India's number one director Shankar's 'Ai' is being made as the costliest movie of India with a whopping budget of Rs.185 crores. Kollywood is abuzz that the movie's satellite rights were acquired by popular media house Jaya TV for a record price of Rs. 22 crores. With this update, Shankar's stamina was once again proved as a director.
Vikram and Amy Jackson have done the lead star cast of this movie. AR Rehaman has composed the music of the movie. The movie is being planned to release in 17 languages. The movie is likely to be released around Rs.20,,000 screens across the world. Ravichandran has produced the film on Aascar Films. PC Sriram has done the cinematography of the movie. The movie is being dubbed as 'Manoharudu' in Telugu.