Ponniyin Selvan: Part I (2022)
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- 2h 47min
- Action, Drama
- 30 Sep 2022 (United Arab Emirates)
- Movie
Vandiyathevan crosses the Chola land to deliver a message from the Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan, while Kundavai attempts to establish political peace as vassals and petty chieftains plot against the throne.
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Awards:
- 16 wins & 31 nominations.
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Cast
| Vikram | ... |
Aditha Karikalan
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| Aishwarya Rai Bachchan | ... |
Nandini / Oomai Rani
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| Trisha Krishnan | ... |
Kundavai
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| Karthi | ... |
Vanthiyathevan
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| Ravi Mohan | ... |
Arunmozhi Varman
(as Jayam Ravi)
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| Prabhu | ... |
Periya Velaar
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| R. Sarathkumar | ... |
Periya Pazhuvettarayar
(as Sarath Kumar)
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| Sobhita Dhulipala | ... |
Vanathi
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| Aishwarya Lekshmi | ... |
Poonguzhali
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| Vikram Prabhu | ... |
Parthibendran Pallavan
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| Prakash Raj | ... |
Sundara Chozhar
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| Jayaram | ... |
Alwarkkadiyan Nambi
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Jayachitra | ... |
Sembiyan Maadevi
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| Rahman | ... |
Madhurantakan
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Ashwin Kakumanu | ... |
Sendhan Amudhan
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| Lal | ... |
Malayaman
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| Kishore Kumar G. | ... |
Ravidasan
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| Babu Antony | ... |
Khottiga
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| Parthiban Radhakrishnan | ... |
Chinna Pazhuvettarayar
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| Nassar | ... |
Veerapandiyan
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| Nizhalgal Ravi | ... |
Sambuvarayar
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Mohan Raman | ... |
Anirudhdha Brahmmarayar
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| Vinodhini Vaidynathan | ... |
Vasuki
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Shyam Fernando | ... |
Mahindan
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| Balaji Sakthivel | ... |
Vanangamudiyar
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| Sara Arjun | ... |
Young Nandini
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Arjun Chidambaram | ... |
Varagunan
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| Kamal Haasan | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Amzath Khan | ... |
Mazhavarayar
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| Riyaz Khan | ... |
Soman Sambavan
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Anil Kumar | ... |
Pasupathi
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Raaghavan Murugan | ... |
Pandya Prince
(as Master Raghavan)
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Bharat Raj | ... |
Karka
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Aswin Rao | ... |
Kandhamaran
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Vidhya Subramaniam | ... |
Vaanavan Maadevi
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Vinay | ... |
Devaralan
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Directed by
| Mani Ratnam | ||
| Sruti Harihara Subramanian | ... | (Promo Videos Director) |
Written by
| Mani Ratnam | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Jayamohan | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Elango Kumaravel | ... | (screenplay) (as Kumaravel) |
| Jayamohan | ... | (dialogue) |
| Kalki Krishnamoorthy | ... | (based on the novel by) |
| Tanikella Bharani | ... | (telugu dialogue) |
| Varadaraj Chikkaballapura | ... | (kannada dialogue) |
| Shankar Ramakrishnan | ... | (malayalam dialogue) |
| Elango Kumaravel | ... | (screenplay) |
| Divya Prakash Dubey | ... | (hindi dialogue) |
