Actor Prakash Raj has joined the cast of Mani Ratnam's upcoming period magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan'. He took to Twitter to share that he has started shooting for the film and that it has been a 25 year long journey with the filmmaker. He wrote, “On the sets of #Maniratnam s #PonniyinSelvan. A journey with the master which started 25 years back from #Iruvar continues. The joy of unlearning, finding new horizons. Bliss n blessed.”
Shoot of the project resumed after a long gap in a specially erected set in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The entire cast and crew reportedly got tested for Covid-19 before joining the sets. It was after everybody tested negative that the team went ahead with the plan of resuming shoot. The film went on the floors in December 2019 in Thailand, where the first schedule was filmed for over 90 days. Actors Karthi, Jayam Ravi and Aishwarya Lekshmi participated in the first schedule, later suspending the rest of the schedules due to the pandemic.
Raj first collaborated with Mani Ratnam in 1997 Tamil political drama 'Iruvar'. He is the latest addition to the cast which already features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Karthi, Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Mohan Babu along with others.
Music for the film will be rendered by AR Rahman, while Ravi Varman will handle cinematography. The movie is being jointly produced by Mani Ratnam and Lyca Productions.
