Ponniyin Selvan

The release of revered Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam's hugely anticipated epic adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's Tamil-language novel 'Ponniyin Selvan' is ...

“What we’ve all gone through is something really drastic, the pandemic has been really earth shaking, and it’s terrifying. “So to be able to give an actual face to it and actual body language to it becomes very crucial. 30 in the Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. Rai Bachchan plays the pivotal role of Nandini in the film. “Ponniyin Selvan: 1” is produced by Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions with Siva Ananth serving as executive producer. “I thought this story was really demanding to be shown on the big screen. “Casting becomes very important, especially in a film like this, where somebody should carry off a period look convincingly and be the face of that character, be the physical presence of that character. Post the tremendous critical and commercial success of “Nayakan” (1987), when that film’s lead Kamal Haasan wanted to make another film with Ratnam, the filmmaker considered “Ponniyin Selvan,” but the stars did not align at that time. The story is set in 10th century India during a tumultuous time in the Chola empire when the power struggle between different branches of the ruling family caused violent rifts between the potential successors to the reigning emperor and a civil war became imminent. To me when I was reading it, I could see these larger than life figures filling the screen,” says Ratnam. “From the first time that I read the book, back when I was finishing school, it sounded like a big screen experience. Jeyamohan, condensed it into a film that will release in two parts.