<p>Ace director S. Shankar, who is known for films like 'Robot', 'I' and 'Nayak',is the latest person to praise director Mani Ratnam's magnum opus, 'Ponniyin Selvan 1', which is based on the literary classic by eminent writer Kalki.</p>

<p>Director Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan 1', which is based on eminent writer Kalki's literary classic by the same name, has grossed a whopping sum of Rs 200 crore worldwide so far, its makers announced on Monday.</p>

<p>Team India Cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who is a big fan of eminent writer Kalki's literary classic 'Ponniyin Selvan', has described director Mani Ratnam's film, 'Ponniyin Selvan 1' as a "compelling watch"</p>

<p>Director Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan 1', which is based on eminent writer Kalki's literary classic by the same name, has made history by emerging as the film with the biggest ever opening in Tamil cinema.</p>

<p>Actor Karthi, who has played the pivotal character of Vanthiyathevan in director Mani Ratnam's just released magnum opus, 'Ponniyin Selvan 1', has expressed his gratitude to all those responsible for creating such a film and told fans that their love was "overwhelming".</p>

<p>Actress Saranya Ponvannan, who started her film career with filmmaker Mani Ratnam's 1987 release 'Nayakan', recently made her Hindi film debut with director R. Balki's psychological crime-thriller film 'Chup: Revenge of the Artist'.</p>

<p>Mani Ratnam, the maestro who is bringing his epic film 'Ponniyin Selvan: I' to the theatres this week, had earlier attempted to adapt Kalki Krishnamurthy's eponymous novel into a film not once, but twice.</p>

<p>Ahead of the release of Ponniyin Selvan 1, filmmaker Mani Ratnam made an interesting revelation about the casting of the film and said that before Aishwarya Rai Bachchan he wanted to cast veteran actress Rekha for the role of Nandini</p>

<p>Mani Ratnam’s upcoming film Ponniyin Selvan that features Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Sobhita Dhulipala, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Sarath Kumar, and Aishwarya Lekshmi1 have been reportedly sold to Amazon Prime Video at a whopping amount od Rs 125 crore</p>

<p>Arvind Swami made his acting debut in Rajinikanth’s 1991 film Thalapathy directed by Mani Ratnam and after 30 years the Bombay actor is yet again going to share the share the screen space with the veteran actor in Thalaivar 170</p>