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JUST IN! Ajay Devgn To Narrate The Hindi Version Of Mani Ratnam`s Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1
Updated on: 26 September, 2022 11:48 AM IST |Shweta Shah
With Mani Ratnam`s magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan I releasing on September 30, there are some grand revelations about the movie that we learn every passing day. The movie will see a Pan-India release in fuve different languages - Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. The filmmkaer along with the cast Chiyaan Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, and Trisha are busy promoting the movie. In one fo the promotional stints, Mani Ratnam revealed that it will be Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn to narrate the Hindi version of Ponniyin Selvan.
Mani Ratnam and Ajay Devgn share a long history together. The two worked together back in 2004 for Yuva. He also thanked Anil Kapoor for voicing the Hindi dubbed trailer of the period drama.
The filmmaker said, “PS (Ponniyin Selvan) has been a dream for a very long time, since the time I first read the book during my school days. I neither thought I’d ever get into films nor did I think I`d make it. But it’s always been my calling to be made. It’s so spectacular as a story and as an adventure. Several people had tried to do this before. They couldn’t for various reasons. Maybe they wanted to leave it for me! I am so happy and so glad that I got a chance to make it, that too at this point in time when the technology has improved tremendously. Hence, we were able to make it with a lot more comfort and authenticity. To be able to do it with this kind of cast and crew, with actors who are not just right for the role but also care for the film, is very special. I’d like to thank each one of them. I’d also like to thank the producer (Allirajah Subaskaran) who trusted us and gave us the money to go ahead and make it.”
Mani Ratnam further added, “I have two more people thank. They are from the Hindi film industry. One is Anil Kapoor. It was his voice in the trailer. And the other is Ajay Devgn. It will be his voice in the film.”
Did you know, Ratnam wanted to make Ponniyin Selvan almost three decades ago. Recalling the past attempt of making the movie, he said, “This is the film that M G Ramachandran wanted to make. And I thought of making it after my film Nayakan (1987) with Kamal Haasan. We both wanted to do this film. At that time, we had not started casting. We just had Kamal as the hero and we were working on the script. And it didn`t materialize because it’s too big. We couldn’t put the whole story into a single film. Also, we couldn’t afford it.”
Mani Ratnam and Ajay Devgn share a long history together. The two worked together back in 2004 for Yuva. He also thanked Anil Kapoor for voicing the Hindi dubbed trailer of the period drama.
The filmmaker said, “PS (Ponniyin Selvan) has been a dream for a very long time, since the time I first read the book during my school days. I neither thought I’d ever get into films nor did I think I`d make it. But it’s always been my calling to be made. It’s so spectacular as a story and as an adventure. Several people had tried to do this before. They couldn’t for various reasons. Maybe they wanted to leave it for me! I am so happy and so glad that I got a chance to make it, that too at this point in time when the technology has improved tremendously. Hence, we were able to make it with a lot more comfort and authenticity. To be able to do it with this kind of cast and crew, with actors who are not just right for the role but also care for the film, is very special. I’d like to thank each one of them. I’d also like to thank the producer (Allirajah Subaskaran) who trusted us and gave us the money to go ahead and make it.”
Mani Ratnam further added, “I have two more people thank. They are from the Hindi film industry. One is Anil Kapoor. It was his voice in the trailer. And the other is Ajay Devgn. It will be his voice in the film.”
Did you know, Ratnam wanted to make Ponniyin Selvan almost three decades ago. Recalling the past attempt of making the movie, he said, “This is the film that M G Ramachandran wanted to make. And I thought of making it after my film Nayakan (1987) with Kamal Haasan. We both wanted to do this film. At that time, we had not started casting. We just had Kamal as the hero and we were working on the script. And it didn`t materialize because it’s too big. We couldn’t put the whole story into a single film. Also, we couldn’t afford it.”
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