Recently,
the
shoot
of
Mani
Ratnam's
magnum
opus
Ponniyin
Selvan
reportedly
resumed
in
Pondicherry.
It
was
reported
that
Jayam
Ravi,
one
of
the
lead
actors
of
the
film
has
resumed
shooting
while
Karthi
and
Vikram
are
yet
to
join
the
team.
Well,
the
latest
we
hear
is
about
beautiful
actresses
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
and
Aishwarya
Lekshmi
joining
the
ongoing
schedule.
Reportedly,
the
duo
is
shooting
important
sequences
as
of
now,
and
will
be
moving
to
Hyderabad
along
with
other
cast
and
crew
members
for
a
month-long
schedule.
Recently
(July
19),
an
intriguing
poster
of
the
film
was
dropped
by
the
makers.
Based
on
Kalki
Krishnamurthy's
Tamil
literary
novel
of
the
same
title,
the
period
drama
is
backed
by
Madras
Talkies
and
Lyca
Productions.
Also
featuring
actors
like
Trisha,
Vikram
Prabhu,
Jayaram,
Prabhu,
Sobhita
Dhulipala,
R
Sarathkumar,
R
Parthiban,
Prakash
Raj,
Rahman,
Kishore
and
Arun
Chidambaram
in
prominent
roles,
the
film
will
reportedly
release
in
two
parts.
Jointly
written
by
Ratnam,
Elango
Kumaravel
and
B
Jeyamohan,
the
epic
drama's
technical
crew
includes
music
composer
AR
Rahman,
director
of
cinematography
Ravi
Varman
and
editor
A
Sreekar
Prasad.
Ponniyin
Selvan
is
slated
to
hit
the
cinemas
in
April
2022.
On
a
related
note,
Aishwarya
Rai
was
previously
seen
in
Fanney
Khan
(2018)
opposite
Anil
Kapoor
and
Rajkummar
Rao.
As
of
Aishwarya
Lekshmi,
the
actress
has
a
slew
of
projects
in
her
kitty
including
Kaanekkane,
Archana
31
Not
Out,
Kumari,
Godse
and
Bismi
Special.
She
was
last
seen
in
Jagame
Thandhiram
opposite
Dhanush.
The
film
directed
by
Karthik
Subbaraj
was
released
on
Netflix
on
June
18.