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Kamal Haasan: ‘Tamil cinema is moving towards golden age’

The National Film Award-winning actor heaped praises on Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 2.

Kamal Haasan: ‘Tamil cinema is moving towards golden age’

Veteran Indian actor Kamal Haasan, who lent his voice as a narrator to Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan 2, on Monday heaped praises on the ace filmmaker and cast of the film.

He said, "I am an artist, film producer, director, and all of that. Secondly, my first proclaimed identity is that I am a cinema fan. And I am a Tamilian. So, I am so proud that the technical expertise and unique talent of Tamil are now for everyone and the world to see,” Haasan said.


The National Film Award-winning actor further added, “And altogether, I am not talking just about the stars incorporated or played for the story and I think the credit goes to Mani Ratnam. Mani Ratnam takes a lot of valour to do a film of this size like a production. Mr Mani Ratnam, the team the cinematographer, the musician, everybody they have worked together to make Tamil cinema international. And this is people that have embraced which is a good sign that Tamil Cinema is probably moving towards the golden age and expected to go in that direction. It's a very moving moment for two friends who started speaking about cinema and he has gone ahead and done it."

Directed by Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan 2 is the sequel to the 2022 film Ponniyin Selvan. Actor Kamal Haasan has lent his voice to the film's narration. Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman composed the music for the film. The period drama is all set to hit the theatres on April 28.

Actors Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, Parthiban, and Vikram Prabhu reprise their roles in the second installment of the epic drama that narrates the story of the Chola Dynasty.

The film is an adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's five-part novel series of the same name.

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