Galki Krishnamurthy’s five-component novel collection Ponniyin Selvan is tailored into movie with the identical call through maverick filmmaker Mani Ratnam and made into  parts. The movie has a stellar forged – Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Jayaram, Sarath Kumar, Vikram Prabhu. While the primary component drew combined reception in Telugu, let’s delve into the second one component and discover out.

Story

Madhurantaka Chola (Rahman) desires to take over the reigns of Chola dynasty in opposition to his dad and mom will. Pedda Paluvettaraiya together with Samanta kings conspire towards Aditya Karikala (Vikram) to dethrone him and take hold of the Chola dynasty. Aditya is in surprise of Arun Moli aka Ponniyin Selvan’s feared dying in sea tragedy. Huge comfort comes with the secure go back of Arun Moli. Spy Vallavaraya (Karthi) performs a critical function on this. But Aditya vows to take revenge towards the human beings at the back of the conspiracy towards Arun Moli.

Pandyas with the assist of Paluvur Queen Nandini (Aishwarya Rai) hatch a plan to take away Chola Kings – Sundar Chola (Prakash Raj), Aditya Karikala (Vikram) and Arun Moli aka Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi). Nandini being Aditya’s former lover, he couldn't say no while she invited him to Kadambur. Despite understanding that Nandini conspired towards his murder, Aditya Karikala is going to Kadambur in which he dies. The tale is all approximately how Arun Moli and Vallavaraya (Karthi) wipe out the enemies and preserve the Chola dynasty.

Performances

Ponniyin Selvan 2 has an ensemble solid and their superb performances. Of all, Vikram and Karthi supply knockout performances as Aditya Karikala and Vallavaraya. While Vikram indicates myriad feelings concerning anger, love and sadness, Karthi’s position too is going via diverse united statesand downs. His man or woman has a humorous aspect however there's a intensity and reason in the back of his words, actions. From loyalist to the King to turning into suspect in King’s murder, his man or woman adventure is nice. Jayam Ravi is first rate in titular position Ponniyin Selvan. The tale revolves round his person.

Aishwarya Rai lives as much as her allure and excessive expectancies of her. Her person Nandini has bad sun sunglasses and she or he pulls it off nicely. She is visible in a twin function. Aishwarya additionally performs elderly female and speech-impaired Mandakini, mom of Nandini. She does justice to each the roles. Sobhitha Dhulipala is okay as princess Vanathi who's the affection hobby of Prince Arun Moli. However, she has little or no scope to perform. Aishwarya Lekshmi as Poongulali additionally has short portion, however she promises what's anticipated of her.

Vikram Prabhu turns Parthi Sarathkumar as Pedda Paluvettaraiya were given an vital position and he does a first rate job. Parthiban as Chinna Paluvettaraiya receives sidelined on this widespread tale. Prakash Raj as patriarch Sundara Chola sticks to his traditional fashion however makes the effect. Jayaram as undercover agent Nambi shines in his quantities and distinctive get-ups. Rahman as Madhurantaka is k and Ashwin Kakumanu as Senthan receives simplest multiple scenes together along with his love hobby Poongulali (Aishwarya Lekshmi). Overall, Ponniyin Selvan 2 has gifted actors who gave praise-worth performances.

Technicalities

Critically-acclaimed filmmaker Mani Ratnam makes this epic right into a wealthy and grandeur story on display screen with excessive technical values. Cinematographer Ravi Varman brings lifestyles with magnificent visuals and picturesque locales. AR Rahman’s history rating heightens the effect of the visuals. VFX paintings is incredible. Editor Srikar Prasad suggests his enhancing skills 

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Sincere Attempt
Emotion & Well-Hold Drama
Performances, Visuals & BGM

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Lack Of High Moments
Slow Narration
More Drama, Less Action

Analysis

Ponniyin Selvan is an epic whose tale is famous withinside the public area and got here out as a five-element novel. When it's far being tailored directly to the large display, it obviously has its benefits and enormous demanding situations for director Mani Ratnam. The complete tale of Ponniyin Selvan occurs among three forts – Thanjavur citadelress, Kadambur citadelress and Palayarai citadelress. But to recognize and revel in Mani Ratnam’s PS 2 at the huge display, one ought to be aware about the tale and its characters prior. For folks who already understand or study the Ponniyin Selvan novel, the movie narration is sort of a cakewalk. For the unknown, it's far certainly challenging.

The movie starts with the adolescence episodes of Aditya Karikala and Nandini which acts as base for the Ponniyin Selvan 2. The love tale of Aditya and Nandini is vital that's unraveled withinside the latter 1/2 of of the movie. Who is Nandini and what's her actual identification and who's her father have a wonderful interconnection to the proceedings. Why Nandini is owned with the aid of using Pandyas and why she desires to take revenge in opposition to Cholas is depicted properly.

The characters, drama unfolding, underlying feelings are herculean responsibilities to deal with. This is wherein an skilled filmmaker like Mani attempted to preserve it as easy as feasible together along with his tale-telling. Instead of focusing extra on action, he as an alternative performed it on emotion and drama. The technology of Cholas is properly created. He made audiences shipping into the Chola dynasty. This is the foremost victory of the director.

The pre-c program languageperiod episode and climax sequences are nicely-made. The scenes among Vikram and Aishwarya Rai are the soul for the movie. There is a scene wherein Vikram addresses Pedda Paluvettaraiya and his Queen Nandini. The expressions of Aishwarya deserve unique mention. Vikram, Aishwarya Rai shine and Karthi walks away with laurels on this entire epic. Dialogues penned through Tanikella Bharani are good. Karthi’s humorous one-liners carry cheers even in a severe situation.

What bothers Ponniyin Selvan is its gradual narration. The movie is prolonged however it has honesty. The soul of the movie is intact. Definitely, Mani Ratnam took a few cinematic liberties so as to relate this sort of big story in the movie’s run-time. It additionally suffers with predictability at quantities for the reason that tale is famous. But Mani Ratnam controlled to keep the interest during on the way it happened. This is wherein the filmmaker and his group scored. He has were given robust assist from technicians. Ravi Varman’s digital digicam paintings and AR Rahman’s heritage rating are the 2 pillars of PS 2.

Ponniyin Selvan 2 is a one-time watch. It is suggested for folks that love kings, dynasties, records and drama. The first element might not appealed to many, however the 2d component has were given higher and ends on respectable note.

Verdict: Better Than Ponniyin Selvan Part 1