Karthi, who performs ‘Vanthiyathevan’, one of many central characters in director Mani Ratnam’s eagerly-awaited magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, says the film is predicated on a novel by eminent author Kalki is a present to the youthful technology.
Speaking on the teaser launch occasion of the film that was held on the Chennai Trade Centre on Saturday, Karthi stated, “In our faculties, we be taught extra about how we had been colonised by foreigners. Yet, we maintain calling ourselves Tamilians! If somebody had been to ask us what makes us nice, many people right here wouldn’t know what to reply. We wouldn’t know the way our kings had been. How our kingdoms and their administrations had been. But it is crucial that we be taught all of those.
“There is rather a lot to say (about the kingdoms and the administrations then). Take as an example the Cholas. The Kallanai dam, which they constructed nearly 2,000 years in the past, continues to be intact even to today.
“The Veeranam lake, which was offering water to Chennai to satisfy its ingesting water wants, was constructed by them. Twenty kilometres in size and 7 kilometres in breadth, the lake was constructed by the king who acquired his military to do this. Then, there’s the well-known Brihadeeshwarar temple or the Periya Kovil, which has no basis however has a top of 216 ft.”
Continuing to offer extra particulars of the opposite achievements of the Chola kings, Karthi stated, “Even foreigners would only navigate on the edges of a water physique. It was the Tamilians who learnt about the existence of undercurrents and used it to journey throughout seas.
“To today, lots of Tamil Nadu authorities’s welfare schemes had been all formulated by the Cholas. There are a number of info like these. But folks like us who flip movies in 10 seconds don’t have the time for them.”
Karthi concluded by saying: “Presenting it within the format of a movie is a present that Mani sir is presenting to the following technology. You can’t create historical past without studying historical past.
“The youthful technology goes to see this (film) and be taught. When you watch the movie, you can be overcome by a way of satisfaction. And whenever you really feel satisfaction, you wish to protect it. When you try to protect it, you make progress. I thank Mani sir for this massive reward.”
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