Produced by
| T.V. Abhinav | ... | Junior Line Producer |
| Syed Zaid Ali | ... | line producer (as Zaid Ali) |
| Zohaib Ali | ... | line producer |
| Siva Ananth | ... | executive producer |
| John Milton Branton | ... | head of production: thailand / line producer |
| Kartik R. Iyer | ... | line producer |
| Priyesh Kaushik | ... | line producer |
| Rhea Kongara | ... | Junior Line Producer |
| Bejoy Nambiar | ... | creative producer |
| Rohit Phale | ... | line producer |
| Mani Ratnam | ... | producer |
| Barani Sakthivel | ... | line producer |
| Aasheesha Srinivasan | ... | Junior Line Producer |
| A. Subaskaran | ... | producer |
| Suhasini | ... | producer |
Music by
| A.R. Rahman | ||
Cinematography by
| Ravi Varman | ||
Editing by
| A. Sreekar Prasad | ||
Editorial Department
| Devanshi Desai | ... | associate colorist |
| Vinod Durgavle | ... | conformist |
| Shradha Kasturi | ... | Associate Editor |
| Shivani Kulkarni | ... | sr. production coordinator |
| Saravanan Madheswaran | ... | first assistant editor |
| Ken Metzker | ... | Senior colourist |
| Nitin Minz | ... | sr. production: Redchillies.color |
| Karan Patel | ... | post production supervisor |
| Premdan-Sahu | ... | digital intermediate conformist |
| SureshAPrasad | ... | Associate editor (as Suresh) |
Casting By
| Roshan Pathak | ||
| Pathak Roshan | ... | (casting by) (as Roshan Pathak) |
Production Design by
| Thota Tharani | ... | (as Thotta Tharani) |
Art Direction by
| Anil Jadhav | ||
| Santosh Kotkar | ||
| Arasan Ambeth Kumar | ... | assistant art director |
| Thota Tharani | ... | (as Thotta Tharani) |
Costume Design by
| Pooja Birhade | ... | (costume and styling) |
| Eka Lakhani | ||
| Mohammad Raju | ... | (tailor) |
| Chandrakant Sonawane | ||
Makeup Department
| Aatish Amberkar | ... | key makeup artist / special makeup effects artist |
| Supriya Bhakale | ... | key hair stylist |
| Vinod Chaudhari | ... | prosthetic makeup artist |
| Shubham Chavan | ... | hair stylist |
| Ajay Dhavan | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Prashant Doiphode | ... | Prosthetic makeup Designer |
| Vikram Gaikwad | ... | makeup designer |
| Sanjay Mohanty | ... | makeup artist |
| Pratik Salvi | ... | makeup artist |
| Vishal Shinde | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Mohan Talekar | ... | assistant makeup artist |
| Rohan Thombare | ... | key makeup artist |
| Vasanti Verma | ... | hair department head |
| Jagdish Yere | ... | makeup department head |
Production Management
| Kapil Hanwat | ... | production manager |
| Faraz Khan | ... | production manager |
| Yashwant Panse | ... | Administrative manager (as Warsi Yashwant Panse) |
| Sukithan Sakthivel | ... | Production Executive |
| Ajay Kumar Seth | ... | executive in charge of production |
| Santosh Shetty | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Aadhitya Anbu | ... | assistant director |
| Richard Anthony | ... | associate director (as Richard M. Anthony) |
| Parlav Chaudhary | ... | assistant director |
| Shubhankar Chaudhary | ... | assistant director |
| Prakruti Kale | ... | associate director |
| Karan Vishwanath Kashyap | ... | associate director |
| Montakan Ketmala | ... | additional second assistant director |
| Sanaa Mariam | ... | associate director |
| J B Marshal | ... | associate director |
| Rishabh Prakash Mishra | ... | assistant director |
| Ishan Mohan | ... | second assistant director |
| Rahul Mohanty | ... | assistant director |
| Satish Murugesan | ... | associate director |
| Bejoy Nambiar | ... | second unit director |
| Krithika Nelson | ... | associate director |
| Adithya Krishnan Ravichandran | ... | assistant director |
| Pritam Veluri | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Vishal Abani | ... | assistant art director |
| Amit Lad | ... | concept designer |
| Aniket Mitra | ... | storyboard artist |
| Shanoo Muralidharan | ... | props |
| Nidhi Priya | ... | assistant art director |
| Mehula Singh | ... | assistant art director |
| Sapna Srivastav | ... | Chief Assistant Art Director / assistant art director |
| Viswanath Sundaram | ... | concept design |
| Dpesh Tunwal | ... | Chief Assistant Art Director (as Dipesh Tunwal) |
Sound Department
| M.S. Aravind | ... | Dolby Atmos HE Re-recording Mixer / Dolby Atmos Mastering Engineer / OTT Mastering Engineer / sound mixer |
| Ainul Huq | ... | Assistant Mix Engineer |
