“Ponniyin Selvan is not Baahubali,” says Mani Rathnam 

Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 from director Mani Ratnam debuted in theatres on September 30 to a roaring reception. Ponniyin Selvan has been compared to SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali, which stars Prabhas and Rana Daggubati.
Ratnam vehemently rejected any resemblance to Baahubali.
Later, the fan remarked, “If not Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavat, then Baahubali.”
Mani Ratnam once more objected, saying that it would be identical to what Kalki had written in her book. We worked extremely hard to achieve that from the first day until today. He added when comparing PS I to Bahubali “Rajaraja Cholan’s life narrative was penned by Kalki.
The movie Baahubali is a fantasy.
It also contains elements of heroes. Between that and the Ponniyin Selvan movie, there are many differences.
Such a superhero doesn’t exist in PS I.” Ponniyin Selvan by author Kalki Krishnamurthy was a book that filmmaker Mani Ratnam had a 40-year goal of turning into a movie. On September 30, as the first installment debuted in theatres, he finally succeeded in realizing his ambition after numerous failures.