Aditya Karikalan and Kundavai's younger brother. Jayam Ravi as Arulmozhivarman aka Ponniyin Selvan, later known as the great king Raja Raja Cholan."The Mute Queen"), Nandini’s deaf and mute mother. Mandakini Devi, also known as Singaara Naachiyaar or Oomai Rani ( transl.Nandini, a Pazhuvoor queen and wife of Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar and Aditya's love interest.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a dual role as:.
Arulmozhivarman and Kundavai's elder brother.
The film stars an ensemble cast of Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R. Produced by Ratnam and Allirajah Subaskaran under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, it is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan. Son of Ponni) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language epic period action film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B.