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Ponniyin Selvan: Part I

Ponniyin Selvan: Part I

7,1 /10 (93 Votes)
2022 TA 167 min

Overview

The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?

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Release date

30/09/2022

Votes

93

Popularity

2.0

The Cholas Are Coming

Status

Released

Original title

பொன்னியின் செல்வன்: பாகம் 1

Language

TA

Runtime

167 min

Budget

$29,500,000

Revenue

$59,000,000

Vikram

Vikram

Aditha Karikalan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Nandini / Oomai Rani

Ravi Mohan

Ravi Mohan

Arunmozhi Varman

Karthi

Karthi

Vanthiyathevan

Trisha Krishnan

Trisha Krishnan

Kundavai

Jayaram

Jayaram

Alwarkkadiyan Nambi

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Sundara Chozhar

R. Sarathkumar

R. Sarathkumar

Periya Pazhuvettarayar

R. Parthiban

R. Parthiban

Chinna Pazhuvettarayar

Kishore

Kishore

Ravidasan

Aishwarya Lekshmi

Aishwarya Lekshmi

Poonguzhali

Sobhita Dhulipala

Sobhita Dhulipala

Vanathi

Ashwin Kakumanu

Ashwin Kakumanu

Sendhan Amudhan

Rahman

Rahman

Madhurantakan

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Jayachitra

Sembiyan Maadevi

Prabhu

Prabhu

Periya Velaar

Lal

Lal

Malayaman

Vikram Prabhu

Vikram Prabhu

Parthibendran Pallavan

Riyaz Khan

Riyaz Khan

Soman Sambavan

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Vinay Kumar Joseph

Devaralan

Arjun Chidambaram

Arjun Chidambaram

Varagunan

Yog Jappie

Yog Jappie

Karuthiruman

Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi

Kadambur Sambuvarayar

Mohan Raman

Mohan Raman

Anirudha Brahmarayar

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Vidhya Subramanian

Vaanavan Maadevi

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan

Vinodhini Vaidyanathan

Vasuki

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Ashwin Rao Pallaki

Kandhamaaran

Shyam Fernando

Shyam Fernando

Mahindan

No photo

Harris Moosa

Kalapathi

Babu Antony

Babu Antony

Khottiga Amogavarshan

Gopi Kannadasan

Gopi Kannadasan

Dambulla Bikshu

Balaji Sakthivel

Balaji Sakthivel

Vanangamudi Munnaireyar

No photo

Santhosh

Young Aditha Karikalan

Sara Arjun

Sara Arjun

Young Nandini

Raaghavan Murugan

Raaghavan Murugan

Amarabujanga Pandiyan

Nassar

Nassar

Veerapandiyan

Bharat Raj

Bharat Raj

Karka

No photo

Suresh Ekambaram

Aadhan Maran

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Nimmy Raphael

Rakkamma

No photo

A. Seemon

Ugradevan

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Anil Kumar

Pasupathi

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Shakthi Ramani

Kani

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Ramachandran

Rajaaliyar

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Jaichandran

Thanthongi Kalingarayar

Amzath Khan

Amzath Khan

Mazhavarayar

No photo

Kannan

Kundrathur Kizhar

No photo

Sundaram

Mazhapadi Thennavan

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Jaindhan

Mummudi Pallavarayar

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Nambi

Muttharayar

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Bharathiraja Sakthivel

PS Commander

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Heavens Raja

Saivite

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Balla Bhoopalan

Idumbankari

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Manoj Kumar K.

CP Guard 1

Aadesh Bala

Aadesh Bala

CP Guard 2

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Prabhu Mani

CP Guard 3

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Vikram

CP Guard 4

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Deepa Venkat

Nandini (voice)

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Madrashe

Kundavai (voice)

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Ashmini Balakrishnan

Poonguzhali (voice)

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K. Smruthi

Vanathi (voice)

N. Azhagamperumal

N. Azhagamperumal

Madhuranthakan (voice)

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Self - Narrator (voice)

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

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2022-10-01

⭐ 7

This is a cracking historical epic worthy of anything that ever came out of Hollywood. It all centres around the intrigues and plotting over the succession to the Chozha throne in 10th century India. It transpires that the current emperor "Sundara" (Prakash Raj) came to the throne because the rightful successor was too young. Many years on, this ageing gent has nominated his own son "Karikalan" (Vikram) to succeed him, but there are growing murmurings amongst his nobility that the succession ought revert back to the original line. The Prince's confidente, "Vandiyadevan" (Karthi), is charged by…

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