The
ponniyin selvan series,
director Mani Ratnam's most recent film, has been the filmmaker's dream project. For many years, the
director of Nayagan desired to portray the Chola Dynasty. However,
ponniyin selvan Part One and Part Two (2023) were the results of the collaboration of Vikram, Karthi,
trisha,
aishwarya Rai, and
jayaram Ravi in 2022.
Media sources state that Mani was eager to begin the film in 2010 with a new cast. Mani had considered creating a PS series with
mahesh babu and Vijay playing the major roles, as Pinkvilla revealed. The performers reportedly even signed on for the
movie, but at the time, the visual effects and
graphics were minimal, and the
movie was shelved because of budgetary issues.
mahesh babu said in an earlier
interview with Vikatan magazine that he and Vijay had even completed a photo shoot for the
movie in Chennai; however, the
movie was shelved seven days before the main filming began.
In this case, a photo of
trisha was doing rounds on
social media claiming to be a deleted one from 'Ponniyin Selvan'. When we poked our noses, we came to know it wasn't a fake or AI edited, and it was a real one. However, this wasn't from 'Ponniyin Selvan' and it was from Trisha's old
movie 'Bheema' where she paired with Vikram.