Mani Ratnam is in Mumbai to shoot for the next schedule of his passion project Ponniyin Selvan: I (PS1). Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who plays the antagonist in the film will be participating in the schedule along with actor Karthi.
PS1 is based on the novel of the same name by author Kalki Krishnamurthy, published in 1955. Apart from Aishwarya and Karthi, the film also stars Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Sobhita Dhulipala, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Vikram Prabhu, and Ashwin Kakumanu from the South, with R Sarathkumar, R Parthiban, Prabhu, Prakash Raj, and Rahman playing supporting roles.
This has been Mani Ratnam’s passion project which was first attempted by him in 1990s and then in 2010s, which he finally revived in 2019. The late MG Ramachandran had also tried to make Ponniyin Selvan back in the 1950s but that project didn’t materialise either.
While a large portion of PS1 was shot in various schedules beginning in 2019 and irregularly completed throughout the two years of the pandemic, the team is now shooting special sequences for the film.
The film PS1 will be released later this year and will incorporate music by AR Rahman.
