Ponniyin Selvan movie - Peek into Ancient India.
Why must you see Ponniyin Selvan movie? Movies like - Last emperor, Crouching tiger hidden dragon, Cleopatra, Ben Hur, Troy, Gladiator, Last Samurai are not just movies. But time travel and a peek into ancient civilisations of China, Japan, Greece, Rome, Egypt etc. I always wondered why India never produced a universally appealing global film depicting a slice of ancient Indian history. A period film, giving a peek into Indian history and culture of a different era. Saw #PonniyinSelvan this weekend. This movie was long due. In fact almost 70 years, from when the great novelist Kalki Krishnamurthy wrote this between 1950 to 1954 in a Tamil weekly for 4 years every week, almost 200 articles on a novel. This was later published as a book in 5 volumes called Ponniyin Selvan (Son of Ponni or Cauvery river). Many tried to film this Novel including late CM MGR, Kamala Hassan and failed. At last we are seeing this book as a movie. Caution: Long post. My ancestors are from Than...