Mani Ratnam’s 1000 Crore Project Confirmed

Director Mani Ratnam is going to direct his dream project with a whopping budget of 800 cr – 1000 cr. This shocking budget is for the movie which is an adoption from the Tamil popular novel Ponniyin Selvan written by Kalki Krishnamurthy.

Earlier, many celebrities including MGR, Kamal Haasan and director Bharathi Raja thought of making this film but finally, it is Mani Ratnam who is going to start it.

The film features Mohan Babu, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Simbu, Keerthy Suresh, Jayam Ravi, and Amitabh Bachchan. Anushka Shetty is also roped in to do the role of Rani Poonguzhali, one of the crucial characters in the novel.

This is the dream project of Mani Ratnam from many years but unfortunately, it’s getting postponed from 2016. Now, the film is on board finally!