Ponniyin Selvan trailer launch: Aishwarya Rai, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Aditi Rao Hydari attend event
Published on Sep 07, 2022 02:31 PM IST
- Aishwarya Rai, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Vikram, among others, attended the trailer launch event of Ponniyin Selvan. See their pictures here.
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Aishwarya Rai attended the trailer launch event of Ponniyin Selvan in Chennai on Tuesday evening. The actor was dressed in black ethnic wear. Aishwarya greeted director Mani Ratnam with a hug and he patted her back. Aishwarya also touched Rajinikanth's feet before he pulled her up and gave her a hug. In the film, Aishwarya will be seen in dual roles --one of queen Nandini, the princess of Pazhuvoor, and the other of Mandakini Devi.
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Rajinikanth also attended the event and recalled his conversation with Mani Ratnam. He said, “I wanted to be a part of Ponniyin Selvan. Asked Mani to give me Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar. I said I'll do a special appearance. Mani asked me 'do you want me to get bashed by your fans?' Anyone else would have agreed, but Mani didn't. That's Mani Ratnam."
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Kamal Haasan who also was part of the event revealed that he too wanted to make Ponniyin Selvan. “When I got the rights of Ponniyin Selvan, Sivaji also said that Rajinikanth would be perfect for Vandhiyathevan. I asked him 'what about me?', Sivaji said 'you be Aditya Karikalan'.”
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Aditi Rao Hydari also attended the event in Chennai. She draped a pink and golden saree and accessorised with jewellery. Ponniyin Selvan is a cinematic adaptation of author Kalki Krishnamurthy's Tamil novel of the same name.
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