Dear Satish why is Kalki so obsessed with Aal Marattam.....Parthiban Kanavu - Samiyar and Narasimha pallavan, Vikraman disguising as rathina vyabari etc. PS - Senthan Amudhan, Madhuranthakan... SS - Bikshu and Pulikesi...
Any reason behind such aal marattam.Somehow I feel its monotonous in all his three historical novels that he adopts aal marattam as a primary means to unfold his plot...
Most historical novels use Aalmmarattam theme from the days of Dumas in Man in Iron Mask....Charles Dickens with a Tale of Two Cities to name a few...
In Tamil You have it PS, SS ,Alai osai.....Kanchi Kathiravan which is set in Mahendravarmans youth again uses the same them...In Yavana Rani Ilanzheian hides as the yavana kapal thalaivan Chola Nila has Pallavarayar as Manavarman....The list is endless....
There are two reasons in my humble opinion... 1 That way you can use youre imagination to vilify a charector and claim it was the other one which did it all and the rightful and valiant one ascended throne and became the good king history knows....
second is the drama of confusion of identity...He uses it more in PS and alai osai than in SS Nandhini Mandhakini confusion and Madhuranthagan Senthan changes Like wise in Alai osai The Seetha Tharini resemblence is where he builts all the plots and untwists them