![]() So how would one differentiate Ponnar from Shankar on screen? “That you have to find out when the film releases,” grins the actor. When Kalaignar wrote this novel for a weekly magazine, it was a page turner.” Ponnar and Shankar were considered demigods. The actor adds, “‘Ponnar Shankar’ is not an ordinary script. Prasanth has already done different roles and his pony-tailed look in ‘Kalloori Vaasal’ and a woman’s role in ‘Aanazhagan’ have been much appreciated. Since then the movie started shaping up,” says the actor. So when dad approached Kalaignar, he happily agreed and gave us a copy of the book he had written. “It’s been a long-time sincean historical film has been done in Tamil. The excitement of this ‘Chocolate’ hero is quite palpable when he talks about the ambitious project in which he plays the dual role - Ponnar and Shankar. The movie has been adapted from Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s much-acclaimed novel, ‘Ponnar Shankar’.
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