70th National Film Awards 2024: Mani Ratnam, AR Rahman receive awards for Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1; Rishab Shetty and Nithya Menen win Best Actor and Actress

Based on a novel by Kalki Krishnamoorthy, the film revolves around the power struggle of the Chola empire during the 10th century. It is a story of Sundar Chola’s two sons – Aditya Karikalan (Chiyaan Vikram) and Arunmozhi Varman (Jayam Ravi). They become the targets... of a group which is led by Paravateshvar (R. Sarath Kumar). To ensure that they don’t lose the battle against those who are plotting to oust them, Sundar then asks his sons to visit him Tanjore. Aditya Karikalan does not want to visit Tanjore as his first love Nandini (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), lives in Tanjore and is now married to Paravateshvar. Sundar’s second son Arunmozhi Varman decides to visit his father in Tanjore, but a murder plot is set up against him by another group (Pandya king’s personal guards).
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