Trisha Krishnan is very busy right now promoting Ponniyin Selvan, the highly awaited film she is working on. The beautiful actress is playing the much-loved character Ilaiya Piratti Kundavai in the Mani Ratnam directorial, which is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s epic novel of the same name. Audiences have taken notice of Trisha’s looks as the Chola princess in the movie. The stunning actress talked candidly about finishing her looks for the movie in a recent interview.
For Trisha’s role Kundavai, they reportedly tested more than 50 different looks. “You guys have just seen a couple of Kundavai’s looks from the film. We tried over 50 looks for the film, and later shortlisted around 30 out of them. Later, we picked the best 10 looks from that list, from which Mani Ratnam sir decided what worked for his film. The entire credits for my looks go to Mani sir and the styling team – to Eka Lakhani and her team,”
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Regarding Trisha Krishnan’s role in Ponniyin Selvan, she plays Kundavai Devi, the princess of the Chola dynasty known as the Ilaiya Piratti. She is Vanthiyathevan’s love interest and the sister of Aditya Karikalan and Arumozhi Varman. According to legend, Kundavai was a courageous and intelligent woman. Initially, a number of well-known actresses were considered for the role, including Nayanthara and Anushka Shetty. However, Trisha ultimately joined the cast to play Kundavai in Mani Ratnam’s visionary production.
In the movie, Chiyaan Vikram plays Aditya Karikalan, and Jayam Ravi plays Arunmozhi Varman, also known as Ponniyin Selvan, who serves as the film’s title character. Vanthiyathevan is played by Karthi. As the main antagonist Nandini in Ponniyin Selvan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is making a comeback to Tamil cinema. Produced by Mani Ratnam’s domestic label Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, the magnum opus features music by AR Rahman. The film will premiere on Friday, September 30.
