Director Maniratnam's currently involved in Vaanam Kottatum which his production banner is producing along with Ponniyin Selvan, the latter project will be directed by Manirathnam. The expectations were set quite high for this much awaited Magnum Opus of the ace director, and when it arrived, it was surely worth the wait.
The cast includes Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Trisha, Prabhu, Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Kishore, Jayaram, Lal, Rahman and a whole ensemble of other stars!
Ponniyin Selvan is the feature film adaptation of the classic novel of the same same, by renowned author Kalki Krishnamurthy. The first schedule of shoot is currently ongoing at the thick forests of Thailand. Yesterday, the Ponniyin Selvan team launched the title font poster and it has already been widely talked about on social media.
Ponniyin Selvan is being jointly bankrolled by Allirajah Subaskaran and Mani Ratnam, under their Lyca Productions and Madras Talkies banners. Ravi Varman cranks the camera for the movie and Sreekar Prasad is taking care of the editing of this movie, whose music is composed by AR Rahman. Now, recently two days ago, Riyaz Khan posted a picture of his and mentioned that he had returned after 27 days shoot schedule of Ponniyin Selvan from Thailand.