Watch: The teaser of Mani Ratnam’s star-studded period drama ‘Ponniyin Selvan: I’ is here
Part one stars Vikram, Aishwarya Rai, Karthi, Trisha and Jayam Ravi. In cinemas in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on September 30.

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