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Veera’ track will be a highlight.

The response to the project has been incredible.

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The best part about web series is faster and engaging screenplay as the story needs to be concluded in two to three hours. jayam Ravi (Arunmozhi Varman

After the phenomenal success of Ponniyin Selvan 1, the Cholas are back for the sequel. With stakes higher than ever, the team promises that there’s a lot in store with Ponniyin Selvan 2, set to be released on April 28.

Right now, Mani Ratnam’s cast of A-listers is travelling across the country to promote PS: 2. In Chennai, we catch up with them as they promote the conclusion to the epic saga.

AKA Ponniyin Selvan):

PS 1 had a lot of character intro- ductions and every 15 minutes, there was something new happening; that sort of screenplay was exciting. In PS 2, it’ll be like the climax from the get-go.

After PS 1 was released, based on the comments it received, improvements have been made to the sequel; this film will be an upgraded version for sure.

In PS 1, despite being a prince, my character would sport regular attire or that of a mahout as he is in hiding. The second part is a rebirth of sorts to him and his return to Thanjai to the brilliant ‘Veera Raja

We heard that elderly people with oxygen cylinders and walking sticks visited theatres after ages to watch PS.

Theatre owners called me and said that some audience members turned up with tiffin boxes, not knowing that it has been years since theatres allowed outside food!

We have even heard stories of theatre owners requesting repeat audiences to allow the ones who haven’t seen the film to watch it once. (Courtesy: https://www.thehindu.com/) that we can watch them at any time and at any place as many times as we want.

On the other hand, you need to go to theatres to watch a movie and you can only watch it once per ticket.

Web series are released in the form of episodes and each episode has its own time duration and on the other hand, movies aren’t released in the form of episodes and most of the movies don’t exceed the time duration of 2-3 hours.

Web series don’t usually end completely in one season. They are scripted in such a way that it would take multiple seasons to end the series.

When it comes to movies, most of them conclude within the time duration of the film with a few exceptional films like Avengers Infinity War or Baahubali-The Beginning.

The screenplay of a web series needs to be engaging so that viewers don’t skip any part while watching the episode.

On the other hand, movies have a

Web series don’t usually have any songs except for promotions and on the other hand, most Indian movies have multiple songs and the songs are released prior to the film’s release.

Usually web series are rich in content and if the content is poor then people will usually skip it.

When it comes to movies, if there is a star cast then people will watch it anyway.

Web Series usually don’t have strict censorship rules however, films have to follow strict censorship rules.

Web Series are shot under lighting that makes the scenes look surreal whereas, movies have rich cinematic lighting.

Many people are of the misconception that web series will soon take away the popularity of movies but this isn’t true.

Movies were, are, and will always be popular. (Courtesy: https://celpox.com/)