National Award winning filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan is one of his ambitious project. The film boasts of an ensemble star cast – Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, and Aditi Rao Hydari amongst others. However here is an interesting update from the film. Mani Ratnam wanted to rope in Mahesh Babu as one the leads. Yes, you read it right.
This was revealed by Mani Ratnam’s assistant Dhana. He added that Mani wanted to have Mahesh Babu and Thalapathy Vijay as the leads, saying the two stars showed interest to work for but somehow thongs didn’t get materialise. Bankrolled byLyca Productions in association with Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies the shoot will proceed once the lockdown is lifted.
