Mani Ratnam's magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan was released in the theatres today. The film stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R. Sarathkumar, and Vikram Prabhu, among others.

Ponniyin Selvan, is a period action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, who co-wrote it with Elango Kumaravel and B. Jeyamohan. Financed by Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah under Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, it is the first of two cinematic parts based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novel Ponniyin Selvan.

Ponniyin Selvan is a historical fiction novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. The novel was first serialized in the weekly editions of Kalki from 29 October 1950 to 16 May 1954 and released in book form of five parts in 1955. In five volumes or about 2,210 pages, it tells the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I (947 CE – 1014 CE). Kalki visited Sri Lanka three times to gather information about it.

Ponniyin Selvan 1 movie is getting good reviews from all corners. The director narrated the story with much perfection. Now, the news is that the Ponniyin Selvan PS-1 IMDB rating overtakes Pushpa and RRR. The IMDB rating for Ponniyin Selvan 1 is 9.4.