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Anand Neelakantan

Anand Neelakantan is the author of the popular Bahubali trilogy, the prequel to S. S. Rajamouli's movie. He is also the author of Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (2012), a retelling of the Ramayana from Ravana's point of view, and the Ajaya series, which told the Mahabharata from Duryodhana's perspective. Vanara (2018), Valmiki's Women (2021), Nala Damayanti (2023), The Tale of the Flying Mountains (2023), and the latest Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons (2025) are his other popular works. His books have been translated into more than fifteen languages, including Indonesian and Burmese. He has also written scripts and screenplays for TV and columns for newspapers.