Aishwarya Rai shared candid photos with Ponniyin Selvan director Mani Ratnam. Aishwarya is pictured wearing a heavy blue and gold anarkali suit, posing with Mani Ratnam on stage during the film’s promotions in Delhi on Monday.Aishwarya plays Queen Pazhuvoor queen Nandini, the wife of Periya Pazhuvettarayar and Aditya Karikalan’s lover in Ponniyin Selvan I. Hear dual role is only revealed at the end.

Aishwarya actively promoted the film for several days along with director Mani Ratnam, composer A.R. Rahman and co-stars Vikram, Trisha and others. She has also been seen touching his legs at various events. The film is shown on Fridays in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. On the first day, The film raised about ₹10 crores in India.

Speaking of Review; Aishwarya Rai as Nandini in the film should be the actor’s choice. As she has little dialogue but has expressed a lot with her eyes and she nails it very convincingly. Ponniyin Selvan I is the fourth film starring Aishwarya’s Mani Ratnam. The former Miss World made her film debut in 1997 with Tamil director Iruvar. She co-starred with her husband Abhishek Bachchan in the 2007 film Guru. Her third film with Mani Ratnam was Ravan, where she worked with Vikram where she played her. Ponniyin Selvan I. Abhishek acts as an antagonist in Ravana.

Ponniyin Selvan I Mani Ratnam has been in making for several years now. It is based on Kalki Krishnamurty’s 1955 novel about the early days of Arulmojivarman, a powerful southern king who later became the great Chola emperor, Rajaraja Chola I.