Ponniyin Selvan: II Movie Details:
| Based on | Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Genre | Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Historical |
| Release date | 28 April 2023 |
| Running time | 2hr 45min |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Vikram Jayam Ravi Karthi Aishwarya Rai Trisha Aishwarya Lekshmi Sobhita Dhulipala |
| Directed by | Mani Ratnam |
| Screenplay by | Mani Ratnam Elango Kumaravel B. Jeyamohan |
| 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: II 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 and Sunitha Upadrashta in Telugu)
- Sara Arjun as young Nandini
- Mandakini Devi (“Oomai Rani”)
- Nandini (Voice-over by Deepa Venkat and Sunitha Upadrashta in Telugu)
- Jayam Ravi as Arulmozhi Varman (“Ponniyin Selvan”)
- Samartha Satyajit as young Arulmozhi Varman
- Karthi as Vanthiyathevan
- Trisha as Kundavai (Voice-over by Krithika Nelson)
- Nila as young Kundavai
- Jayaram as Azhwarkkadiyan Nambi / Thirumalaiappan
- Prabhu as Periya Vellar Boothi Vikramakesari
- R. Sarathkumar as Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar
- Vikram Prabhu as Parthibendran Pallavan
- Aishwarya Lekshmi as Poonguzhali (Voice-over by Ashmini Balakrishnan)
- Sobhita Dhulipala as Vaanathi (Voice-over by K. Smruthi)
- Prakash Raj as Sundara Chola
- Rahman as Madhurantakan (Voice-over by Azhagam Perumal)
- R. Parthiban as Chinna Pazhuvettaraiyar / Kaalanthakandar
- Jayachitra as Sembiyan Mahadevi
- Ashwin Kakumanu as Sendhan Amudhan
- Lal as Malaiyaman
- Kishore as Ravidasan
- Riyaz Khan as Soman Sambavan
- Babu Antony as Khottiga Amogavarshan
- Makarand Deshpande as Chief Kalamugar
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Vasuki
- Nasser as Veerapandiyan
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Sambuvarayar
- Mohan Raman as Aniruddha Brahmarayar
- Balaji Sakthivel as Vanangamudiyar
- Yog Japee as Karuthiruman
- Vidhya Subramanian as Vaanavan Maadevi
- Vinay Kumar Joseph as Devaralan
- Nimmy Raphael as Rakkamma
- Aswin Rao as Kandhamaran
- Harris Moosa as Kalapathi
- Pondy Ravi as PP Commander
- S. Radhakrishnan as Nagapattinam Bikshu
- Bharat Raj as Karka
- A. Seemon as Ugradevan
- Anil Kumar as Pasupathi
- Shakti Ramani as Kani
- Shreema Upadhyaya as Maathuli
- 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
- Balla Bhoopalan as Idumbankari
Storyline:
Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.
Ponniyin Selvan: II Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Worldwide Collection | ₹345 crore |
About Ponniyin Selvan: II Movie:
Ponniyin Selvan: II is a Tamil epic historical action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B. Jeyamohan. The film is produced by Mani Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions.
Ponniyin Selvan: II (PS-2 / Ponniyin Selvan 2) is the second of two cinematic parts based on the 1954 novel Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy, it serves as a direct sequel to Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022).
Ponniyin Selvan: II was initially intended to be a single film but was split into two parts that were produced concurrently. Joint principal photography for both parts began in December 2019, halting twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately wrapping up on 16 September 2021.
As per director Mani Ratnam’s advice, several actors from the film including Vikram, Jayam Ravi, and Karthi grew their hair long for their roles in the film.
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 on 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.
Vikram has dubbed for himself for five languages for the film, in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, but only in the trailer. Both Jayam Ravi and Karthi dubbed for the Tamil and the Telugu versions of the film.
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.
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.
Ponniyin Selvan: II was released in theatres worldwide on 28 April 2023 in standard, IMAX, 4DX, and EPIQ formats where it received positive reviews from critics.
The distribution rights of the film in Tamil Nadu were acquired by Red Giant Movies. The Andhra Pradesh and Telangana distribution rights were bought by Dil Raju’s Sri Venkateswara Creations. The Kerala distribution rights were bought by Gokulam Gopalan’s Sree Gokulam Movies. The North India distribution rights were acquired by Pen India Limited. Lyca Productions acquired the overseas distribution rights.
The digital streaming rights for the film were purchased by Amazon Prime Video for ₹125 crore (US$16 million) and started streaming on the platform from 2 June 2023 in Tamil and dubbed versions of Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages. The Hindi dubbed version was premiered from 23 June 2023. The satellite rights of the film was sold to Sun TV.
