Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has officially completed shooting for Mani Ratnam's epic drama Ponniyin Selvan. The actress took to Instagram on Sunday morning to announce the film's wrap and shared a brand new poster. The star-studded magnum opus, which started filming in December 2019, features actors Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Jayam Ravi and Aishwarya Lekshmi among others.
"Ponniyin Selvan" is backed by Ratnam's production house Madras Talkies and Allirajah Subaskaran's banner Lyca Productions. The film's production wrap announcement was made on the official Instagram page of Madras Talkies. "Filming complete. PS-1 coming soon!" the post read. The movie is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 Tamil novel "Ponniyin Selvan". The book chronicles the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman, one of the most powerful kings in the south, who went on to become the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I. The film's music has been scored by AR Rahman. Cinematographer Ravi Varman has shot the film.