He said that the film did not give him the exact feel of reading the book. Ilaiyaraaja ... commended the preservation of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ over the years, drawing a parallel with his own ...

Ponniyin Selvan, based on one of India's greatest emperors, is widely considered by many to be the finest novel ever written in Tamil. It was the name conferred by the loyal subjects on Rajaraja ...