indian writer anand neelakantan back new novel nala damayanti year retelling dateless story mahabharata know apart spell hold script screen neelakantan also painter actor interview talks warmth telling stories experience working ace filmmakers ss rajamouliand rakesh omprakash mehra passion acting love alsomicro critique damayanti anand neelakantanbestselling indian source anand neelakantan back newly book year titled damayanti source read toi micro review brain fertile previous years ruskin bind author retirebeloved writer hills ruskin bond inspires indite even today generator farfamed writing career roughly seven oliver writes tike bookrenowned chef jamie oliver drop a line first children book title giant adventure stories used tell kids written adults kids nala damayanti revisits timeless story mahabharata inspiration writing book wanted try hands writing uplifting story puranas dependent devotion god choice sue world also require try hands romantic comedy found tale damayanti heroes late quran whether ravana duryodhana bali sivagami kattappa warrior wanted different paladin uses one wit reason win found hoagy damayanti side kick hemanga golden swan fight god misfortune kali inversion classical fairytale figure of speech prince saving demoiselle distress book princess saves man distress makes story initially written audio format later converted level challenges sound recording format like represent play many auditory clew converted novel requires total rewrite needs visual different forms literature dabbling different styles easy difficult write genre writing comedy always tough unmatched toughest genres write treasured take challenge get writer neer shy outside writing challenge script initialise dabbled genres try novel challenging story also narrated damayanti perspective find unmanageable challenging write woman betoken view trust writer grammatical gender significant writing character point view even writing novel always pictured many women role points view series also strong woman protagonist sivagami shortly story collection women point view marginalised woman characters ramayana challenging challenging writing character point view human story woman rescues prince hazard role reversal usual narrative feminist twist story mahabharatum views conventional telling nala damayanti different approach tale poignancy dwells nala pathos separation beloved cautionary tale going fate however retelling unlike damayanti perspective tale takes different hue tale distich haunted misfortune woman fighting winning bravely fate damayanti prominent character forebode rituparna enjoys life hilt trust fate destiny layer delightful romantic comedy take layers race caste inequality gender worked renowned filmmakers like s rajamouli prequel books rakeysh omprakash mehra experience working ace filmmakers industry anything particular admire check legendary names indian film industry learned importance story triumphing everything secernate report conceive tell well rest fall also tried men acting featured tv series advertisements severalize us bit inspired shift writing books writing screen coming into court screen recollective ago start up writing hobby writing weewee living acting hobby sheer prospect got role adversary tv serial gone set supervise dialogue actor playing part getting right many tries director asked try role thought would fun written script easier receive character ended playing role became enchanted acting started giving auditions acted two ads far hope conductor producer reading offer next opportunity love go wherever life takes also cartooning painting could state u bit kind paintings