With special guest and friend Thanmye Lagudu we come together to crown a new king. Mani Ratnam completes his magnum opus with Ponniyin Selvan: Part II and we're back in the theatre again for more palace intrigue, romantic entanglements, and some of that signature Ratnam flair. Can Ratnam one-up himself with part two? We discuss PS2's visual glow-up, the challenges of adapting a literary classic, and bicker about who put in a better performance: Vikram or Aishwarya Rai Bachchan?
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CAST:
Vikram - Aditha Karikalan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Nandini
Karthi - Vanthiyathevan
Jayam Ravi - Arulmozhi Varman aka Ponniyin Selvan
Trisha Krishnan - Princess Kundavai
Sobhita Dhulipala - Vanathi
Aishwarya Lekshmi - Poonguzhali
Prakash Raj - King Sundara Chola
R. Sarathkumar - Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar
R. Parthiban - Chinna Pazhuvettaraiyar
Jayaram - Alwarkadiyan Nambi
Rashin Rahman - Madurantaka Chola
CREW:
DIRECTOR
Mani Ratnam
PRODUCERS
Mani Ratnam
Subaskaran Allirajah
Sivakumar Ananth
WRITERS
Mani Ratnam
Jeyamohan
Elango Kumaravel
Original Novel: Kalki Krishnamurthy
EDITOR
Sreekar Prasad
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ravi Varman
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Thotta Tharani
VISUAL EFFECTS
Sanjiv Anand Naik
COMPOSER
A. R. Rahman
MAKE-UP
Vikram Gaikwad