The makers have released the teaser of the first part of director Mani Ratnam’s upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan (PS-1) on Friday. The epic drama, which also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Vikram Babu and Prakash Raj, will simultaneously release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada on September 30, 2022.
The movie, made on a whopping Rs 500-crore budget, is to hit the screens on September 30. The movie is based on the 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan, by Kalki Krishnamoorthy that revolves around the 10th-century Chola period and the fights within the ruling clan.
The 1-minute-long video showed glimpses of all the important characters, including Raja Raja Cholan, Vanthiyathevan, Adithya Karikalan, Nandini, Kundavai, setting huge expectation among the audience.
The production house took to Twitter to launch the teaser of the movie, “The Cholas Are Coming! #PS1Teaser, #PS1 releasing in theatres on 30th September in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada!” (sic).
Check the teaser is here:
AR Rahman has composed the music while Ravi Varman has operated the camera and Thota Tharani is in charge of the grand sets that were constructed in the Ramoji Rao Film City in Hyderabad early last year. Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Prabhu, Parthiban, Jayaram, Lal, Prakash Raj, Mohan Raman, Ashwin Kakkumanu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobitha Dhulipala and Riyaz Khan among others play pivotal roles in the film.