Jayam Ravi’s new poster out as ‘Great Raja Chola’ from Ponniyin Selvan

Today the makers of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ have unveiled the first-look poster of Jayam Ravi’s to introduce the actor as Great Raja Raja Chola, from the film. ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is directed by Mani Ratnam and will release in theatres in two parts.

In the new poster, Jayaram Ravi looks like a powerful king with an intense look and bruises on his face.

Introducing Jayaram Ravi with a poster ahead of the teaser launch, the makers wrote, “Hail the Visionary Prince, the Architect of the Golden Era, the Great Raja Raja Chola…introducing Ponniyin Selvan! #PS1 TEASER OUT TODAY AT 6PM (sic).”

Meanwhile, the grand teaser launch of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is all set to take place today, June 8 in Chennai. Reportedly, director Mani Ratnam along with the cast of ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is said to attend the teaser launch at 6 PM. The teaser will be launched by Suriya in Tamil, Mahesh Babu in Telugu, Mohanlal in Malayalam, Rakshit Shetty in Kannada, and Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi.

Yesterday, the makers of Ponniyin Selvan shared the first-look poster of Trisha. She plays the role of Kundavai in the period film.

‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is based on a historical fiction novel of the same name, written by author Kalki Krishnamurthy. The novel tells the story of Rajaraja Chola I of the Chola dynasty. The cast includes Chiyaan Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Karthi, and Jayam Ravi in lead roles. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Sobhita Dhulipala, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Jayaram, and Prabhu will be seen in supporting roles. AR Rahman composed the music for the film.

The first part of the film is set to hit screens on September 30 this year in five languages – Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.