Ponniyin Selvan-1 Nominated under 6 categories&
New Delhi: At the 16th Asian Film Awards, the film Ponniyin Selvan-1 is nominated for the Best Film, Best Original Music, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design categories. The production house, Madras Talkies, has announced it on Instagram with a picture featuring all the nominations.
The caption read, that “Thrilled that #PS1 has been nominated for six awards at the 16th Asian Film Awards. Best Film - Ponniyin Selvan - 1, Best Original Music - AR Rahman, Best Editing- Sreekar Prasad, Best Production Design- Thota Tharani. Best Cinematography- Ravi Varman, Best Costume Design Eka.
Film ‘Ponniyin Selvan- I’ was released on September 30. The film marked mani Ratnam's comeback. The star cast included Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Sobhita Dhulipala and Aishwarya Lekshmi. The first part of the magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan was produced by Lyca Productions. It was released in five different languages - Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
The film was based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's popular historical novel Ponniyin Selvan (The Son of Ponni). Meanwhile, the second part of the film will hit the theatres on April 28, 2023. The makers announced it last year with a video on Twitter. The side note read, “Let's get those swords in the air as we await April 28.”
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