Maniratnam's Ponniyin Selvan is capturing the imagination of all. Entire Kollywood media is hyping the film as Tamil Bahubali and this is increasing interest among Telugu movie lovers. The film is racing for a grand release on September 30. The makers are promoting the film in a lavish manner and the film's songs and the teaser got a good response. According to the latest, the makers revealed that the film's trailer will be releasing on September 6. The makers confirmed it by coming with a new poster which read 'The Cholas are coming.
The film has a star-studded cast and features Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Ashwin Kakamanu in lead roles. Rahman is the music director and the film is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan.
The film's story is co written by Maniratnam along with Elango Kumaravel and B. Jeyamohan. Maniratnam and Allirajah Subaskaran are producing the film under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions,