Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan-I crosses ₹300 crore mark worldwide

Director Mani Ratnam’s big screen spectacle film “Ponniyin Selvan-I” has raised over ₹300 crore in its worldwide gross box office collection, the makers said on Friday (October 7).

Featuring a star-studded cast of Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha Krishnan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the Tamil historical drama hit the theatres globally on September 30.

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Ratnam’s Madras Productions, one of the banners behind the movie, took to Twitter to share the latest box office figures. The production house posted a motion poster which stated that the film has earned over ₹300 crore worldwide gross.

“Success beyond boundaries! Thank you for this tremendous response,” the Madras Productions captioned the post.

Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s 1955 historical fiction novel, “Ponniyin Selvan-I” chronicles the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman (played by Jayam Ravi), a powerful king of the south who went on to become the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I.

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The much-anticipated film opened to positive response from both critics and audiences. Also backed by Allirajah Subaskaran’s banner Lyca Productions, “Ponniyin Selvan-I” is released in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.

(With inputs from agencies)