It's
been
28
years
since
Mani
Ratnam
collaborated
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan
in
Dil
Se.
A
love
story
amidst
the
insurgency
in
Assam,
the
film
was
appreciated
by
the
audience
and
the
critics
alike.
The
film
then
went
on
to
win
six
Filmfare
Awards
and
two
National
Film
Awards.
Fans
have
since
been
waiting
for
the
two
to
come
together
to
give
another
magnum
opus.
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In
a
recent
interview
with
Pinkvilla,
Mani
Ratnam
opened
up
about
the
possibility
of
him
working
with
King
Khan
again.
Mani
Ratnam
said,
"You
should
ask
Shah
Rukh.
I
should
have
a
script
ready
for
him,
that's
when
I
can
go
to
him."
Ratnam
said
that
he
often
meets
Khan
at
events.
He
said
that
a
possible
collaboration
between
him
and
Shah
Rukh
Khan
is
driven
by
an
idea
of
a
script.
He
added,
"Once
you
have
an
idea
for
which
Shah
Rukh
will
be
right,
then
I'll
go
and
ask
him."
Currently,
Mani
Ratnam
is
focused
on
the
release
of
Ponniyin
Selvan:
I.
Based
on
the
eponymous
Tamil
novel
by
Kalki
Krishnamurthy,
the
movie
stars
Jayam
Ravi,
Vikram,
Karthi,
Trisha
Krishnan,
Sobhita
Dhulipala,
and
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.
The
film
will
be
released
on
September
30
across
the
country
in
Hindi,
Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam,
and
Kannada.
The
film
is
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan's
3rd
collaboration
with
Mani
Ratnam
after
Iruvar
and
Guru
and
2nd
collaboration
with
Vikram
after
Raavan.