Mani Ratnam reveals Ajay Devgn is part of Ponniyin Selvan; wanted to make it first with Kamal Haasan: 'Couldn't afford…' - The Indian Express

Mani Ratnam promoted his upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan 1 in Mumbai on Saturday.

During the media interaction, Mani Ratnam said the film is relevant in today’s time as the “politics and psychology of it is still relevant.”.

On being asked how relevant is a film based on history in today’s time, the acclaimed director said, “You learn everything from history.

The ace director then revealed that Ajay Devgn has lent his voice for the Hindi version of Ponniyin Selvan 1 as a narrator of the film.

He said, “PS (Ponniyin Selvan) has been a dream for a very long time, since the time I first read the book during my school days.

“It was so spectacular, as a wish, as a story, as an adventure and several people have tried to do this before and they have not been able to because of one reason, they wanted to leave it for me, so I’m so happy, that I get to make it and get to make it at this time, when the technology has improved tremendously.

He said, “This is the film that M G Ramachandran wanted to make.