New Delhi: Within barely two days of its release, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin managed to take some time of to watch Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan I. The actor has now reviewed the same on Twitter. Ashwin said that he preferred reading novels to watching their film adaptations, but he admired the way that Mani Ratnam recreated the universe of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 novel in his movie.

shwin, who is a fan of Kalki’s novel, wrote in his first tweet, “I don’t know how many more times I will fall in love with this epic story. #ponniyinselvan. Movies can’t replace a good novel, however the legend #maniratnam has made #ps1 a compelling watch.”

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There are plenty of stars who have acted in this movie and added depth to some amazing characters that lived in my head who were brought to life by @Karthi_Offl (vandiyathevan), @trishtrashers (kundavai), Aishwarya Rai(Nandini) and @actor_jayamravi (arunmozhi) with grace and elan

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) October 1, 2022

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Praising the cast of Ponniyin Selvan I, the cricketer added in another tweet, “There are plenty of stars who have acted in this movie and added depth to some amazing characters that lived in my head who were brought to life by @Karthi_Offl (vandiyathevan), @trishtrashers (kundavai), Aishwarya Rai(Nandini) and @actor_jayamravi (arunmozhi) with grace and elan.”

In his next tweet, Ashwin also dropped a video that started with him reading Ponniyin Selvan. He then transitioned into a palace where he was dressed like a character from the story. He captioned the clip, “So, who was your favourite?”

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Ponniyin Selvan I released in theatres on Friday, September 30. The cricketer is currently in Guwahati where he will be playing Ashwin had asked for Twitter users’ help in finding out a Tamil show of the film in Assam’s Guwahati as he is in the city for India’s second T20I against South Africa.

He tweeted, “Guwahati!! Any shows of Ponniyin Selvan 1 in Tamil? Do your thing Twitter.” A user even found a show for Ashwin, but the cricketer replied that he won’t able to catch it as the timing clashed with his practice schedule. The person further added, “Skip the practice. Let me get permission from the coach,” prompting Ashwin to tweet laughing emojis.