Mani Ratnam’s ‘Ponniyin Selvan: Part One’ to release on September 30, first looks out

The film will be the first instalment of a two-part series, which is based on the classic novel about the life of Raja Raja Chozhan I, by Kalki Krishnamurthy

The release date of Mani Ratnam’s upcoming film  Ponniyin Selvan: Part One has been announced as September 30, 2022.

The film will be the first instalment of a two-part series, which is based on the classic novel about the life of Raja Raja Chozhan I, by Kalki Krishnamurthy.

The magnum opus, produced by Madras Talkies as well as Lyca, has a star-studded cast of Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu, Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Parthiban, Lal, Jayachitra, Riyaz Khan, with more names expected to be revealed soon.

The technical crew boasts of several A-listers such as AR Rahman for music, Sreekar Prasad for editing, Ravi Varman for cinematography, Thotta Tharani for production design, Jeyamohan for dialogues, Eka Lakhani for costumes, Vikram Gaikwad for makeup, master Brinda for choreography and so on.

The shooting of the film took place all over India, as well as parts of Thailand. PS-1 will release in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.

Mani Ratnam’s last directorial was Chekka Chivantha Vaanam which released in 2018, and he also created the Netflix anthology Navarasa with Jayendra Panchapakesan in 2021.