Magnum opus by director Mani Ratnam Ponniyin Selvan is finally nearing its release. The first part of the movie, PS1 will be out this week. Just before that, the film’s team visited Mumbai, where they interacted with the media and had to make some interesting revelations. While the media was eager to get the talented filmmaker Mani Ratnam, popular actors like Chiyaan Vikram, Trisha Krishnan, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi on stage together, the filmmaker revealed that his original plan to Ponniyin Selvan worked, it would have had a different cast starring Kamal Haasan.
Mani Ratnam Reveals Ponniyin Selvan Was Offered To Kamal Haasan But Was Suspended
During the media interaction in Mumbai, Mani Ratnam revealed that he initially planned Ponniyin Selvan years ago when he directed Kamal Haasan in the Tamil film Nayakan (1987). He went on to say, “Like I told you who wanted to make MGR, MG Ramachandran and he set up a cast. And later I thought of making this movie after I made a movie called Nayakan with Kamal and we both wanted to make this movie. So at that point we hadn’t started casting yet. We just had Kamal Haasan as our hero and we were working on the script. And it wasn’t realized because it was too big to be put in a single movie and we couldn’t afford it. So we left it back. So that’s the history of Ponniyin Selvan.”
Speaking of Ponniyin Selvan, the film boasts an ensemble cast that also features actors such as Sarathkumar, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Sobhita Dhulipala and Aishwarya Lekshmi. The film stars Vikram as Aditya Karikalan, Karthi as Vanthiyathevan, Trisha as Kunadavai, Jayam Ravi as Arulmozhi Varman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini. PS 1 will be released on September 30 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
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