![]() ![]() Thus begins the journey of Vandhiyathevan, from whose perspective we witness the story of Ponniyin Selvan unravel. He is supposed to report all the gathered information to Kundhavai in Palayaarai and Sundara Cholar in Thanjavur. The film starts with Aditya Karikalan sending his trusted friend Vandhiyathevan to the Kadambur fort to spy on suspected enemies. In such a vulnerable time of the kingdom, a few assassins from Pandiya kingdom (another powerful empire in the South, which was won over by Cholas during the 10th century) infiltrate Chola Desam and they plan to kill Sundara Cholar and his sons. ![]() Sundara Cholar’s daughter, Kundhavai, is meanwhile in Palayaarai, one of the capitals of the Chola kingdom. His younger brother Arulmozhi Varman aka Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi), obeying his father/King’s order, goes to Sri Lanka to capture the country and bring it under Chola’s rule. Meanwhile, the prince of the Chola kingdom, Aditya Karikalan (Vikram), who has already been announced as the successor of the kingdom, is busy capturing more terrain. With Sundara Cholar (Prakash Raj), the emperor of the Chola kingdom, struggling with illness, the chancellor Periya Pazhuvettarayar (Sarathkumar) and his young wife Nandini ( Aishwarya Rai) plan to make their son-in-law Madhurandhagan (Rahman) the next king. ![]() The narrator gave an introduction about the threat the Chola empire is facing from within and outside the kingdom. Set in the 10th Century, Ponniyin Selvan 1 opened with a narration by Kamal Haasan. ![]()
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