Ponniyin Selvan: Part One
The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?
- Released: 2022-09-30
- Runtime: 167 minutes
- Genre: Action, Drama, History
- Stars: Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha Krishnan, Sobhita Dhulipala, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Prakash Raj, Prabhu, R. Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Jayaram, Rahman, R. Parthiban, Jayachitra, Ashwin Kakumanu, Lal, Nassar, Kishore, Nizhalgal Ravi, Riyaz Khan, Mohan Raman, Arjun Chidambaram, Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, Balaji Sakthivel, Sara Arjun, Babu Antony, Master Raghavan, Gopi Kannadasan, Ashwin Rao Pallakki, Vijayakumar, Yoge Jappie, Makrand Deshpande
- Director: Mani Ratnam
Comments
- dasdebanjan-27889 - 11 January 2023
Good story and better cinematography
The film starts with the prologue by Ajay Devgan and the story takes nearly 3 hours to complete.
'Chakravarty' Sundar Chola has two sons and a daughter. While one son Aditya Karikalan is invading through the north, the other son Arunmozhi Varman is heading towards the Lanka. In a war Aditya defeats Rashtrakuta. After the win Aditya sends Vandiyathevan to Kadamboor to investigate secretly and after that he will go to Tanjore to inform to 'Chakravarty' and he is ordered also to meet Aditya's sister Kundavai at Pazhayari Palace. If the first part of the three hours tells Aditya's story and the adventure of Vandiyathevan. The second part goes to Arunmozhi who is known as Ponniyin Selvan. The entire film stands on the conspiracy happening inside and outside the Tanjore palace. You have to wait for the 2nd part to see what happens in the next.
Viewers may ask about the comet in the film. But I will say that why are you using our fort in a scene. The set design is good enough for the film. And in realty the swords are too heavy to move. The actors in this film are good, excellent music. You will find possibly a great scenerio of that time. - sfaizalim - 4 December 2022
A Failure of EPIC proportions
No story build up, no depth in characters, poor dialogue delivery, scenes seem to be rushed, lousy visual effects. Such an epic disaster when so many masterpieces of action, wars abs period pieces exist. Aish did uplift the screen though she fell short of her own standards. Waste of 500 crore and so much resources.
It surprises viewer as to who did the quality assurance and final editing of the film. Apparently the main character of the movie is portrayed as a funny, carefree, flirtatious man (could have been younger looking person here or with some youthful makeover) who can fight. Action and fight sequence itself lacked so much.
A marvelous waste of enormous resources.
