Ponniyin Selvan (web series)

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{{short description|Upcoming Indian web series}}
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{{Infobox television
| name = Ponniyin Selvan
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| network = [[MX Player]]
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| image = Ponniyin Selvan web series title card.jpg
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| country = India
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| based_on = {{based on|''[[Ponniyin Selvan]]''|[[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]}}
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| genre = Historical drama
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| company = [[MX Player]]<br>[[Soundarya Rajinikanth|May 6 Entertainment]]
| director = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12214046/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons Sharath Kumar Jothi]
| producer = [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]]
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'''''Ponniyin Selvan''''' ({{Translation|The son of the [[Kaveri|Ponni]]}}) is an upcoming Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[historical drama]] web series. It is based on the five-part novel titled Ponniyin Selvan penned by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/tamil-epic-ponniyin-selvan-to-be-adapted-into-a-web-series/articleshow/67833068.cms|title=Tamil epic Ponniyin Selvan to be adapted into a web series|last=|first=|date=|website=[[The Times of India]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> It is co-produced by [[MX Player|MX player]] and [[Soundarya Rajinikanth|May 6 Entertainment]] with production by [[Soundarya Rajinikanth]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/mx-player-to-adapt-epic-novel-ponniyin-selvan-as-original-series-soundarya-rajnikanth-to-produce-the-show/articleshow/67759484.cms|title=MX Player to adapt epic novel - Ponniyin Selvan as original series, Soundarya Rajnikanth to produce the show - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/soundarya-rajinikanth-may-6th-entertainment-announcment-superstar-rajinikanth-birthday-thalaivar-168-tamil-news-249375|title=Soundarya Rajinikanth's exciting {{sic|announc|ment|nolink=y}} on Thalaivar birthday eve - Tamil News|date=2019-12-11|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=2020-01-05}}</ref> and direction by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12214046/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons Sharath Kumar Jothi]. The story revolves around [[Rajaraja I|Arulmozhivarman]], one of the kings of the [[Chola dynasty]], who was later known as [[Rajaraja I|Raja Raja Chola]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/soundarya-rajinikanth-to-produce-a-web-series-based-on-ponniyin-selvan-watch-video/story-kvVmBOgB4s4lAegeQVup1K.html|title=Soundarya Rajinikanth to produce a web series based on Ponniyin Selvan. Watch video|last=|first=|date=2019-01-31|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/soundarya-rajinikanth-talks-about-adapting-kalki-krishnamurthys-epic-novel-ponniyin-selvan-into-web-series-5996391.html|title=Soundarya Rajinikanth talks about adapting Kalki Krishnamurthy's epic novel Ponniyin Selvan into web series|last=|first=|date=2019-01-31|website=[[Firstpost]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>

== Production ==
In 2019, [[MX Player]] announced the web series adaptation with a title design teaser.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ponniyin Selvan - An MX Original Series {{!}} Announcement {{!}} Soundarya Rajinikanth {{!}} May 6 Entertainment|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbUw4K3c97Y|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref> production began in June 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/soundarya-rajinikanth-starts-work-ponniyin-selvan-web-series-104233|title=Soundarya Rajinikanth starts work on 'Ponniyin Selvan' web series|date=June 25, 2019|website=The News Minute|access-date=2019-06-26}}</ref> The original language of the web series will be in Tamil, in which the novel was originally written, but the information about dubbed languages will be updated soon. Later on 10th september 2021 producer Soundarya Rajinikanth announced the season 1 of the drama series 'Puthu Vellam' on her official instagram page.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.may6entertainment.com/projects/#images-1 May 6 Entertainment production website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyRknkCy7-oWjnxMtpoZcQ Ponniyin Selvan YouTube]

[[Category:Indian television series]]
[[Category:Tamil-language web series]]
[[Category:Indian web series]]
[[Category:MX Player original programming]]
[[Category:Adaptations of works by Kalki Krishnamurthy]]

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