Chola prince Arunmozhi Varman (Jayam Ravi) and his lieutenant Vanthiya Thevan (Karthi) were swallowed by the sea. The ace director shot back saying, “If I had the budget and a producer who would spend, I would have told it elaborately.” While the first part of Ponniyin Selvan had the first two volumes of the book, the second part squeezes the next three volumes into a 165-minute film, filled with treachery, mistrust, and a failed love story.Īt the end of Ponniyin Selvan 1, Mani Ratnam left the audience in the deep sea. During a press conference at the launch Ponniyin Selvan 2 in Chennai, I asked Mani Ratnam if he had to squeeze the five-volume novel of Kalki Krishnamurthy into just a two-part film.
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