September 6, 2012 : Arjuna Exposed To American Audiences

Arjun: The Warrior Prince is an Indian animated film that was released in India last May. The story comes from the Mahabharata, an epic Hindu tale I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Disney co-produced this film, in conjunction with an Indian movie company.

Sadly, the official trailer has recently been taken down, but I thought it looked interesting. I believe it was done with 3D cel shading; and while it didn’t match Disney’s extremely high quality, it still looked pretty solid.

The film had a small Hollywood opening/ premiere this past weekend (I believe to qualify for Oscar consideration). However, I heard that the movie can be viewed through Netflix… so that’s good news for anybody that lives outside the area.

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October 28, 2008 : Happy Diwali

Today, part of the world will observe The Fesitival of Lights – also known as Diwali.  It is celebrated by many Indian religions (Hindiusm and Jainism amongst to more popular ones).  Frankly, besides knowing a few people who celebrate this holiday, I am not all that familiar with the festival. 

However, I did have the pleasure of reading the Mahabharata a while back.  This is a series of Hindu Epics, very similar in style to what one would read in Greek or Roman Mythology.  As one might expect, there are a lot of religious lessons included throughout the book; but ultimately it details a great story of good versus evil, and it is highly recommended.

As a side note, my personal favorite character is Arjuna.  The guy is just so Bad Ass (and in describing him, it warrants the capitalization).

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