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What do you mean by Multimedia novel?
This is a book which you will be able to see on a TV or a computer. When you will listen to the matter that is there you will also be able to see many things: paintings, pictures, calligraphy, video and animation too. This is the first ever Indian multimedia book which by making artistic use of advanced technology brings various forms of Art in it. Why should we call it a book? For in it words are very pivotal and all other art forms work to evoke the sensitivity of words more intensely and perfectly. The printed book is all coloured and paintings are used there for it. Kuhoo opens up a new path in the world of books.The multimedia novel on DVD is not an option to books, and so the book and the DVD are published together. The printed books do have some limitations; an attempt to overcome these limitations is made in DVD. When the success and failure of e-books and audio-books was contemplated, it was realized that these books were at times boring due to the monotony that comes in it. It was also realized that this monotony can be removed by using various other forms in it. And this blending, after taking some efforts, became possible due to the advanced technology.

Subject
The novel deals with the relationship of man and nature. This is a symbolic story of a tiny bird who dreams of making the entire world beautiful with his singing. This novel reveals the upheavals that emerge in the entirely different world of animals and humans when Kuhoo falls in love with Maanushi. The story takes its stand on all the factual observations that came out of the advanced studies of the entire living world existing in the forest and it avoids the imposition of human emotions on animals and birds. At times reality becomes a real fantasy, this is what one feels when in forest. Kuhoo is a fantasy based on such realities.

Who are the readers?
For all those who can speak-hear and understand but who have lost the habit of reading; multimedia can be used to motivate such readers to move back to books and reading. The love story of Kuhoo will definitely give the young and techno-savvy readers a wonderful experience. Approximately one and half crore Marathi people use internet. Apart from that there are many who use computers and DVD players. This novel which comes in three parts, to see it with colourful paintings and to listen to the classical music which is in it, for three days will definitely provide a different pleasure to readers of any age group.

Children Edition
Kuhoo is a work which fits into the traditional Indian symbolic form of fables. But rather than imagining and entertaining with the help of fairies, ghosts and witches, it prefers to depict the real world of birds-animals-human as it appears today. The natural sounds of birds, their colours, appearance, their behavior, habits and skill is something which attracts the kids than grownups. Children feel lost while enjoying the happenings in the ever green forest. For the students, in the present educational system, environment is an important subject. In this novel, the students will learn through entertainment how to behave with other living beings and Nature. It will also develop awareness in them about the other art forms like painting, music and will also make them curious about the technical side of bringing a book in DVD form. With the social awareness of environment conservation it will impart knowledge about Art and Technology and enrich the future generation.