This year's most anticipated Tamil film, Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1, has opened to packed houses across Tamil Nadu and the audience are embracing the popular literary adaptation with warmly.

The film, starring Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Vikram, Trisha, Aishwarya Rai, and Jayaram in prominent roles, is being met with largely postive responses from all corners.

Here are some of the first reactions: