Ponniyin Selvan: Part One - Film 2022

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One [meaning: Son of Ponni (Kaveri River)] is an Epic Fantasy Pan India film released on 30 September 2022.

The film is in the Tamil language. However, the film is also available in the dubbed version of Hindi and Telugu.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One is mononymously known as PS-I. The film takes inspiration from Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1995 novel of the same name.

Cast

The film has an ensemble star cast such as Karthi, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Rai, Trisha, Jayaram, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi, while several other senior actors are playing pivotal roles in the film.

Budget and Box Office

The tentative budget for PS-I is 500 Crore INR. The approximate Worldwide Box Office Collection is more than 500 Crore INR.

Movie Plot

The film depicts the power struggle during the Chozha rule between ADs 900 and 950. The film further narrates the tales of three rulers, Sundara Chozhan and his sons Arulmozhivarman and Adithya Karikalan. Arulmozhivarman later ruled as Rajaraja Chozhan.

Ponniyin Selvan: Part One further depicts the conspiracies and the struggle for power between the main characters and those around them form the basis of this story.

Trivia

• The longest Director-Composer-Lyricist trio in Tamil Cinem that included Mani Ratnam, A.R. Rahman, and Vairamuthu, respectively, ended with Ponniyin Selvan: Part One.
• The trio began with A.R. Rahman's debut on Mani Ratnam's Roja (1992). Since then, A.R. Rahman has composed, and Vairamuthu has penned lyrics for all Maniratnam films.
• Director Mani Ratnam and music composer A.R. Rahman did not work with lyricist Vairamuthu following the latter's #MeToo allegations and controversy.
• Since the start of his career in 2007, Karthi has never worked with the same director twice. However, doing Ponniyin Selvan, he has broken that unspoken rule since he has previously worked with Mani Ratnam in Kaatru Veliyidai (2017).
• Silambarasan was part of the cast but left the project after Nayanthara entered since his previous relationship with the actress did not go well. Later, due to scheduling conflicts, Nayanthara also opted out of the project.
• In 2020, Anushka Shetty had also signed on for the film but reportedly left once she found that lyricist Vairamuthu was still working on the project at that time.
• Keerthy Suresh was also originally part of the film but left to join Annaatthe (2021).