SS Rajamouli Shocked With Ponniyin SelvanThe first part of legendary filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s ambitious project, Ponniyin Selvan is gearing up for a grand pan-India release on September 30th.

Starring Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Prakash Raj, Karthi, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and Shobita Dhulipala among others in key roles, the film’s hype has spiked up in the past few days due to heavy promotions, especially for the Tamil version.

During one of the promotional interviews, actor Jayam Ravi, who is playing the role of Arulmozhivarman in the film, revealed an interesting thing.

Jayam Ravi said he once met the country’s no. 1 director SS Rajamouli and said that the shooting for the two parts of Ponniyin Selvan was finished in flat 150 working days.

Jayam Ravi said that Rajamouli was shocked and said that it took 5 years for him to make two parts of Baahubali and they completed Ponniyin Selvan in just 150 days.

Ravi recollected that Rajamouli sat with them and discussed how Mani Ratnam could manage to wrap up the shooting in a such quick time. Jayam Ravi also said that Rajamouli sir has great respect for Mani Ratnam sir’s work which was visible during the discussion.

Let’s hope Ponniyin Selvan does not give the audience an experience of watching something that has been made in a hurry.