| Nithin Sabu Johnson | ... | sound recordist |
| Anand Krishnamoorthi | ... | sound designer |
| Craig Mann | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Karthick Muniyandi | ... | foley artist |
| Karthik Muniyandi | ... | foley artist |
| Sathya Narayanan | ... | Asst. Sound Mixer |
| Anandu Ganesh Pai | ... | sound recordist |
| Prathap | ... | foley artist / sound recordist |
| Sparsha R.K. | ... | Voice Artist / Voice Artist: For Trisha |
| Siddharth Singh | ... | A.D.R Recordist |
| S. Sivakumar | ... | Dolby Atmos HE Re-recording Mixer / re-recording mixer |
| T.S. Hari Hara Sudhan | ... | additional dialogue editor |
| Varun Venkataraman | ... | sound editor |
| David Tichauer | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Babu Tyagi | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Ajay Sanjay Ahire | ... | Roto artist |
| Kondlekar Akshay | ... | lighting artist |
| Gaurav Baghel | ... | compositing supervisor: NYVFXWAALA |
| Krishnkant Baraskar | ... | production manager |
| Pradeep Baratam | ... | CHF Artist |
| Rohan Bari | ... | machmove artist: visual effects |
| Biraja Kinkar Barik | ... | Digital Compositor: Ny Vfxawwala Mumbai |
| Sahil Belose | ... | Layout |
| Adarsh Bhosle | ... | machmove artist |
| Omkar Bilwankar | ... | cg generalist |
| Dibakar Chakraborty | ... | CG Supervisor |
| Gaurav Chatterjee | ... | camera tracking artist |
| Shiva Chettiyar | ... | roto artist |
| Yogesh Chhag | ... | Business Head VFX |
| Mukesh Choudhary | ... | visual effects |
| Rahul Dhanwe | ... | cg generalist |
| Tej Dilip | ... | Mirage Studios |
| Nikhil Falebhay | ... | texturing artist |
| Ajinkya Gardi | ... | machmove artist |
| Kartik Gurunathan | ... | fx supervisor |
| Tushar Subhash Jadhav | ... | roto artist |
| Aayushi Jain | ... | visual effects artist |
| Akshay Khatal | ... | Macintosh artist (creditOnly) |
| Zahid Khatib | ... | compositor |
| Tushar Kolhe | ... | Matchmove Artist |
| Mrunal Kulkarni | ... | Fx Artist |
| Vinod Kumar | ... | compositor |
| ZhengShu Mah | ... | fx artist |
| Rajendra Maharana | ... | compositing supervisor |
| Varun Majithia | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Neel Makhwana | ... | matchmove artist |
| Srinath Mandal | ... | Prep artist |
| Midhun Mathews | ... | effects aritst |
| Vaibhav Vipul Mehta | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Vyom Mehta | ... | visual effects editor |
| Milad.Savar | ... | senior fx artist |
| Purna Mondal | ... | Senior Texture Artist (creditOnly) |
| Indrajeet Gurunath More | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Mujammil Mulla | ... | digital compositor |
| Sanjiv Naik | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Vikas Navale | ... | Roto team lead |
| Neelmakwana-63042 | ... | matchmove artist |
| Vishal Padewal | ... | Match Move Artist: visual effects |
| Bhavya Paleja | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Shivam Paliwal | ... | compositor |
| Vinit Panchal | ... | machmove artist: credited |
| Ashutosh Pandey | ... | post supervisor: visual effects |
| Rohit Pandey | ... | Sr. Compositor |
| Pratik Parekh | ... | Modeling artist |
| Trilok Chand Parewa | ... | compositor |
| Bhavesh Patel | ... | cg supervisor |
| Harsiddhi Patel | ... | DMP Artist |
| Hitesh Patel | ... | cg supervisor |
| Chetan Patidar | ... | visual effects artist: Paint artist |
| Naveen Paul | ... | VFX Creative Head |
| Charchit Porwal | ... | Cfx Artist |
| Nikhil Rane | ... | visual effects |
| Rohit Ranjan | ... | visual effects |
| Pavankumar Sagiraju | ... | cg generalist |
| Satishksn | ... | visual effects |
| Satishkumarkumar-80101 | ... | modeler: visual effects |
| Nilesh Narish Sengani | ... | 3d modeler |
| Paras Paresh Shah | ... | matchmove artist |
| Hasirul Shaikh | ... | compositor |
| Sudharshana Shankar | ... | FX Artist |
| Akash Sharma | ... | Texturing Artist |
| Akhilesh k Sharma | ... | rigging lead |
| Hariom Sharma | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Manjunath Sherigar | ... | digital compositor |
| Devbrat Shukla | ... | CG Coordinator: visual effects |
| Anurag Singh | ... | compositor |
| Nagaraju Sodiboyina | ... | visual effects artist |
| Abhishek Srivastav | ... | Vfx Director (as Abhishek Shrivastav) |
| Venkata Subbarao | ... | sr lighting artist: nyvfx |
| Viswanath Sundaram | ... | visual development |
| Vinod Surgude | ... | digital matte painter |
