Mani Ratnam is one of the proud filmmakers of Indian cinema. The movie ‘Ponniyan Selvan’, which he had been dreaming of directing for 4 decades, finally took many twists and turns. Its first part will be released on September 30 as ‘PS-1’. The buzz about the movie was created as the teaser and trailer seemed to be irrelevant. Lyca Productions and Madras Talkies have jointly produced this prestigious project in two parts with a huge budget of Rs.500 crores.
This movie is going to be released simultaneously in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam along with Tamil. The star cast like Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lakshmi, Sarathkumar, Vikram Prabhu, Sobhita Dhulipala, Jayaram, Prabhu, Parthiban, Prakashraj can also be said to be the reason for the anticipation of this film. That’s why the theatrical business has been done in Telugu in such a way that it seems that this movie doesn’t matter. Once we see their details:
Nizam 2.20 cr
Seeded 1.85 cr
Uttarandhra 1.10 cr
East 0.36 cr
West 0.32 cr
Guntur 0.60 cr
Krishna 0.75 cr
Nellore 0.30 cr
AP + Telangana (Total) 8.48 cr
The movie ‘Ponniyin Selvan – 1’ has done a theatrical business of Rs.8.48 crores in Telugu states. This movie has to break even which means it has to earn a share of Rs.9 crores. Advance bookings seem to be fine. If the talk is positive, there are more chances of breaking even.