When Trisha asked Mani Ratnam if she can play Nandini in Ponniyin Selvan, he said ‘only Aishwarya Rai can do it’

Mani Ratnam rejected Trisha's request of wanting to play Nandini in Ponnyin Selvan. Trisha went on to essay the character of Princess Kundavai.

Trisha and Aishwarya Rai on the sets of Ponniyin Selvan. (Photo: Trisha/Twitter)

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Trisha has recently opened up about the time when she had asked Mani Ratnam if she can play Nandini instead of Kundavai in Ponnyin Selvan 1 and 2. She said the filmmaker rejected her request and said “only Aishwarya can do”. Trisha has shared how she loves the character of Nandini and wanted to play it in the historical fiction.

In an interview with News 18, Trisha said, “I love Nandini, personally as well. I would have loved playing her. In fact I even told Mani (Ratnam) sir, on day one when I went to his office, for which he said ‘no, that’s the first thing we already signed and it’s done, only Aishwarya can do that,’ and I was totally okay with it.”

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Trisha had recently also opened up about how the filmmaker told her and Aishwarya Rai to not become good friends off-camera as Trisha plays the role of Princess Kundavai and Aishwarya plays the role of queen Nandini, and both of them are arch rivals in the story.

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In a promotional video of PS1, Trisha had revealed, “Working with Ash (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), I mean it is not an Aishwarya Rai and a Trisha Krishnan who’s there. It has to be a Nandini and a Kundavai. Mani sir said, ‘Dude, you guys can’t be friends. This is Nandini and Kundavai, so don’t talk too much. I need you guys to have a little bit of rivalry for my scene!”

The second part of Mani Ratnam’s historical fiction Ponniyin Selvan 2 is now out in the theaters, while the first part came out in September 2022. The magnum opus features a stellar cast including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Trisha Krishnan, Karthi, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Jayam Ravi among others.

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