Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Ponniyin Selvan 2.(courtesy: YouTube)
The makers ofPonniyin Selvan 2 shared an update on the film on Wednesday evening and it started trending in no time. The second installment of the Mani Ratnam magnum opus is slated to release on April 28 next year. The makers shared a brief video announcing the film's release date, which has snippets of Vikram ( as Aditya Karikalan), Jayam Ravi (who plays Arulmozhi Varman), Karthi (who stars as Vallavaraiyan Vanthiyathevan) and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini. Fans of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Twitter couldn't keep calm after the film update was shared. Here are some tweets reflecting the euphoric mood of the actress' fans:
Here's what a fan tweeted:
"Queen," wrote another fan sharing a still of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from the video.
A Twitter user simply wrote "Aditya Karikalan and Nandini" (the names of Vikram and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's respective characters) along with fire emojis.
Here's another tweet:
See the Ponniyin Selvan 2 release date announcement video here:
Ponniyin Selvan, produced by Lyca Productions, was the first part of magnum opus Ponniyin Selvan. It released in theatres on September in five languages - Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The film clashed with Vikram Vedha, starring Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan at the box office. The film opened to good reviews from film critics and was equally adept at impressing the audience.
The period drama was based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's popular historical novel Ponniyin Selvan (The Son Of Ponni) and its cast included some of the biggest stars including Vikram, Trisha, Karthi, Jayam Ravi. It also starred Sobhita Dhulipala and Aishwarya Lekshmi.