3/26/2023 0 Comments Wild 9 ps1 review![]() ![]() BJP wins Tripura, but with all-round fall in tally, vote share.'Will fight alone in 2024': Mamata remarks reflect shrinking of a national dream. ![]() Personally, I felt the most heroic moments went to Trisha as Kundhavai, and not for a second she fails to live upto them. Ravi radiates the affable energy of a level-headed prince, who is in control of things. What were perceived as odd choices turn out to be the perfect ones. On the other hand, Jayam Ravi and Trisha surprise you as Ponniyin Selvan and Kundhavai, respectively. Mani Ratnam has indeed created Kalki’s ‘Maya Mohini’ on screen. Yes, it is played by Aishwarya Rai, but her scenes are a study in perfectly presenting a character - the seductive music and soft focus are as sensuous as the actor herself. I don’t know if anyone other than Mani Ratnam could have done justice to all the hype Kalki created about Nandini Devi. Karthi lives up to all the expectations - he is effortlessly charming as a glib flirt and at the same time, you see him as a brave warrior. Like in the novel, Vallavarayan Vanthiyathevan steals the show effortlessly. The lines seldom sound odd to the viewer who doesn’t speak that old Tamil anymore.Īishwarya Rai as Nandini in Ponniyin SelvanĪnother thing that is majorly in favour of the film is the effective performances. Tamil writer Jeyamohan turned out to be the right man for the job. The director has said earlier he was worried about the dialogues as he wanted them to be pure Tamil but not dramatic and archaic. Similarly, we have pretty everyday dialogues sans the usual Mani Ratnam touch. It is an evident symbolism, but subtle and effective. How do you show this pain without dialogue? Here’s how: the king is undergoing acupuncture treatment and the doctors are piercing his ‘back’ with needles as he speaks to the traitors. The king knows the two, who have been faithful friends of the kingdom, are plotting against him. Take the scene where Pazhuvettaraiyar brothers (Sarathkumar and Parthiban) meet Sundara Cholan. The meeting of Nandini ( Aishwarya Rai) and Kundhavai (Trisha) is sparkling, Aditha Karikalan’s monologue about Nandini is memorable, and Vallavarayan Vanthiyathevan’s hopeless pick-up lines are more enjoyable than sinking ships and burning forts. ![]() Mani Ratnam makes the drama more engrossing than the sword fights. While it’s tough to even write a pithy synopsis of the 5-part novel, Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan finds time and space to include the best of the original and add two immersive war sequences.ĪLSO READ | Ponniyin Selvan 1 release and review LIVE UPDATES: Mani Ratnam delivers a royal epic, to collect Rs 50 cr on day 1 in box office This is just one piece of the jigsaw, with other plotlines involving Arulmozhi Varman (Jayam Ravi) in Sri Lanka and Kundhavai (Trisha) in Pazhayarai. The young prince, who is away from the capital, sends his friend Vallavarayan Vanthiyathevan (Karthi), a spy and a messenger from Kanchi, to find the traitors. With Sundara Cholan’s (played by Prakash Raj) failing health, a coup is staged to prevent prince Aditha Karikalan (Vikram) from becoming the next king. Covering about two-and-a-half books of the five-part series, Ponniyin Selvan 1 tells the story that takes place in multiple places. He cuts through the faff (honestly, there’s a lot in the text) and takes only things that move the story forward. It’s a tough choice - what to use and what to discard. The toughest aspect of adapting Ponniyin Selvan into a film is how to condense a magnum opus spanning 2000 pages into a 2.5 hour movie. ![]()
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