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Ponniyin Selvan 2: Chiyaan Vikram Shares SURPRISING Details, Says 'Karthi Is My Senior..' Read Full Story HERE
The pre-release event of the much-awaited sequel, Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan 2 was organized in Hyderabad, to make up for the promotional campaign as well. The film was gearing up for a huge worldwide theatrical release on April 28.
Speaking on the occasion, Vikram said, "It feels like home to be here because I have worked in several Telugu films at the beginning of my career. I still remember many places near Panjagutta and Banjara Hills. However, back then, I wanted to become a big hero in Telugu and work with the directors here, but today, thanks to OTT, we are popular and reaching out to everybody."
Vikram thanked everybody in the cast and crew of Ponniyin Selvan 2 and spoke at length about director Mani Ratnam, whom he addressed as his Guru. At the same time, Vikram also mentioned that Mani Ratnam promised him 100 films, and they are still only four down. We need to catch up to the remaining 96. You better start working on it," he added.
Speaking about Karthi, who played Vandiyadevan in the movie, Vikram said, "Karthi my brother, you are my senior that way, that is you are two films senior as an assistant director to Mani Ratnam and I was doing for a part-time as assistant director 2."
The who's who of the movie is flown in for the event that was a visual spectacle. In addition, writer Vijayendra Prasad, father of SS Rajamouli was present on the occasion.
Ponniyin Selvan 2 Cast
The movie stars Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayaram, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Prakshraj, Parthiban, Rahman, and Lal among others in pivotal characters.
Ponniyin Selvan 2 Crew
The movie is adapted from the novel of the same name, written by Kalki Krishnamurthy. The novel was converted into a screenplay by director Mani Ratnam along with B Jeyamohan and Elango Kumaravel. The dialogues are penned by B Jeyamohan in Tamil and Tanikella Bharani in Telugu.
The movie has music and score rendered by none other than AR Rahman. Acclaimed cinematographer-cum-director Ravi Varman cranked the camera, and A Sreekar Prasad, who won a National Award for his work, has taken care of the film's editing. Subaskaran Allirajah of Lyca Productions bankrolled the movie in association with Madras Talkies.
