Mani Ratnam's film Ponniyin Selvan has started with a bang with a collection of Rs 300 crore in the first week. The film is inspired by the life story of the Chola dynasty of South India and its emperor Rajaraja I. Its second part will be released in 2023. Know in Bhaskar Explainer what is the history of the Chola dynasty, why it is counted among the major dynasties of India, what is the story of the novel written on it...
Mani Ratnam completed the shooting of the film Ponniyin Selvan in 150 days.
Mani Ratnam's film Ponniyin Selvan-1 released on 30 September. It is based on Rajaraja I or Ponniyan Selvan, but is not purely historical but fictional drama.
The word 'Ponniyin Selvan' is from Tamil language, which means 'son of river Kaveri', Kaveri river is called Ponni in Tamil. It is believed that when Rajaraja I was 5 years old, he fell in Kaveri and was saved by Kaveri. Hence his name Ponnian Selvan i.e. 'son of river Kaveri'.
Right now the first part of Ponniyin Selvan has been released, but Mani Ratnam has already shot for its second part. According to some reports, it took three years to make this film, but its shooting was completed in only 150 days.
Film director SS Rajamouli was also surprised by this, who took 5 years to shoot both the parts of the film Bahubali.
Mani Ratnam had tried to make his dream project Ponnayin Selvan in the 1980s and 2010s as well, but succeeded only in 2019. Now after three years the film has been released.
The film Ponniyan Selvan begins with the illness of Emperor Sundar Chola. At that time, Sundar's two sons Aditya Karikalan and Ponniyan Selvan are away from him. At that time the king's courtiers, led by Periya and his wife Nandini, are plotting a rebellion and want to put Sundar's cousin Madurantakan on the throne.
Ponnyan is in Sri Lanka when he is attacked, which is saved by a mysterious woman. Ponnian calls that woman Omai Rani. Omai tells that even when he fell into the river Kaveri as a child, it was him who saved Ponnian, who people think was saved by Kaveri himself.
In the film's climax, Ponnian and the Chola warrior Vallavarayan end up in a sinking ship while fighting enemies.
The film ends with the news of Ponnian Selvan's death in the capital of the Chola Empire. In the part 2 of the film, it will be known whether Ponnyan survived or not and who was Omai Rani?
The film stars Jayam Ravi as Ponniyin Selvan, Vikram as Aditya and Aishwarya Rai as Omai Rani. It also stars actors like Karti, Trisha, Aishwarya Lakshmi and Prakash Raj.
The film stars Jayam Ravi as Ponniyin Selvan, Vikram as Aditya and Aishwarya Rai as Omai Rani. It also stars actors like Karti, Trisha, Aishwarya Lakshmi and Prakash Raj.
The author involved in the freedom struggle wrote the original story of Ponniyin Selvan
Mani Ratnam's film is based on freedom fighter R Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan. The book Ponniyin Selvan is based on the story of Emperor Rajaraja I of the Chola dynasty. Krishnamurti used to write under the name Kalki. His story appeared as a weekly series in the Tamil magazine Kalki during 1950–1954.
In 1955, these stories were published in five volumes under the name Ponniyin Selvan, a novel of more than 2200 pages. The book Ponniyin Selvan written by Kalki is not entirely based on historical facts, but many historians say that Kalki has included many accurate historical events in his story.
It is highly praised for describing the culture and heritage of the time through a story woven around the Chola Empire.
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