Ponniyin Selvan 2022 Movie Review

 Ponniyin Selvan: I or PS-1 The adaptation for the novel was planned by established actors and directors from the film fraternity, ever since the novel gained popularity, but did not materialize due to several reasons. After a failed attempt by M. G. Ramachandran in late-1950s, Mani Ratnam tried to adapt the novel in the mid-1990s and early-2010s, which became unsuccessful. Stating it as his "dream project", Ratnam revived the adaptation in January 2019, with Lyca Productions being brought on board for funding the project. With several changes in the cast and crew, the film went on production in mid-December and completed within September 2021, irrespective of production being halted twice due to COVID-19 pandemic. The film was shot in various places across India, with few sequences being shot in Thailand

Post-Production

The dubbing for the film started on 27 September 2021. Trisha and Aishwarya Lekshmi lent their own voices for the roles of Kundavai and Poonguzhali respectively for the film's original Tamil version.^[ Vikram has dubbed for himself for five languages for the film namely Tamil, , Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada while Jayam Ravi and Karthi dubbed for the Tamil and the Telugu versions of the film

Characters

The story thread of Ponniyin Selvan spans years and more than 50 characters with 15 principal roles. The older version of Ratnam's film adaptation had Vijay playing Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan one of the two protagonists^[and Mahesh Babu playing the other protagonist role of Arulmozhivarman alias  I alias Ponniyin Selvan, after whom the novel is named. After the project was revived, the roles went to Karthi and Jayam Ravi respectively. It was later reported that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will play dual roles in the film, as Nandini, the main antagonist of the novel, and her mute mother, queen Mandakini Devi. For his role as Azhwarkadiyan Nambi, Jayaram was sported a bald look in the film.^] Trisha would essay the role of Kundavai alias Illaiya Piratti.For the role of Poonguzhali, Aishwarya Lekshmi learnt rowing, as the character Poonguzhali is a boat woman in the novel Post shooting being suspended due to lockdown, Trisha trained in horseriding at the Madras School of Equitation where she was enrolled for a special course on 26 October 2020, and completed within 14 November 2020. Both Jayam Ravi and Karthi, confirmed their characters playing in the film