Selvaraghavan is ready for Ponniyin Selvan

Selvaraghavan had tweeted that he is ready to direct the most popular novel in Tamil, Ponniyin Selvan. Listed below are the dubious casting details as envisioned by Selvaraghavan. These tweets by Selvaraghavan were pereceived by many as a mere wishlist that may quickly fade away by next day morning.

Actor - Character list

• Jiiva - Vallavadevan (Vandhiyadevan)
• Kajal Aggarwal - Kundhavai
• Aarya - Aadithya Karigaalan
• Vikram - Raaja Raaja Cholan
• Nayanthara - Nandhini
• Ajith - Sundera Cholar
• Sonia Agarwal - Fisherman girl

Who is capable of directing Ponniyin Selvan?

Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan requires a director who has grand vision, unwavering discipline, meticulous planning, leadership abilities to assemble a large team, experience in handling big budgets and drive on-time completion. Even if one such director can be found, it is equally more difficult to find a producer who will be ready to trust their money on this project and have the confidence to stand behind the director till the very end.

Will Ponniyin Selvan ever see the daylight?

Ponniyin Selvan is a project that has been attempted by MGR, Kamal Haasan, Bharathiraja, Mani Rathnam and many more. Nobody was able to proceed beyond the scripting stage. The sheer scale of historic settings and complexities of the story lines have made it extremely difficult to bring it on the big screen. 

Setting all the speculations aside, we can only hope that the responsibility falls in the hands of a capable director who can do full justice since Ponniyin Selvan is believed to be the only story in Tamil that has the immense potential to become the Lord of the Rings of Tamil Cinema.