Ponniyin Selvan team flew to Hyderabad to meet the Telugu audience yesterday and the event was graced by Karthi, Vikram, AR Rahman, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Suhasini and many more.

Speaking about PS 1, actor Karthi said he realizes how great the cinema is when working for a film like this. Karthi further talked about the Baahubali comparisons, saying, ‘We have seen Baahubali and we all liked it. There is no need for another Baahubali. We are born in India and we have a lot of heroes in this land. We have to tell many such stories to our people."

“Thanks to all of you who have kindly invited me. Mani Ratnamgaru directed this movie brilliantly. Working with actors like Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Sarathkumar, Prabhu, Vikram Prabhu and Trisha is an unforgettable memory. Hope you all enjoy this movie. I have a good relationship with Suhasinigari, Aishwarya Rai said.

Directed by Mani Ratnam, Ponniyin Selvan: I also stars Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala and Prakash Raj. Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 Tamil novel, the upcoming historical drama is set to hit theatres on September 30. Ponniyin Selvan is backed by Mani Ratnam's production house Madras Talkies and Allirajah Subaskaran's banner Lyca Productions.

Ponniyin Selvan chronicles the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman, a powerful king of the south who went on to become the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I. The film has also been dubbed in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.