Director Maniratnam who had last directed the multistarrer Chekka Chivantha Vaanam released in 2018, is next directing another huge multistarrer movie Ponniyin Selvan which is based on the celebrated novel of the same name written by Kalki Krishnamoorthy.

Maniratnam and team have started shooting the movie in Thailand, and as per reports they have completed the first schedule of the movie that stars Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Jayaram, Kishore, Sarathkumar, Prabhu and Vikram Prabhu.

Ponniyin Selvan has music by AR Rahman, who has now given an exciting update on how the movie is shaping up. AR Rahman tweeted "Last week DOP Ravivarman shared some stills from #ManiRatnam’s #PonniyinSelvan ..looks totally lit" and this tweet has increased the expectations on the movie.

Last week DOP Ravivarman shared some stills from #ManiRatnam’s #PonniyinSelvan ..looks totally lit ?? ????

— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) January 26, 2020