Synopsis : Based on the novel of the same name by Kalki Krishnamurthy, the story starts with the tragic love story of Aditha Karikalan and Nandini. The young Prince of the Chola dynasty and a poor orphaned temple girl. A childhood romance that was torn apart by the royals. As young Nandini was banished from the lands to keep her away from Karikalan, Prince Karikalan has been a mad man ever since. It is the year 978 AD, and Nandini plots against the royal princes and Emperor Sundara Chozhar to exact revenge for the slaying of the Pandya King Veerapandian. She infiltrates the Cholas by marrying the Chola treasurer Periya Pazhuvettarayar and creates a machiavellian scheme. What follows is a historical-royal-political pot boiler of succession, power struggle, revenge, vengence, love and the survival of the Chola Dynasty.
Director :
Mani Ratnam
Producer :
Madras Talkies
Screenplay :
Mani Ratnam, Jeyamohan & Kumaravel
DOP :
Ravi Varman
Editor :
Sreekar Prasad
Cast :
Vikram, Jeyam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha
Mani Ratnam is an iconic and award-winning film director, producer and screenwriter across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. He is one of India’s most acclaimed and commercially successful filmmakers, having made over 30 films and has garnered multiple prestigious accolades for his films, including the Padma Shri (2002) by the Government of India.
