‘Ponniyin Selvan’ Is Mani Ratnam’s Gift To Younger Generation Says Actor Karthi – FilmyVoice
Karthi, who performs ‘Vanthiyathevan’, one of many central characters in director Mani Ratnam’s eagerly-awaited magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, says the movie primarily based on a novel by eminent author Kalki is a present to the youthful technology.
Talking on the teaser launch occasion of the movie that was held on the Chennai Commerce Centre on Saturday, Karthi stated, “In our faculties, we study extra about how we had been colonised by foreigners. But, we hold calling ourselves Tamilians! If somebody had been to ask us what makes us nice, many people right here wouldn’t know what to reply. We wouldn’t know the way our kings had been. How our kingdoms and their administrations had been. However it’s important that we study all of those.
“There’s a lot to say (concerning the kingdoms and the administrations then). Take for example the Cholas. The Kallanai dam, which they constructed nearly 2,000 years in the past, continues to be intact even to this present day.
“The Veeranam lake, which was offering water to Chennai to satisfy its ingesting water wants, was constructed by them. Twenty kilometres in size and 7 kilometres in breadth, the lake was constructed by the king who received his military to try this. Then, there’s the well-known Brihadeeshwarar temple or the Periya Kovil, which has no basis however has a peak of 216 ft.”
Persevering with to provide extra particulars of the opposite achievements of the Chola kings, Karthi stated, “Even foreigners would solely navigate on the edges of a water physique. It was the Tamilians who learnt concerning the existence of undercurrents and used it to journey throughout seas.
“To this present day, lots of Tamil Nadu authorities’s welfare schemes had been all formulated by the Cholas. There are a number of info like these. However individuals like us who flip movies in 10 seconds don’t have the time for them.”
Karthi concluded by saying: “Presenting it within the format of a film is a present that Mani sir is presenting to the following technology. You can not create historical past with out studying historical past.
“The youthful technology goes to see this (movie) and study. Once you watch the film, you’ll be overcome by a way of delight. And if you really feel delight, you need to protect it. Once you try to protect it, you make progress. I thank Mani sir for this massive present.”
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— Actor Karthi (@Karthi_Offl) July 5, 2022
