The
makers
of
master
filmmaker
Mani
Ratnam's
upcoming
magnum
opus
Ponniyin
Selvan
-
1
on
Wednesday
released
a
new
poster
of
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.
Also
starring
Vikram,
Karthi,
Trisha
Krishnan,
Prakash
Raj,
Jayaram,
Jayam
Ravi
and
Aishwarya
Lekshmi,
the
much-anticipated
Tamil
historical
drama
is
set
to
be
released
on
September
30.
Ratnam's
Madras
Talkies,
one
of
the
production
houses
behind
the
two-part
film
franchise
Ponniyan
Selvan,
took
to
Twitter
to
share
Aishwarya's
poster
as
Nandini,
the
Queen
of
Pazhuvoor
who
is
motivated
by
"vengeance".
"Vengeance
has
a
beautiful
face!
Meet
Nandini,
the
Queen
of
Pazhuvoor!
#PS1
releasing
in
theatres
on
30th
September
in
Tamil,
Hindi,
Telugu,
Malayalam
and
Kannada.
@madrastalkies_
#ManiRatnam
@arrahman," the
banner
said
in
a
tweet.
The
character
posters
of
Vikram
as
Chola
Crown
Prince
Aditya
Karikalan
and
Karthi
as
Vanthiyathevan,
a
"prince
without
a
kingdom",
were
recently
released
by
the
makers.
The
first
part
of
Ponniyin
Selvan
reunites
Aishwarya
with
Ratnam
following
her
acting
debut
in
1997
Iruvar
(Tamil),
Guru
(the
2007
Hindi
film),
and
the
2010
Hindi
movie
Raavan
(shot
simultaneously
as
"Raavanan"
in
Tamil).
The
movie
is
based
on
Kalki
Krishnamurthy's
1955
Tamil
novel
of
the
same
name,
which
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.
Also
backed
by
Allirajah
Subaskaran's
banner
Lyca
Productions,
"Ponniyin
Selvan"
has
Ratnam
also
serving
as
co-writer
on
the
screenplay
with
Elango
Kumaravel,
while
B
Jeyamohan
has
been
credited
as
the
dialogue
writer.
The
film's
music
has
been
scored
by
Ratnam's
frequent
collaborator
AR
Rahman.
Cinematographer
Ravi
Varman,
who
worked
with
the
filmmaker
on
his
2017
Tamil
movie
"Kaatru
Veliyidai",
has
shot
the
upcoming
project.