Ponniyin selvan

Mani Ratnam’s movie Ponniyin Selvan, or PS1, broke box-office records as it takes a glorious chapter in the history of Tamil Nadu to a non-Tamil audience, including the global diaspora. The movie, based on the Ponniyin Selvan novel, revolves around the battle of succession in the great Chola dynasty in the 10th century CE. But as the film’s dramatic plot, its over-the-top sets and the superlative performances of its lead cast corner all the attention, we take a look at the man who wrote the work, which is considered one of the best Tamil novels on historical fiction. Ramaswamy 'Kalki' Krishnamurthy | Wikimedia Commons Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy (1899-1954), better known by his pen name ‘Kalki’, was a journalist and a freedom fighter. During the course of his four-decade-long career as a journalist, Kalki Krishnamurthy wrote more than 120 short stories, 10 novellas, 5 novels, 3 historical romances, and hundreds of editorial and political articles. In 1941, he launched a weekly magazine, also called Kalki. It was in this magazine that he published the story of Ponniyin Selvan (‘Beloved son of Ponniyin’), chapter by chapter, from 29th October 1950 to 16th May 1954. Statue of Rajaraja Chola | Wikimedia Commons Ponniyin Selvan traces the story of the early days of the great Chola King, Raja Raja Chola I (947 – 1014 CE), as the young prince ‘Arulmozhi Varman’. Kalki Krishnamurthy was greatly influenced by the works of noted Tamil historian K Nilkantha Sastri, on the early history o...

Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India. Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India. Arulmozhi Varman continues on his journey to become Rajaraja I, the greatest ruler of the historic Chola empire of south India.

Tamil-language Indian cinema, produced in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, had a banner 2023. As heterogeneous an industry as its globally better-known Mumbai counterpart—popularly known as Bollywood—the movie business in Tamil Nadu produces films for a voracious audience that has a taste for everything ranging from social realist critique to horror-comedy. Tamil-language Indian cinema, produced in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, had a banner 2023. As heterogeneous an industry as its globally better-known Mumbai counterpart—popularly known as Bollywood—the movie business in Tamil Nadu produces films for a voracious audience that has a taste for everything ranging from social realist critique to horror-comedy. But the big money has long been, and continues to remain, in the generously budgeted action pictures that burnish the mythos of their superstar male leads. One of these, sexagenarian icon Kamal Haasan, powered the action thriller Vikram to a worldwide gross of over $60 million. Vikram’s claim on the record was Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 and its sequel have been stunning successes. The films are based on a beloved Tamil five-volume epic of the same name, written by Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy—better known by his pen name, Kalki—for his magazine in installments from 1950 to 1954 . The stories, collected and published as a series of books totaling 2,400 pages in 1955, became near-mandatory reading across demographics in Tamil Nadu. The novels’ reach has largely been limited ...

Adapting “Ponniyin Selvan” has been a dream project for a few Indian filmmakers, including writer/director Some good news, which is also bad news: many viewers have probably already read Krishnamurthy’s popular epic, which was originally serialized in “Kalki” magazine throughout the early 1950s. Anyone who hasn’t read the book, but still wants to see “Ponniyin Selvan: Part II” on a big screen should know that “Part I” was more about the itinerant Vanar prince Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan (Karthi) than the beloved title character (Jayan Ravi)—a nickname for the 10 th century Chola dynasty Prince Arunmozhi—or his hothead older brother Aditha (Vikram). Arunmozhi and Aditha necessarily take more central roles in “Ponniyin Selvan: Part II,” and so do the other main subjects of “Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1,” like the princes’ troubled and presumed wicked stepmother Nandini ( There’s more Nandini in “Ponniyin Selvan: Part II,” and a lot more supporting characters who either support or defy her, like the Chola chieftains who not-so-secretly back Madhuranthakan, or the Chola princes’ many advisers, like their sister Kundavai ( In “Part I,” Vallavairyan embodies the Byzantine, freely-associated story-telling traditions that clearly inspired both Ratnam and his two Tamil-speaking co-writers. What arguably puts “Ponniyin Selvan: Part 2” over the top, as an overburdened sequel to a long-gestating adaptation, is Ratnam’s characteristic visual acuity, his co-writers’ careful attention to detai...

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PONNIYIN SELVAN 2 ON OTT PLATFORM: WHERE TO WATCH AND CAST ‘Ponnivin Selvan 2’ with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, and Jayam Ravi began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on June 2. The epic historical fantasy adventure-drama, which is being directed by Mani Ratnam and made under his brand of Madras Talkies in collaboration with Subaskaran Allirajah's Lyca Productions, is based on the outstanding novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy. PONNIYIN SELVAN 2 ON OTT PLATFORM: PLOT All of these elements—adventure, drama, royal intrigue—are there and are set against the backdrop of the most important time in South Indian history. Everything necessary for an enjoyable movie experience is present in it. A visual extravaganza, PS-ll continues the first movie's suspenseful climax, which is currently streamable on the service for subscribers. With a focus on Arulmozhi Varman's (Jayam Ravi) transformation into Rajaraja I, the revered king of the Chola dynasty, the movie begins with an intriguing preamble that explores the relationship between Aaditha Karikalan (Vikram) and Nandhini (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), as well as the ongoing power struggle over succession for the Chola dynasty.