Mani Ratnam’s epic multistarrer film ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ has been shot in two parts ‘PS1’ and ‘PS2’ and is one of the costliest ever in Indian cinema. Lyca Productions has today officially announced that the first part will release on September 30th this year. The surprise updates have come on the special occasion of the birthday of Lyca owner Allirajah Subaskaran.
Along with the release date announcement five breathtaking first look posters of ‘PS1’ have been unveiled featuring Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Trisha. The films are based on Kalki’s classic novel of the same name and is a dream project of Mani Ratnam.
In one poster, we see Vikram on a horse trying to grab a royal sworda from the ground. In another poster, Karthi is dressed like a magician and he seems to be putting up quite a performance. Yet another poster shows Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as royalty, oozing elegance, grace and grit. And then we see Trisha as a young and happy princess. There is also a poster of Jayam Ravi as a warrior prince resting on a knee with his blood-stained sword in the middle of a battleground.
A.R. Rahman is scoring the music for ‘PS1’ and ‘PS2’ while Ravi Varman is handling the camera and A. Sreekhar Prasad is the editor. The ensemble cast comprises of Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Prabhu, Jayaram, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vikram Prabhu, Ashwin Kakkamanu, Riyaz Khan, Sarathkumar, Parthiban, Prakash Raj and Balaji Shaktivel.
