Ponniyin Selvan, a highly awaited Tamil historical epic film, will make its digital debut online before it opens on big screens in the second half of this year (2022).
National film award winner filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s much-hyped magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan is based on the writer-activist Kalki Krishnamoorthy’s novel of the same name, the film will tell the fictional tale of one of the greatest Indian kings Raja Raja Chola first.
Ponniyin Selvan is the archaic word of the river Kaveri and translates as The Son of Ponni in Tamil. When Rajaraja the Great was five years old, his mother Kaveri saved him from flooding in the river. It was then that he was given the tagline Son of Kaveri or Ponniyin Selvan.
PS1 Budget and OTT Release Date
PS1 began production in December 2019 and ran until September 2021; it is currently in theatres. Regarding the film’s digital premiere, it was previously reported that its producers were considering it because of the film’s protracted development delay.
The movie has made Rs 480 Cr+ WW in revenue and is still growing despite numerous conflicts.
Further, the producers denied all of the allegations, claiming that movies like Ponniyin Selvan are solely produced for theatres. Pan India Film Ponniyin Selvan may be made available for streaming after its theatrical debut, and Now you can watch it on the OTT platform.
Let’s talk about the OTT Release the film will hit prime video on 26 November 2022 in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam & Hindi languages. Be ready to watch this film at your home:
this spectacular historical fantasy is now all yours to lose yourself into 💫#PS1onPrime, also available in Hindi now 🍿 pic.twitter.com/fWPYhYr9Wr
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Digital Rights
As we previously stated, the massive streaming service Amazon Prime Video has bought the post-theatrical digital rights to the movie. It is rumoured that the company paid a whopping Rs 125 crores for both of the movie’s portions.
EXCLUSIVE: Tamil epic action-adventure ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ directed by Mani Ratnam post-theatrical streaming rights for part 1 and part 2 bagged by Amazon Prime for a record ₹125 crores. pic.twitter.com/LQzHxrP64Y
— LetsOTT Global (@LetsOTT) April 27, 2022
PS1 Boxoffice Collection
Film critics gave the movie raving reviews and high praise for everything from the director to the acting, soundtrack, and visual effects. The movie broke multiple records and became the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2022, the fourth-highest Tamil film of all time, and the third-highest Indian film of the year 2022 with a global gross of more than Rs. 500 crore.
Ponniyin Selvan Official Trailer
Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, and the PS1 team attended a large trailer launch ceremony in Chennai. All trailers are currently available on YouTube in all languages.
PS1 Star Cast
Vikram, who plays Aditya Karikalan, Jayam Ravi, who plays the title role of Ponniyin Selvan or Arulmozhivarman, Karthi, who plays the warrior prince Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan, Aishwarya Bachchan, who plays Nandini/Mandakini Devi, and Trisha, who plays the Chola Princess Kundavai Pirattiyar, all have first-look posters released by the film
In addition to Ravi Dasan, Mohan Raman, R Parthiban, and Ashwin Kakumanu, other actors Aishwarya Lekshmi, Vikram Prabhu, R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Nizhalgal Ravi, Nassar, and Jayachitra are believed to be portraying antagonist parts.
PS1 Makers
Along with directing, Mani Ratnam co-wrote the screenplay with Elango Kumaravel, which was supported by Lyca Productions and Madras Talkies.
On the technical side, A. Sreekar Prasad is in charge of the editing, Ravi Varman is in charge of the camera, and multi-award-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman is providing the soundtrack.