Ponniyin Selvan: Half-2 Assessment {2.0/5} & Assessment Score
PONNIYIN SELVAN – PART 2 [Hindi] is the story of the Chola Empire. On the finish of the primary half, Arunmozhi alias Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi) and Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan (Karthi) are presumed to be lifeless, resulting in chaos within the Chola Empire. Nonetheless, each survive as they’re rescued by Mouni Rani (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a lookalike of Nandini (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan). Each by some means attain Lanka. Arunmozhi may be very sick and the Buddhist monks on the island heal him whereas secretly housing him of their monastery. Aditya Karikalan (Vikram) is enraged on listening to about his brother’s loss of life as he guesses that Nandini is liable for it. Madhurantakan (Rahman), in the meantime, continues his battle to assert the throne of the Chola Empire. Amid all this insanity, the Pandyas seize Vandiyadevan. He overhears the dialog between Pandyas and Nandini. Nandini devises a plan of killing Karikalan, his father Sunder Chol (Prakash Raj) and Arunmozhi, presuming he’s alive, on the identical night time, so as to avenge the loss of life of Veer Pandya (Nasser). Vandiyadevan is about to be killed however Nandini lets him go when he tells her that her lookalike saved his life. In the meantime, information of Arunmozhi searching for refuge within the Lankan monastery spreads and the locals ask them to go to their village. Vandiyadevan, who’s conscious that plans are being made to kill Arunmozhi, advises him to not go forward. Arunmozhi, nevertheless, accepts the provide. What occurs subsequent types the remainder of the movie.
PONNIYIN SELVAN – PART 2 [Hindi] is predicated on a novel of the identical identify by Kalki. Mani Ratnam, Jeyamohan and Kumaravel’s screenplay suffers from the identical downside which was prevalent within the first half – it’s too complicated. If one shouldn’t be conscious of this chapter within the historical past or the background, it turns into troublesome to understand at a number of locations what precisely is happening. Divya Prakash Dubey’s dialogues are honest.
Mani Ratnam’s course fails to impress the audiences on an all-India degree. The size (165 minutes) is a matter. Additionally, he ought to have simplified issues in order that the audiences outdoors the house state also can become involved within the storyline. As an example, within the second half, the battle takes place in each Tanjore and Kadambur. The palaces in each locations look related and audiences can be scratching their heads questioning which character is through which city. Even when we preserve this issue apart, the storyline and in addition the execution shouldn’t be convincing. The enemies turn into associates and vice versa all of the sudden and even randomly. They don’t have strong grounds to change sides. The much-hyped double position component of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan isn’t as attractive as supposed.
On the optimistic aspect, Mani Ratnam has mounted the movie on a grand scale. A number of photographs are creatively executed and look visually beautiful. A number of scenes additionally stand out like Vandiyadevan’s assembly with Nandini when the previous is captured, the intermission level and Karikalan assembly Nandini within the secret passage. Lastly, he has extracted fantastic performances from the ensemble solid.
Jayam Ravi fits the half and performs ably. Vikram is dashing and delivers an important efficiency. Karthi’s comedian timing is restricted right here, as in comparison with the primary half. However, he does properly. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan seems beautiful and offers a fantastic efficiency. Particular point out also needs to go to Sara Arjun (younger Nandini). She leaves an enormous mark and is aptly solid to play a youthful model of Aishwarya. Trisha (Kundavai) is first rate and one needs she had extra to do within the movie. Prakash Raj is reliable. Rahman is nice however is let down by his character’s actions. The identical goes for Vikram Prabhu (Parthiban). Sobhita Dhulipala (Vaanathi) and Aishwarya Lekshmi (Samudra Kumari) are wasted this time. Kishore (Ravidas), Nasser and others are okay.
A R Rahman’s music is forgettable. ‘Mera Aasmaan Jal Gaya’ stands out attributable to Arijit Singh’s voice. ‘Ruaa Ruaa’, ‘Veera Raja Veera’, ‘Megha Re Megha’, ‘Shivoham’ and others don’t have a shelf life. A R Rahman’s background rating, nevertheless, is top-notch.
Ravi Varman’s cinematography is spectacular. Thota Tharrani’s manufacturing design is wealthy. Eka Lakhani’s costumes (extra costumes by Chandrakant Sonawane) are very interesting. Kecha Khamphakdee, Sham Kaushal and Dhilip Subbarayan’s motion shouldn’t be excessive and it really works for the movie. VFX is first-rate. A Sreekar Prasad’s modifying might have been sharper.
On the entire, PONNIYIN SELVAN – PART 2 [Hindi] doesn’t have a lot to supply to the Hindi audiences attributable to its complicated and unconvincing storyline. On the field workplace, nevertheless, it would spring a shock, similar to the primary half, attributable to restricted competitors