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Randamoozham is the masterpiece of Jnanpith winning writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair. It was translated into English as Second Turn in 1997. M. T. Vasudevan Nair won Vayalar Award, given for the best literary work in Malayalam, for the novel in 1985. Later, in the year 1995, Mr. Nair was awarded the highest literary award in India, Jnanpith Award, for his overall contribution t...more

Published June 2011 by Current Books (first published August 16th 1984)

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Oct 26, 2011Nandakishore Varma rated it really liked it

M.T.Vasudevan Nair (or M.T. as he is lovingly known to us Malayalees), a doyen in the field of Malayalam literature and a trendsetting scriptwriter for Malayalam movies, has penned this wonderful novel: the Mahabharatha epic seen through the eyes of Bhima, the second of the Pandava brothers. M.T. is known for his portrayal of the unsung hero, both in literature and movies. Most of his protagonists are vehicles for the frustrations he suffered as a young man, and Bhima is no different. Always des...more

Strong,compassionate & empathetic. This work stands like a colossus on the shores of Malayalam Literature. The worlds knows Bheema of the Mahabharatha as a beast of war, the elder brother was a paragon of virtue and the casanova-esque thrid brother was a super star all over. Bheema was treated as a bozo who lumbers around with a club bashing up the brains of the Kauravas in TV and in books. How many of these writers saw the hurt & pain being marked a moron gave Bheema ? How many of them...more

Whenever I see this book sitting in my mother's bookshelf, I pick this up and read it once. In the past five years I have read this at least five times. This is a timeless classic, a totally different rendition of a story we have all heard, the Mahabharata.
MT Vasudevan Nair has chosen Bheema as the protagonist of this book. The entire Mahabharata is narrated as a historical tale (than a story of Gods, Demons and the superhuman), in the first person, from Bheema's perspective. About his joys, he...more

I think this is the simplest way Mahabharatha has been ever told. Narrating the story from Bhima's point of view, MT stripped off the divine powers from the characters and presented them as mortal human beings with emotions. So you don't get to see Krishna supplying an infinitely long sari to save Draupadi or King Jarasandha's body rejoining and coming back to life whichever way Bhima tries to tear him into two. But you can see Bhima being jealous of Arjuna for being Draupadi's favourite among t...more

Jul 11, 2017

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Ashish Iyer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: indian-author, hinduism, read-2017, malayalam

A very good transformation of the epic Mahabharata. A different view at the classic taking out the supernatural element was a pleasant surprise. The book takes readers through the Mahabharatha as narrated by the Second Pandava, the strongest of them all, Bhimasena. Bhima comes alive in front of us as a mere Human, and exposes the human side of all the characters in the epic. The narration was quite pacey, and you cannot get yours hands off the book unless it had finished. Hat's off to Mr. Vasude...more

the revolutionary thinker in me, the one who questions every single myth and superhero story fed to me while being respectful to the traditions -this book brings it all back and yes in a very tight thriller...
for those who love mythology,history and good stories, this is a must read. i don't have to say anything more.. and for the portrayal of bhimasena - I feel I found something I was searching for..
the human side of the epic, with many parts I was hoping might be included in the way I wanted,...more

There are so many interpretations and translations on Mahabharatha and Ramayana world wide. Every new translation adds something to the original story. This particular novel foregrounds the Mahabharatha story from the point of view of the 'real hero', Bhima. There is nothing unusual in looking into that epic from that angle. In fact, it is not the first time that one literary work has been subjected to reinterpret or renarrate from the point of view of some other characters from the same novel....more

Dec 03, 2016Dharmabum rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This one offers an interesting take. The entire Mahabharata is narrated by Bhima. It is curious how the author has interpreted the feelings of Bhima as he is shown to live in the shadows of Arjuna. I also like it that the character is shown to be unburdened by thinking and lives an almost instinctive life. It is also interesting how the author weaves in narratives around lesser known characters like Hidimbi. Top notch book for me!

