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<\/div>\nAmala Paul shared this image. (courtesy: amalapaul<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n Amala Paul, in a recent interview with ETimes<\/a>, opened up about why she refused to be a part of Mani Ratnam’s dream project Ponniyin Selvan<\/i>. The actress revealed that when she initially auditioned for the film, she did not get the part. However, when Mani Ratnam called her in 2021 and offered her a role in the project, she refused to star in it because she was “not in the mental state to do it.” Amala Paul told ETimes, “There has been a very valid reason for why this has happened. So, Mani Ratnam sir auditioned me for Ponniyin Selvan<\/i> and I was so excited for that. I am a huge fan of Mani sir and I was so excited for it. And that didn’t happen at that time. I was so disappointed and sad.”<\/p>\n The actress added, “Then in 2021, he called me for the same project. And like I said, I was not in the mental state to do it, so I had to turn it down. If you ask me if I regret doing that, I won’t, because certain things are just perfect. It’s perfectly designed and I think it’s just about how we look at.”<\/p>\n The period drama is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s popular historical novel Ponniyin Selvan<\/i><\/a> (The Son Of Ponni). The film has a super impressive star cast that includes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Karthi, Jayamravi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Vikram Prabhu, Jayaram and Sobhita Dhulipala.<\/p>\n Produced by Lyca Productions, the first part of magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan<\/i><\/a> will hit the theatres on September 30 this year in five languages – Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The film will clash with Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan’s Vikram Vedha<\/i> at the box office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n