| Prasad Sutar | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Advait Tambe | ... | Fx artist |
| Indresh Tiwari | ... | visual effects |
| Pawan Singh Tomar | ... | Roto team lead |
| Giri Ashish Toppo | ... | layout |
| Sandeep Tripathy | ... | compositor: visual effects |
| Sudhakar Venkat | ... | Asset Supervisor |
| Shashank Verma | ... | FX Lead |
| Rishi Gajbhiye | ... | visual effects artist (uncredited) |
| Arya Saini | ... | compositor (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Sham Kaushal | ... | stunts |
| Kecha Khamphakdee | ... | stunts |
| Sanober Pardiwalla | ... | stunt double: Aishwariya Rai Bachan |
| Jaroslav Shvets | ... | stunts |
| Dhilip Subbarayan | ... | stunts |
| Mohit Verma | ... | underwater stunt |
Camera and Electrical Department
| C.H. Balu | ... | stills |
| Leon Britto | ... | second assistant camera |
| P. Chelladurai | ... | camera operator |
| Suvarna Dikshit | ... | focus puller c camera |
| Manoj Hemachandar | ... | assistant camera / live grading d.i colourist |
| Manish Jaiswal | ... | Gimbal Operator |
| Rahber Ansar Khan | ... | focus puller |
| Rahul Mohandas | ... | Atv Operator |
| Kaustubh Nagar | ... | second assistant camera |
| Shamsher Singh Rajwar | ... | Underwater DOP |
| Kuldeep Ranghi | ... | Focus puller "A" camera |
| Dilip Kumar Reddy | ... | second assistant camera |
| Anand S | ... | digital imaging technician (as Anand) |
| Chintu Sarangi | ... | Stedeaycam Oprater / steadicam operator |
| Rajesh Shukla | ... | Second unit cinematographer: Lighting up forward setups |
| Faiz Sikandar | ... | second assistant camera |
| Aman Singh | ... | assistant camera |
| Santosh Kumar Tiwari | ... | steadycam |
| Sunil Kumar Tripathy | ... | Steadicam first assistance / camera operator |
| Tripathysunil | ... | Steadicam first assistance |
Animation Department
| Sidharth Meer | ... | colorist (animated segments) |
| Revanth Naik | ... | layout artist |
| Harshvir Oberai | ... | Cinematographer (animated segments) |
| Chandrashekhar Parab | ... | Editor (animated segments) |
| Yashoda Parthasarthy | ... | director (animated segments) |
| Vijesh Rajan | ... | creative producer (animated segments) |
| Varun Ramanna | ... | cg supervisor (animated segments) |
| Thiyagarajan Selvarengaraju | ... | art director (animated segments) |
| Aneri Shah | ... | Associate Art Director Animation (animated segments) |
| Devanshu Tak | ... | 3D Generalist |
Casting Department
| Aarav Singh | ... | casting assistant |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Gagan Agarwal | ... | costumer |
| Utpala Barve | ... | costume supervisor |
| Tanuja Chand | ... | costume assistant |
| Santosh Jadhav | ... | wardrobe assistant: pagadi master / wardrobe assistant: turban master |
| Malini Karthikeyan | ... | costume supervisor |
| Nivedidha Koliyot | ... | costume assistant (as Nivedidha Koliyat) |
| Kinjal Maru | ... | costume assistant |
| Aishwarya Raghunath | ... | assistant costume designer: costumes |
| Harshene Ravichandar | ... | assistant costume designer |
| Mofij Shah | ... | Tailor |
| Themis Vanessa | ... | costume assistant |
Music Department
| Nakul Abhyankar | ... | music supervisor / playback singer |
| Siva Ananth | ... | lyrics |
| Navneeth Balachanderan | ... | score mixer |
| Sireesha Bhagavatula | ... | playback singer: Sye - AR Rahman, Sireesha Bhagavatula |
| Kazimir Boyle | ... | music arranger |
| Gábor Buczkó | ... | recording engineer |
| The Budapest Art Orchestra | ... | music |
| Christopher Cox | ... | assistant scoring mixer |
| Kevin J. Doucette | ... | Mixing Engineer / music editor |
| Venba Geethaiyan | ... | lyrics |
| Shreya Ghoshal | ... | playback singer |
| Harini | ... | playback singer |
| Hariprasad | ... | Percussion: Percussionist |
| Ainul Huq | ... | recording engineer |
| Kabilan | ... | lyrics |
| Kamalakar | ... | musician |
| Srikant Krishna | ... | Music Programmer / orchestrator |
| Ilango Krishnan | ... | lyricist |
| Nitish R Kumar | ... | Mixing & Mastering Engineer |
| V.M. Mahalingam | ... | playback singer |
| Mehboob | ... | hindi lyrics |
| Pradeep Menon | ... | music mix engineer/recording engineer |
| Sanah Moidutty | ... | playback singer |
| Sathya Narayanan | ... | recording engineer |
| Krithika Nelson | ... | lyricist |
| Péter Pejtsik | ... | music conductor (as Peter Pejtsik) |
| Suresh Permal | ... | sound mixing/mastering |