Jul 27, 2015Priya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

If there's one thing I've realised after reading M.T.Vasudevan Nair's Randamoozham (English translation by Gita Krishnankutty) is that there is no one interpretation of the Mahabharata. There have been numerous re-tellings so far, from the PoV of so many characters and yet, every time I read it I come away with a different feeling and a different understanding of the characters. Like MT says in the Epilogue, the credit goes to the original author, Sage Vyasa - not just for what he said, but also...more

Aug 17, 2012Priyanka rated it it was amazing

Hats off to this genuis. Such a brave attempt it is to tell the entire story from a purely human prespective and that too from a very less acclaimed hero in mahabharata, the Bhima.May be its is true that there is a hero in each one of us, after all life is a struggle and everyone you see around is fighting to his/her best.
MT has portrayed the entire story unbiased from the so called superhuman abilities and morale that we are used to hearing right from our childhood about the characters in Maha...more

I bought this book after hearing lots of good comments about this book. But, the book was far better than what I had expected. M.T Sir has narrated Mahabharatha in a different angle. We can see the real hero, Bhima in every page. Bhima - a good son, brother, husband and father.And, everyone will like Ghatotkachan(Abandoned son of Bhima, who was an important reason behind the victory of Pandavas in Kurukshetra war.) Also, I lost respect to some of idols who were always worshiped in all other book...more

Aug 17, 2014Manu rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Every time I read a well written version of the Mahabharata, I respect the original epic even more. How many works can lay claim to so many renditions centuries after the original version? As for this version, what does it say of an author when he can mesmerise the reader with a story that one has been hearing since childhood?
As the title suggests, Bhima is the protagonist and the story is told from his perspective. MT does not try to take on the much larger canvas of the Mahabharata, and inste...more

Feb 05, 2017Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Translated from one of MT's most popular Malayalam works 'Randamoozham', this is a version of Mahabharata narrated from Bhima's point of view. Bhima - the second Pandava, the warrior par excellence, the epitome of strength and power.....'Bhima who won the war and yet achieved nothing'.
As a kid, I was always attracted to and read more stories from the Ramayana over Mahabharata, mostly because I found the latter too confusing with too many characters. As a result, my opinion maybe biased with not...more

May 31, 2015Ganesh Sanal rated it really liked it

M.T. is a legend at resurrecting unsung heroes from myths and fables and he does it again. But against popular opinion, I never felt that this was just Bheem's story. M.T. retells Mahabharatha, the most epic creation of a civilization from the perspective of a common man. As M.T. himself said, Bheem is never clouded by dharma or karma. He is as common as a royal can get. Through him, we understand the epic for what it really was. Not an ode to the gods, but a majestic portrayal of men, desires a...more

Bheeman; his view point about maha bharata and some really interesting perspective and imagination from the incredibly talented author makes this one a classic :). Some people can't digest the ending but it is worth reading and it is easily one of the best book that I have read till now.

Jun 26, 2016Sugatharaj Paleri rated it it was amazing

There is no comparison of this book. A brilliant novel that gives me a different perspective to the Mahabharata. I like BHIMA, who is the real man and winner.

Dec 30, 2012Alfa Hisham rated it it was amazing

Brilliant concept. To see the whole Mahabharatham through a different pair of eyes.

Dec 09, 2016Some Random Book Lover rated it it was amazing

A literary masterpiece from one of the greatest authors of India.
The novel is a retake of the Indian epic Mahabharata from the viewpoint of Bhima, who the author describes as the most important warrior in the Mahabharata war. First of all, kudos to M.T. for his revolutionary thinking. Nowadays, when reading books of Amish and Anand Neelakantan, who also talks about stories from the puranas and epics in a different and more logical way, it astonishes me to realize that someone from my state has a...more

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Dec 10, 2017Sayantani Dasgupta rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The language isn’t particularly beautiful or impressive, which might be a fault of the translation itself. However, reading the Mahabharata from the perspective of Bhima, who in popular narrative is a physically powerful man with few complexities of character, was very interesting. He broods; he knows he hasn’t been given his due; he loves Draupadi who in turn loves Arjuna the most; he trains hard; he avenges his family without worrying about personal consequences; he resents Yudhishthira’s terr...more

