It is known that director Mani Ratnam has completed the shoot of the first part of his adaptation of the epic novel, which has been titled ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’. The latest buzz about the much awaited film is that an announcement video that will introduce the characters and also reveal the big release date of the film will be released in the coming week.
The film is one of the most awaited films of the year, and has a huge star cast which Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and several others. The film had gone on floors in December 2019, but the shoot had to be put on hold for nine months in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is produced by Lyca Productions in association with Madras Talkies, and it has music scored by AR Rahman. The technical team consists of Ravi Varman cranking the camera for the movie and Sreekar Prasad taking care of the editing of this movie, whose music is composed by AR Rahman.