Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth to attend Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan audio launch

Superstar Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan will attend the trailer and audio launch of Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan as chief guests. The makers announced that the trailer and audio will be launched on September 6 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.

As per the report, AR Rahman, who composed the music for the film, will perform the songs live with his orchestra. This will be followed by speeches from celebrities, the cast, and the crew.

The makers made the announcement on their social media handles on Sunday. They wrote on their social media page, “It can’t get any bigger or better than this! Honoured to have Ulaganayagan @ikamalhaasan & Superstar @rajinikanth with us at our music and trailer launch function! #PS1 #PonniyinSelvan #CholasAreComing In theatres on 30th September in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada (sic).”

They also shared a montage of Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth from their respective films.

‘Ponniyin Selvan’ is an adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s novel of the same name. The historical fiction revolves around the early days of Arunmozhivarman, who later became the great emperor Rajaraja Chola I. The film has an ensemble star cast with Vikram, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, and Trisha in the lead. The supporting cast includes Parthiban, Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Prabhu, Jayaram, Rahman, Jayasudha, Lal, Vikram Prabhu, Shobita Dhulipala, and Aishwarya Lekshmi.

The film is bankrolled by Allirajah Subaskaran and Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies. The music for the film is by AR Rahman. Cinematography for the magnum opus is by Ravi Varman, editing by Sreekar Prasad, and art direction by Thota Tharani. The film is set to hit screens on September 30 worldwide in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi.

As reported earlier, ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ will release in two parts. The second part is likely to release later this year. However, an official confirmation is still awaited.