Ace
director Maniratnam began canning his dream project
ponniyin selvan which is based on the cult classic novel of the same name penned by
kalki Krishnamoorthy, a few months back in
thailand and the
movie is bankrolled jointly by
lyca productions and
madras Talkies. The shooting is now paused due to the Corona pandemic situation.
Recently, the team had unveiled the title font of ponniyin selvan and mallu babe aishwarya Lekshmi who will play the character Poonguzhali shared "The entire Universe has conspired for this movie! Cannot wait to see the epic #PonniyinSelvan and cannot believe I am part of this dream team #manisirmagic".
On
instagram,
aishwarya Lekshmi's buddy, Aruvi fame Aditi Balan posted the title look on
instagram story captioned it "My
lover @aishu__ killing it, starting this decade with a bang. too excited for you : )".Aishwarya Lekshmi had later thanked Aditi Balan. The
movie bankrolled by
lyca productions and
madras Talkies has Screenplay by
mani ratnam, Kumaravel,
music by AR Rahman, editing by Sreekar Prasad, cinematography by
ravi Varman.