Today is a big day in the world of entertainment as Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus has been released in theaters. The movie starring Chiyaan Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha Krishnan, Karthi and more has had a huge buzz. The historical drama prides itself on giving the audience a visually spectacular experience and the pre-booking looked very encouraging and promised a blockbuster collection.
Ponniyin Selvan appears alongside Vikram Vedha starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan and is touted as a massive masala entertainer. Both movies have different genres and are therefore not really competitive when it comes to audiences. However, it remains to be seen whether the audience will embrace a Baahubali-esque experience or a KGF2-esque extravaganza. While you make that decision too, we bring you the review of the first half of Ponniyin Selvan.
Aditya Karikalan (Vikram), the chief man of the Chola dynasty, is on the battlefield to defeat his opponents and win the dynasty. Vallavaraaya Vandeduvdu (Karthi) is sent to Thanjavur with a message to Sundara Chola (Prakash Raj) and Kundavai (Trisha). Vallavaraya is on a mission to find out what is happening against the Cholas.
Nandini (Aishwarya Rai), the Pazhuvoor queen and wife of Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar and Aditya Karikalan’s love interest, has a master plan and a lot of things going on in her head. Vallavaraya must find out what is the plan and what they have against the Cholas. Now it’s time for Aditya Karikalan and Arunmozhli (Jayam Ravi) to save their dynasty.
Basically, Ponniyin Selvan is a five-part historical fiction series based on the life of Arulmozhi Varman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I. Throughout its 2,220 pages, Kalki has woven a tale of the power struggle between the three popular southern kingdoms – Cholar, Cheran and Pandiyans – peppered with its own humor, tale and narrative.
Performances by lead actors Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Karthi are fantastic. In fact, Karthi is the real hero of the movie. He did a great job.
The production qualities are tremendous and amazing. Mani Ratnam has left no stone unturned when it comes to making the film at its best. The screenplay needs to be a little better to understand the flow of the story. Because this story, which is part of mythology, is not everyone’s cup of tea. Worth watching again and again.
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