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Will filmmaker Mani Ratnam's film "Ponniyin Selvan Part 2" be able to get the status of Indian Pride?

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By Muskan Taneja
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Will filmmaker Mani Ratnam's film "Ponniyin Selvan Part 2" be able to get the status of Indian Pride?

Some works are close to the heart. Filmmaker Mani Ratnam liked 'Ponniyin Selvan', a historical novel of Tamil literature, so much that he kept drawing lines to make a film on it. When his vision of years came before the audience as the film 'Ponniyin Selvan' Part 1' (PS 1), he was overjoyed to see the response of the people. He divided the entire story of Tamil writer Kalki Krishnamurthy's book into two parts. The first part came on 30 April 2022 and within a year, the second part of the story has reached the theaters from 28 April 2023 by becoming the film 'PS Part 2'. There is an overwhelming response on social media about the film. People have started comparing it with 'Bahubali' and some are telling it better than that. Superstar Rajinikanth has even called the film 'Nation's Pride'.publive-imageFor the information of viewers and readers, let us tell you that "Ponniyin Selvan" is a historical novel in Tamil language. 'Ponni' is the name of the river and the Hindi meaning of the name of the novel is 'Ponni's son' which is in five volumes, serialized as chapters over two and a half years in the Tamil language magazine 'Kalki' (24 October 1950 to 16 May 1954) was published. In 1993, the story of this serial was published in novel form in five volumes. Ten producers from South India took the initiative to make a film on this masterpiece. Mani Ratnam had waited and prepared for years to make a film on this work based on the legend of the Chola Empire of the 9th-10th century. The grand filming (film 'PS1') of the first part of the story of Ponniyin Selvan (Son of Ponni River) based on this novel has been watched with great enthusiasm. Now the second part of the story is out in the form of the film 'PS 2', the dynastic battle of the Chola Empire with grand artistic filming. Starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Shobhita Dhulipala, Prakash Raj, Nassar, the film is the sequel to the story of 'PS 1' - as 'PS 2' People's response to I... has been very encouraging.publive-imageBollywood filmmakers have started sending congratulatory messages to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Mani Ratnam along with the entire team. The enthusiasm of the audience and the box office result will also be the same...Hop So!!publive-image

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