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  • Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1 [The Son of Ponni, Part 1]

  • Written by: Kalki
  • Narrated by: Bombay Kannan
  • Length: 14 hrs
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (773 ratings)

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Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1 [The Son of Ponni, Part 1]

Written by: Kalki
Narrated by: Bombay Kannan
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Publisher's Summary

Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I. The book took more than three years to write; Kalki visited Sri Lanka three times to gather information for it.

Ponniyin Selvan is widely considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written in Tamil literature. It was first published as a series in the Kalki, a Tamil language magazine, during the 1950s and was later integrated into a novel. The craze for the series, which was published weekly, was such that it elevated the magazine circulation to reach a staggering figure of 71,366 copies - no mean achievement in a newly independent India.

Even today, the novel has a cult following and fan base among people of all generations. The book continues to be admired and garner critical acclaim for its tightly woven plot and vivid narration, the wit of the dialogue, and the way in which the power struggle and intrigues of the Chola empire were depicted.

Please note: This audiobook is in Tamil.

©1951 Nationalised (P)2019 Pustaka Digital Media Pvt. Ltd.

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Its Just Perfect ☺️

Top-notch Performance. Its so helpful for the peop who finds difficulty in reading older tamil language

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Brilliant Story

Brilliant story and thanks a lot audible and the audiobook team for putting this together. It was my many years wait got fulfilled due to this. Thanks again!

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Awesome

Bombay Kannan never failed to entertain his audience. Excellent Narration!!Loved it so much!!!
Good music!

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superb voice modulation and music

marvelous voice and music, very good performance, fantastic voice modulation, all voices are beautiful.

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Great narration

Bombay Kannan and Fathima Babu have done a great job and brought life to the fantastic characters and narrative that Amarar Kalki has created.

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excellent

the story is amazing and narration is really well, some times few characters voice could be chosen better. other than that its worth the money

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Awesome Work

An exceptional audio work by the team. Couldn't describe in words. Thanks to the narrator.

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Classical Drama

The story telling was set like a drama. It's was so exciting and mesmerizing to listen.

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Phenomenal work

It give the same experience of how we read the book, along with it music and sound effects are awesome work. I read the book several years before, I just want to brush up but don't have time to sit and read. If found listening to it could be a better way. Going to start the second book. Thanks for all the voice actors.

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A great performance of a timeless piece of writing

I was pleasantly surprised by the enormity of effort, and teamwork that has gone into making the much loved, timeless classic ponnyin selvan alive through this audiobook. The artists delivered exceptionally and the sound effects, music and accompaniments made the listening experience immersive, It takes you right into the Chola world. The listening is as good as reading the novel remaining 💯 true to the written material. Had it not been for this treasured find in audible, I would not have ventured this far into this enduring Tamil classic. I had set it up as an audible routine to get into the habit of listening everyday in tiny instalments, only now I find it difficult to end the session :-) Thanks to Bombay Kannan and team for this labour of love.

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