Whatever movies Kollywood may be talking about, the one movie that is hogging all the limelight is director Mani Ratnam's upcoming magnum opus, Ponniyin Selvan! This movie is the feature film adaptation of the classic novel of the same same, by renowned author Kalki Krishnamurthy. After wanting to make this feature film for a long time, it is finally taking fruition and the first schedule of shoot is currently underway in some deep never-seen-before dense forests of Thailand. Just a little while back, the Ponniyin Selvan team launched the title font poster and it has already been widely talked about on social media.
Amidst all this furore, Suhasini Maniratnam has put up a post about her experience from the shooting spot! She states that she watched the shoot and everything about it is absolutely brilliant. She mentions, "each actor, the set, the ambience, the language. a class apart." Now, this only serves to increase the expectation levels of the audiences for this historical epic. Ponniyin Selvan is already the biggest movie in Kollywood, in terms of star cast. The cast includes Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Trisha, Prabhu, Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Kishore, Jayaram, Lal, Rahman and a whole host of other stars!
Ponniyin Selvan is being jointly bankrolled by Allirajah Subaskaran and Mani Ratnam, under their Lyca Productions and Madras Talkies banners. Ravi Varman is handling the cinematography and Sreekar Prasad is taking care of the editing of this movie, which has music by none other than the one and only AR Rahman. The first schedule began in Thailand on December 11th and is still underway, with some important portions being canned currently. Keep watching this space for regular updates on this movie!
Check out Suhasini's tweet here:
watched the shoot...absolutely brilliant.. each actor, the set, the ambience, the language. a class apart. pic.twitter.com/lsqzcqw8iA
— Suhasini Maniratnam (@hasinimani) January 2, 2020
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