Fifty days because the launch of Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 1, the blockbuster backed by Lyca Productions has breached the Rs 500 crore mark globally. That is simply the second Tamil movie after Rajinikanth-Shankar’s 2.0 to attain this feat. By the way, 2.0 was additionally made below the Lyca Productions banner.
A historic saga, primarily based on the well-known novel of the identical identify by Kalki, Ponniyin Selvan 1 chronicles the Chola interval. Starring a galaxy of big-ticket actors like Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Karthi, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, and Jayaram amongst others, the movie was lapped up by the audiences, who got here in droves to look at the movie even after its OTT launch on Amazon Prime Video.
Aside from Ponniyin Selvan 1 and a couple of.0, the illustrious record of South Indian movies to enter the Rs 500 crore membership embody the 2 Baahubali movies, RRR, and KGF 2.
With Mani Ratnam having already shot each components of this franchise, Ponniyin Selvan 2 is anticipated to hit the screens on April 28. 2023. After that venture, the filmmaker is about to reunite along with his Nayagan actor Kamal Haasan for a venture tentatively referred to as as KH 234.