Mumbai,
Adapted from Kalki’s novel, directed by Mani Ratnam, ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ will hit the theaters on the 30th. Actors Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Jayaram, Parthiban, Sarathkumar, actresses Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Aishwarya Lakshmi and others have acted in it.
This movie will be released directly in 5 languages Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. In view of this, the film crew is currently touring every state and promoting the film.
Ponni’s Selvan team participated in the promotion program held in Mumbai and answered the questions of the reporters. Then a journalist asked, “How important is it to know history?” He questioned.
While responding to this, actor Vikram said;-
“We talk about the pyramids in Egypt and wonder how they would have built them. But we have many temples in India. The temple with the tallest tower is the Tanjore Grand Temple.
The Chola king Rajaraja Chola built the temple. It is the temple with the tallest tower in the world. The stone at the top of the temple tower alone weighs 80 tons.
We marvel and admire the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But the Great Temple of Tanjore has survived 6 earthquakes for more than a thousand years and is still standing today. Moreover, the temple is built without any kind of plasters.
How it was possible, first the perimeter wall, then a 6 feet long porch was built and then the temple was built in the center. That is why it has survived so many earthquakes and is still standing today.
Without any machinery, they have built such a huge structure with elephants, horses and men. Also Rajarajacholan has built 5000 dams in his time. He has set up a separate department for water management. Elections were held at that time. Rivers are named after women. Free hospitals have been built. They have also provided loan assistance and lived decently.
It is surprising that all this happened in the 9th century. Columbus discovered America only about 500 years after all this happened. We should be proud of this. Don’t separate North India and South India. We are all Indians. So we should celebrate them all.”
Actor Vikram spoke thus. His speech is now going viral on social media.