Ponniyin Selvan: I

Ponniyin Selvan: I Movie Details:

Based on	Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Genre	Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Historical
Release date	30 September 2022
Running time	2hr 47min
Certificate	U/A
Starring	Vikram Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Jayam Ravi Karthi Trisha Aishwarya Lekshmi Prabhu R. Sarathkumar Narrated by Kamal Haasan
Directed by	Mani Ratnam
Screenplay by	Mani Ratnam Elango Kumaravel B. Jeyamohan
Story by	Kalki Krishnamurthy
Produced by	Mani Ratnam Subaskaran Allirajah
Cinematography by	Ravi Varman
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Production Company	Madras Talkies Lyca Productions
Distributor	Red Giant Movies

Ponniyin Selvan: I Movie Cast & Characters:

• Vikram as Aditha Karikalan
  • Santhosh as Young Aditha Karikalan
• Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a dual role as:
  • Nandini (Voice-over by Deepa Venkat)
    • Sara Arjun as Young Nandini
  • Mandakini Devi (Oomai Rani)
• Jayam Ravi as Arulmozhi Varman (“Ponniyin Selvan”)
• Karthi as Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan
• Trisha as Kundavai (Voice-over by Krithika Nelson)
• Jayaram as Alwarkadiyan Nambi
• Prabhu as Periya Vellar Boothi Vikramakesari
• R. Sarathkumar as Periya Pazhuvettarayar
• Vikram Prabhu as Parthibendran Pallavan
• Aishwarya Lekshmi as Poonguzhali (Voice-over by Ashmini Balakrishnan)
• Sobhita Dhulipala as Vanathi (Voice-over by K. Smruthi)
• Prakash Raj as Sundara Chozhar
• Jayachitra as Sembiyan Mahadevi
• Rahman as Madhurantakan (Voice-over by Azhagam Perumal)
• Ashwin Kakumanu as Sendhan Amudhan
• Lal as Malaiyaman
• Kishore as Ravidasan
• Babu Antony as Khottiga Amogavarshan
• R. Parthiban as Chinna Pazhuvettaraiyar
• Nassar as Veera Pandiyan
• Nizhalgal Ravi as Sambuvaraiyar
• Mohan Raman as Aniruddha Brahmarayar
• Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Vasuki
• Shyam Fernando as Mahindan
• Balaji Sakthivel as Vanangamudiyar
• Yog Japee as Karuthiruman
• Riyaz Khan as Soman Sambavan
• Vidhya Subramanian as Vaanavan Maadevi
• Arjun Chidambaram as Varagunan
• Nimmy Raphael as Rakkamma
• Vinay Kumar Joseph as Devaralan
• Harris Moosa as Kalapathi
• Gopi Kannadasan as Dambulla Bikshu
• Bharat Raj as Karka
• A. Seemon as Ugradevan
• Suresh Ekambaram as Aadhan Maran
• Aswin Rao as Kandhamaran
• Anil Kumar as Pasupathi
• Shakti Ramani as Kani
• Raghav as Amarabujanga Pandiyan
• Ramchandran as Rajaaliyar
• Jaichandran as Thanthongi Kalingarayar
• Amzath Khan as Mazhavarayar
• Kannan as Kundrathur Kizhar
• Sundaram as Mazhapadi Thennavan
• Jaindhan as Mummudi Pallavarayar
• Nambi as Muttharayar
• Bharathiraja Sakthivel as PS Commander
• Heavens Raja as Saivite
• Balla Bhoopalan as Idumbankari
• Manojkumar K as CP Guard 1
• Aadesh Bala as CP Guard 2
• Prabhu Mani as CP Guard 3
• Vikram as CP Guard 4

Storyline:

Ponniyin Selvan: I (PS-I) is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan. Vandiyathevan sets out to cross the Chola land to deliver a message from Crown Prince Adithya Karikalan. Kundavai attempts to establish political peace in the land seemingly civil war plotted by vassals and petty chieftains.

Ponniyin Selvan: I Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	See production
Worldwide Collection	₹450–500 crore

About Ponniyin Selvan: I Movie:

Ponniyin Selvan: I is a Tamil epic action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B. Jeyamohan. Produced by Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions,

Ponniyin Selvan: I (PS-1) is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 novel, Ponniyin Selvan.

Ever since its publication, a film adaptation of the novel Ponniyin Selvan has been explored by several Tamil filmmakers, including an attempt by M. G. Ramachandran in the late 1950s; however, it never materialised due to financial constraints.

Decades later, Ratnam attempted to adapt the novel in the late-1980s and early-2010s but was unsuccessful. Calling it his “dream project”, Ratnam revived the effort in January 2019, after Lyca agreed to fund the film.

Following several changes in cast and crew, production of Ponniyin Selvan began in December 2019 and concluded in September 2021, halting twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film was shot in various locations across India, with a few sequences in Thailand. It was originally intended to be a single film but was split into two parts.

The story thread of Ponniyin Selvan spans years and more than 50 characters, with 15 principal roles.

Trisha trained in horseriding at the Madras School of Equitation for this film, where she was enrolled for a special course on 26 October 2020, and completed within 14 November 2020.

Ponniyin Selvan was originally planned as a single film with a budget of ₹500 crore. Later, it was split into two parts that were to be shot back-to-back, with some sources reporting that a budget of ₹500 crore is spread across two parts.

It was reported that, Karthi faced an accident while he was shooting in Hyderabad, where he was thrown up in the air, while riding a horse, however, he faced only minor injuries.

In September 2021, the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) filed a lawsuit against Mani Ratnam in connection with the death of a horse allegedly during the film’s shooting in Hyderabad in August 2021.

The film’s narration was voiced by Kamal Haasan (both trailer and film), Anil Kapoor (trailer)/Ajay Devgn (film), Rana Daggubati (trailer)/Chiranjeevi (film), Prithviraj Sukumaran (trailer)/Mammootty (film) and Jayanth Kaikini (trailer)/Upendra (film) in the Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages respectively.

On 17 September 2022, Ratnam in a press meet, confirmed that Ponniyin Selvan: II (PS:2) would be released in six to nine months after the theatrical release of Ponniyin Selvan: I. On 28 December 2022, it was revealed by the unit that PS:2 would be releasing on 28 April 2023.

It received acclaim from film critics, who praised the direction, music, visuals, performances of the cast, and faithfulness to the novel. It received six nominations at the 16th Asian Film Awards, including Best Film.