Ponniyin Selvan has set the box office on fire in the last few weeks and emerged as one of the highest-grossing Indian movies of all time. Touted as Mani Ratnam’s dream project, the film did incredibly well in Tamil Nadu and did great numbers overseas regions as well.
Area-wise breakup follows
- Tamil Nadu – 230 Cr
- Telugu states – 22.5 Cr
- Karnataka- 28.2 Cr
- Kerala- 24.15 Cr
- Rest of India – 31 Cr
- Overseas – 166 Cr
- Total – 501.85 Cr Gross
Ponniyin Selvan-1 tells the story of the early life of Arulmozhivarman (Ponniyin Selvan), who later became the Chola emperor Rajaraja I (947–1014). The Tamil audience welcomed this movie with their hearts, they have been waiting a very long time for this movie. We can say that it is not only the dream project of Maniratnam but also the Tamil people’s too.
That’s why Ponniyin Selvan movie had a dream long run at the box office, even with the new releases at Diwali the distributors showed interest to hold theaters for Ponniyin Selvan which shows the impact the film has made.
The movie was released on OTT recently and it is available on a rental basis and will be available for all regular subscribers from November 4th.
The film stars Jayam Ravi, Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi among others. Ponniyin Selvan-1 marked Aishwarya Rai’s comeback to Tamil cinema after a decade. Aishwarya plays dual roles – Nandini and her mute mother Mandakini Devi.
The second part of Ponniyin Selvan will be released in cinemas next year. With the rising trend of Pan Indian movies, the sequel of Ponniyin Selvan will surely have the craze around it but some sections of the audience are opining that because the movie didn’t have a great impact in other languages, it will release with the same hype as the first part.