the 'escapist',charge was just one. kalki's reported plagarism was the most important charge, as soon as kalki published a story a host of these manikodi writers would search for similar ones published earlier and I think even kalki accepted a portion of his writings were " thaluvals" the manikodi group was not also rans but we had some good writers in them too. the main funda behind the manikodi group was with his own publication kalki got away with many things that would not be possible for writers like them. i think some of the experts in the group shopuld write about the manikodi's verbal assault on kalki
venketesh
> the best answer for that came from Chakrapani, the > film producer who owned Vijaya Studioes with Nagi > Reddy and made many memorable movies in those days. > Chakrapani said movie makers, writers are all > entertainers at first. Their primary goal is to be > known as a good artist and entertainer. Along with > that they had to mix social messages and historical > context because of their care and concern for society > in general. People should not mistake them for being > reformers totally, a reformer rarely has time for > movies or stories. > > I think kalki was similar to some extent. >