Mahabharatha as a story of simple man through the eye of an simple man whom we considered second always. Really broke some idols in my mind and restructured the whole Mahabharatha in an another way. It opened me an another way of thinking. While reading I was Bhima, I was feeling all the emotions he went through, the feeling of rejection, avoidance and I was travelling around all the place he went, through Hastinapura, Indraprastha, the forest, the battle field of Kurukshetra .... Picturisation...more

Apr 27, 2018Premanand Velu rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The unending source of stories that Mahabharatha is... This time it is M.T.Vasudevan Nair who brings a different facet of the story with his mastery in spinning epics into astounding sequences.Absolutely spellbinding tapestry of event sequences M.T. creates!... The episode about Ghatotkacha meeting his father Bhima and the futility of grandiose displayed by Pandavas mocked by simplicity of expression and gesture by Ghatotkacha is matchless. The manipulative nature of relation with Draupathi taki...more

Apr 17, 2012Raveendran Nikhil rated it it was amazing

No one can tell Mahabharata as simple as MT did.
No can tell this tale in this perspective..
No can tell the emotions of Mahabharata as MT did..
May be we all have a 'Mandan',inside us, the one who sacrificed his wishes for others, the one who left everything from childhood just for others.
The one who is emotional, the one who is strong at heart!
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Nov 04, 2008Deepti Pradeep rated it really liked it

Depiction of the real hero of the legend...

Apr 24, 2015Shweta Ganesh Kumar rated it it was amazing

You know you have fallen in love with a book when you feel sad when it ends. A wonderful retelling of the epic Mahabharata as narrated by Bhimasenan. A must-read for anyone interested in the epic.

Jul 10, 2008Saira eapen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

An excellent book .I just loved reading it.It is,in short,Mahabharatha,in the view of the great pandava Bhima.

Jun 10, 2017Vadassery Rakesh rated it it was amazing

Magnum Opus! MT's talent to spot the untold story remarkably comes out in this monumental retelling of an iconic epic. The icing on the cake is the new version of Bhimsen getting embarrased by Karna in the midst of war. As justiifed by the author in the epilogue, only MT can see such nuances of a story untold.
Keralites are already aware how he made a hero out of Chathiyan Chandu overnight, bringing down to earth with a thud the blue blooded images of Unniyarcha and Aromal Chekavar, in a bold re...more

Dec 30, 2018Lata rated it it was amazing

Today I completed reading a book which I had wanted to read for years but couldn't as I was unable to read Malayalam. I read the English translation Bhima and frankly I was disappointed. I couldn't believe that the book Malayalees swore by could be so boring. And so was determined to read the original. The 328 pages took me longer than reading an English book, but it was such a delight. Every dialogue brings out the emotional state of the characters in so few words. As I read it, I realised that...more

Another master piece from the Legend M.T. Loved the narration in the Bhima's prespective.

Apr 07, 2019Surabhi Chatrapathy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Bhima - Lone Warrior by M T Vasudevan Nair is a treat for those who love mythological retellings.
Narrated with absolute ease and grace, you will find it hard to put the book down.
With very little poetic licence, Vasudevan remains loyal to the original text of Mahabharata but brings forth the voice of Bhima.
A perspective of the second Pandava. His strength, his loneliness, his confusion and the chaos that reined his heart through his life.
His character never drew my attention to be honest. On...more

Feb 24, 2014RustyJ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: indian-ancient-classics, indian-medieval-classics, mythology, thought-provoking, mythology-different-pespective

Had heard a lot about MTV's Randa Moozham, literally 'the second turn' - the Mahabharata from Bhima's perspective. Since I cannot read malayalam, was looking for a translation - the earlier translation (McMillan) is out of print - and was delighted when the current translation by Gita Krishnamurthy came out. Other reviewers have opined that the translation does not do justice to the original work. This is quite possible since I was a tad disappointed after reading the book. I had a similar exper...more

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Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair (Malayalam: മഠതതില തെകകെപാടട വാസുദേവന നായര) (born 9 August 1933), popularly known as MT, is a renowned Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad District, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj. He is one of the most prolific and versatile wr...more

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