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Baradwaj Rangan 
Madhusudhanan.J
December 3, 2013
A pdf file for those who preordered it on release? Or special copy?
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Harish S
December 3, 2013
ahh… is there an exchange offer for the older version with this one? 😀
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brangan
December 3, 2013
Madhusudhanan/ Harish S: I know, I know. I’ve often had these questions while on the other side. Now that I’m on this side, all I can say is that you’ll have to check with Penguin 😀
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Just Another Film Buff
December 3, 2013
I have a little fortune sitting on my bookshelf. Look out for the author-signed first edition on Ebay in a few decades.
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venkatesh
December 3, 2013
BR : Self-publishing is where its at 🙂
BTW , wasn’t there talk of a book on KB ?
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Ajith
December 3, 2013
Does the ‘kadal’ chapter include an interview with Mani ratnam?
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MANK
December 3, 2013
@BR
As long as Manirathnam continues to make movies, you are guaranteed to have a steady income.Keep adding chapters to your book . Even though His recent movies had me wishing that he would retire ,For your sake at least i hope mani doesn’t quit 🙂
PS: yeah as @Venkatesh pointed out , you had mentioned about writing a book on KB. I think it was in an article in Caravan. Or have the naysayers that you mentioned in the same article dissuaded you from this endevour.
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Kamlesh
December 3, 2013
cant wait… when ???
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sachita
December 3, 2013
it must be easy for the kindle version owners to get the update right?
how do we check with penguin on this?
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Anu Warrier
December 3, 2013
I went off and got the hardcover… 🙂
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brangan
December 4, 2013
MANK: Actually, I can’t keep adding chapters. This “Kadal” chapter is an anomaly. Usually, nothing changes between hardcover and paperback, but this time it so happened that there was a film in between. The next additions in the book will only come in the next edition, maybe ten years down the line — if he’s willing to talk and if I’m available…
sachita: I’ve passed on the request, at least for the e-version. Let’s see…
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nona@isback.com
December 4, 2013
Brangan – can the folks who have previously purchased the Hardcover get a PDF of the Kadal chapter somehow 🙂
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Aurora Vampiris
December 4, 2013
Has this been released yet?
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cpvenkatesh
December 5, 2013
Sir, couldnt find the order link yet, kindly share with us the link too ???
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Vikram
December 5, 2013
no fair, what abt the guys with author-autographed first edition hardcovers 😦 pdf?
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brangan
December 7, 2013
Ajith: Yes, this is a book in the conversational format. And no, he doesn’t defend the film till the end. He’s quite frank about his shortcomings.
cpvenkatesh: Isn’t the link on Amazon and Flipkart?
Vikram: As I said, have passed on the request to Penguin. Will keep you posted.
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Hasini
December 11, 2013
Now that the paperback is out, Rangan, I have a question: if you would ever want to have such a conversation with an actor, as opposed to a director, who would it be?
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Sriram
December 13, 2013
http://www.badriseshadri.in/2013/12/blog-post_13.html
Saar, congrats for the Tamil edition.
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Sriram
December 26, 2013
Saar, review for the Tamil edition of Maniratnam book by blogger Vaa.Manikandan:
http://www.nisaptham.com/2013/12/blog-post_26.html
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Niranjan
January 4, 2014
I saw the paperback yesterday at the Hyderabad airport, and decided to read the ‘Kadal’ chapter (I have the hardbound non-Kadal version at home). I didn’t get to finish it, what with my my wife growing more and more impatient as I seemed rooted at the book section.
I saw Kadal (again, didn’t see the whole thing) on TV, and frankly, the chapter seemed more interesting than the movie.
Clearly, the movie didn’t connect for some of the reasons that were discussed in that chapter (the dialect, too many strands of story).Mani mentions Paruthi Veeran and how it worked with the audiences, despite the problem with the dialect there too, and how he had expected the same to work with Kadal as well. I don’t quite agree with some of the reasons discussed there (the whole brouhaha with Viswaroopam, the posters indicating a kind of young love story etc) because a good gripping film will find its audience no matter what.
For me, the biggest problem with Kadal (which was not there even with Raavan) was that it didn’t really achieve the kind of rawness Mani was apparently after. Yes, it had that on its sleeve and its milieu, but something wasn’t quite there. Frankly, Mani’s manner of story telling has never gotten down ‘into the gutters’ so to speak. His style of film making which seems to be one of taking snapshots across time, where we see his protagonists at their ‘cleanest’ behavior. The nastiness of these characters is implied time and again, but since Mani is so interested in this clean veneer, we never see the dirty deeds per se.
Perhaps someone else may have made a better movie of this material – someone in the Anurag Kashyap mold of film making.
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Harish S Ram
January 6, 2014
is the paperback version available in chennai? I went to the landmarks and crosswords of chennai only to be ‘karpuram adichi satyam pannified’ that there is no paperback or new edition with kadal added to it.
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Vinod G
January 22, 2014
This is amazing! Always felt Kadal is Mani Ratnam’s best movie till date, after Iruvar. Am ordering the paperback right away, though I have the hardcover already
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Prakash Ram
March 1, 2014
Baradwaj, do you know if Kadal chapter has been added to the Kindle version, thanks.
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Prakash Ram
August 5, 2014
Finally got around read to reading the Kindle version with Kadal chapter. The book was fantastic, a very deep insight into some of the movies that had defined my early years. I felt a little disappointed that we didn’t really get any thoughts from Mani Ratnam on the current state of film industry and its future, an epilogue chapter would have helped.
I hope your plan to write a book on KB materializes soon enough, he is not getting any younger. If you cannot get enough funding, I would suggest looking at something like Kickstarter , I would be happy to contribute.
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Drunken Monkey
September 3, 2014
BR,
Can I please get a link to the soft copy of the book with ‘kadal’ chapter.
Looks like the below(and only item on amazon) doesn’t promise on ‘kadal’ chapter. No response from penguin for my mail..
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brangan
September 3, 2014
Drunken Monkey: Thank you for your interest. Can you send me a mail stating your requirement? I will forward this to the Penguin folks through my editor.
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Mrs kanthimathisubramaniam
October 24, 2014
Jaya subramaniam,
I really envy the present generation about the opportunities of expressing their views and have a battle of words on line
Me and our son Karthik r great fans of your writing
Waiting to hear about KB the great
Will it be sooner should be by Gods grace
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brangan
October 15, 2016
Kind intimation from a reader:
“When I bought the ‘Conversations with Mani Ratnam’ book, it didn’t have the chapter on ‘Kadal’. I have read comment threads on your blog where people have asked for that chapter to be made available. I was delighted to find it on Google Play.
I presume that many of your readers are still looking for it. Here’s the link to the e-book on the Google play US store: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Baradwaj_Rangan_Conversations_with_Mani_Ratnam?id=i75zCgAAQBAJ
The price ($1.68) is fair. I’m not sure if it is available in India. I couldn’t check that from the US. If you share it on your blog, I think it’ll make a lot of readers happy.”
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