Maniratnam's much talked about project Ponniyin Selvan released on September 30th globally in multi-languages. Right from the day of its release, Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 created waves at Tamil Nadu box-office. Though it doesn't created much impact in other languages, PS1 became a phenomenon in Tamil. The main reason for this is the story is about Tamil history about which they are very attached to. Whereas for other language people they are unfamiliar with the greatness of Cholas and their history.
Ponniyin Selvan has done the unthinkable by zooming past Rs 300 crores mark globally at the box-office. Before the Maniratnam directorial there were only four Tamil Film's achieved this rare feat. PS1 became fifth film after Enthiran, Kabali, 2PointO and Vikram to reach this elite club that too in 6 days. Ponniyin Selvan is all set to create new records and achieve new benchmarks in Tamil.