
While actress trisha expressed her desire to play the role of Nandini in ponniyin selvan, mani ratnam is said to have rejected her wish. ponniyin selvan was directed by mani ratnam in two parts based on the fictional novel 'Ponniyin Selvan' written by kalki based on historical evidence. While legends like MGR, and kamal haasan tried to make the film into a film, due to some reasons, their desires were not fulfilled. director mani ratnam, who thought it was his dream to film the story of 'Ponniyin Selvan', had been preparing for this for 20 years, made the film with the help of Lyca company with a budget of 500 crores. It featured jayam ravi as Arun Leeza Varman, vikram as Aditha Karikalan, jayaram as Alwar Khadiyan, aishwarya Rai as Nandini, trisha as Kundavai and karthi as Vandiya Devana. Also, aishwarya Lakshmi, shobitha Dhulibala, Parthiban, Sarathkumar, Prabhu, vikram Prabhu, and others acted in the main roles. Following this, the second part of the film was released two weeks ago, and it has been receiving positive reviews from one side and negative reviews from the other side.
