Director Maniratnam made a stunning comeback with his last release, the mega multistarrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam following which he has begun his most ambitious magnum opus the biggie ponniyin selvan based on the novel by kalki Krishnamoorthy.
Following three months of pre-production, the shooting has commenced last week and the team has planned shooting in dense forests of thailand with young heroes karthi and ravi -Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jayam ravi joining the schedule and vikram joining next month.
The latest update is that young hero vikram prabhu has joined the cast of ponniyin selvan for an important role and incidentally, vikram Prabhu's father, popular 90s hero Prabhu acted in mani ratnam movies Agni Natchathiram, anjali and Ravanan. Ace director Maniratnam who delivered a comeback blockbuster after the disastrous Kaatru Veliyidai with the mega multistarrer movie Chekka Chivantha Vaanam will next be directing the historical fiction ponniyin selvan, the celluloid adaptation of kalki Krishnamoorthy's epic novel.