| Sathya Prakash | ... | playback singer |
| Dilshaad Shabbir Shaikh | ... | music supervisor |
| Pradvay Sivashankar | ... | Music Mix: Background Score / Music Mix: Songs: "Alaikadal" |
| Samarth Srinivasan | ... | orchestrator |
| Brandon C Stanley | ... | Orchestrator (as Brandon Stanley) |
| S.M. Subhani | ... | strings |
| Suryansh | ... | music producer / singer / vocal supervisor |
| Vesislava Todorova | ... | musician: Cello |
| Greg Townley | ... | scoring mixer |
| Jerry Silvester Vincent | ... | conductor |
Additional Crew
| Deepan Boopathy | ... | domestic distribution |
| Subbu Gopal | ... | Accountant: Benetone Films, Thailand (creditOnly) |
| Jeremy Hubert | ... | production insurance / production insurance: Thailand |
| Johnson | ... | public relations officer |
| Sarjun K.M. | ... | Post Production Supervisor (as Sarjun) |
| Amogh Korgaonkar | ... | production assistant |
| Brinda Master | ... | Dance Choreographer / choreographer |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | creative director |
| Sangathamizhan | ... | visual promotions |
| Trilan Shastri | ... | production coordinator: Sri Lanka |
| Aashish Singh | ... | CEO: Lyca Productions |
| Chonnaphat Soonthornnawaphat | ... | production coordinator |
| Deepa Venkat | ... | dubbing artist: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan |
Thanks
| Kamal Haasan | ... | special thanks |
| Prasanna Vithanage | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- IMAX (2022) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Linus Media (2022) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Night Ed Films (2022) (France) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (Bahrain) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (Kuwait) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (Oman) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (Qatar) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (Saudi Arabia) (theatrical)
- Phars Film (2022) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
- Vamana Chalana Chitra Studios (2022) (Singapore) (theatrical) (Telgu & Tamil)
- myKinoplex (2022) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Amazon Prime Video (2022) (India) (video) (Online Streaming Partner)
Special Effects
- NY VFXWaala
- Reflection Pictures Studio (visual effects)
Other Companies
- BML Services (production insurance: Thailand)
- Bridge PostWorks, Mumbai (post-production facilities)
- Tips (music)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
This title comes under the genre of historical fiction. This is a story written by Kalki Krishnamurthy about the power struggle during the Chozha rule between ADs 900 and 950. The three main points of the plot are the ruler Sundara Chozhan and his sons Aaditha Karikalan and Arunmozhivarman (who later ruled as Rajaraja Chozhan). The conspiracies and the struggle for power between the main characters and those around them forms the basis of this story.. |
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Box Office
| Budget | INR5,000,000,000 (estimated) |
| Opening Weekend India | INR1,103,000,000, 02 Oct 2022 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | Director Mani Ratnam and music composer A.R. Rahman did not work with lyricist Vairamuthu on this film, following the latter's #MeToo allegations and controversy. This marked the end of the longest director-composer-lyricist trio in Tamil Cinema, which began since A.R. Rahman's debut on Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992). See more » |
| Goofs | The Marwari breed of horses were used for shooting this film. A horse had died in shooting too. In history though, the fastest horses in the world were imported from Arabia for warfare in the Chozha cavalry. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in Ponniyin Selvan Special (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Ponni Nadhi (Tamil) See more » |
| Crazy Credits | Vanthiyathevan was supposed to be a spy in various scenes, and depicted in ordinary garb in the novel. However, he's always in an armor. See more » |
| Quotes |
Parthibendran Pallavan:
I heard you died at Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar's hands, after getting caught Vanthiyathevan: I think that I haven't died yet indeed Parthibendran Pallavan: Your tongue is sharper than sword Vanthiyathevan: One day you can try my sword's sharpness as well See more » |