemy Chandravashi.
The book deals with internal turmoil of Shiva very well. It is so gripping and engrossing that the book simply becomes unputdownable till we get answers of all the questions like
Will Shiva be able to rise to the occasion and save the clan of the Suryavanshis?
Why does the Princess Sati shy away from speaking to him every single time?
What Readers Have to Say
The book Immortals of Meluha has been critically acclaimed by experts and extremely loved by the readers.It has got 4.2 star of 5 and a best seller novel.
I’m quite excited with the fact that the novel will now be filmed. It will be great to see all the imagination which were created in our mind while reading the Immortals of Meluha on big screen. Till the movie releases why not to rush and pick up your copy of The Immortals of Meluha.
