It was originally intended to be a single film but was split into two parts. The film was shot in various locations across India, with a few sequences in Thailand. Following several changes in cast and crew, production of Ponniyin Selvan began in December 2019 and concluded in September 2021, halting twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Calling it his 'dream project', Ratnam revived the effort in January 2019, after Lyca agreed to fund the film. Decades later, Ratnam attempted to adapt the novel in the late-1980s and early-2010s but was unsuccessful.

Ramachandran in the late 1950s however, it never materialized due to financial constraints. Įver since its publication, a film adaptation of Ponniyin Selvan had been explored by several Tamil filmmakers, including an attempt by M. Ponniyin Selvan: I dramatizes the early life of Chola prince Arulmozhi Varman, who would become the renowned emperor Rajaraja I (947–1014). Sreekar Prasad, and production design by Thota Tharani. Rahman, with cinematography by Ravi Varman, editing by A. Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Rahman, R. The film stars an ensemble cast including Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Jayaram, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R. Produced by Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, it is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel, Ponniyin Selvan. The Son of Ponni) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language epic historical action adventure film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B.

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