Mani Ratnam Unpacks 'Ponniyin Selvan' at IFFI Masterclass

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• Ratnam reveals he spent over a decade perfecting the adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1950s novel 'Ponniyin Selvan' to ensure he did justice to the beloved source material
• Ratnam and actor-director Gautham Vasudev Menon dive deep into Ratnam's meticulous approach to period filmmaking, from meticulously recreating 11th century Chola dynasty sets to weaving in subtle political allegories