Amtabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Mahesh Babu, Suriya and Rakshit Shetty launch Ponniyin Selvan teaser

The hugely awaited teaser of Mani Ratnam’s ambitious project ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ got launched in a grand manner in Chennai. Since its a multilingual, the teaser has been released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. Stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mohanlal, Mahesh Babu, Suriya and Rakshit Shetty released the teaser in their respective languages.

‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is a two-part epic and the first part is set for for release on September 30. The film based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s historical Tamil novel tells the story of early days of Arulmozhi Varman, who later became the great Chola emperor, Raja Raja Chola I. Jayam Ravi, Trisha Vikram, Karthi and Aishwarya Rai play the main roles in the film.

The cast also includes Vikram Prabhu, Parthiban, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Prakash Raj, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Babu Antony, Riyaz Khan, Kishore, Jayaram, Rahman, Lal and Ashwin Kakumanu. The film has music is AR Rahman and cinematography by Ravi Varman. It is produced by Mani Ratnam’s own banner Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions.