Legendary actor as Vandiya devan at that time..!?
Ponniyin Selvan, a famous historical novel written by Kalki, is a historical novel based on the Chola Empire with many real characters and some fictional characters. ponniyin selvan has been staged as a play by various theater groups, so attempts from mgr to kamal haasan to make ponniyin selvan into a film have failed. Ulaga Naayagan kamal haasan is one of the actors who got huge respect towards mgr and Shivaji.
MGR was going to produce ponniyin selvan in his own production, which mgr was unable to act in. It was planned to film ponniyin selvan novel with director Bharathiraja featuring Kamal as Vandhiya Devan, and sridevi as Kundavai.
Due to some reasons, ponniyin selvan was abandoned halfway through. Now ponniyin selvan is successfully collecting huge collections in theaters after overcoming various hurdles. Now it was successfully screened under the direction of top director Mani Ratnam. ponniyin selvan movie has various characters. A huge star cast acted in this movie, which was made at a cost of 500 crores. karthi as Vandhiya devan and jayam ravi as Arulmozhivarman and vikram as Aditya Karikalan.
Trisha acted as Kundavai, and aishwarya Rai as Nandini have brought the film to life. Many film opportunities have come to all those who acted in it after this film. Following this, the second part of ponniyin selvan is coming out.