Karthi's Sulthan has opened to a very good response from the Tamil audience and the film is running with packed house across the state. The film has got the support of the family audiences and it has been performing well at the box office. Sulthan is said to be the next big hit of this year in Tamil cinema after Thalapathy Vijay's Master. Thanking the audience for the whole hearted support and to promote the film to a larger section of audience, Karthi and the film's female lead, Rashmika Mandanna interacted with the fans on a live Instagram session. During the chat session, Karthi answered several interesting questions about his upcoming line up of films.

Karthi also revealed some exciting tidbits about his highly anticipated next film, Ponniyin Selvan, directed by Mani Ratnam. Sharing some new details about the project, Karthi said, "My next film is Ponniyin Selvan and it is an epic film, made into two parts. It is a story that happened 1000 years before and the film is a fiction based on history. We have a stellar cast including Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Jayaram, Sarath Kumar, and others. Rahman sir's music is kickass. 70 percent of the film's shooting is completed. I do not know about the current release plan. Due to the Covid situation, the film is delayed. We had initially planned to release the film for next year's Sankranti festival (Pongal holidays). The Tamil film industry has been wanting to make this film for the last 60 years and it is finally happening,".

From Karthi's latest update, we get to know that 70 percent of Ponniyin Selvan's shoot is wrapped up and it is surely going to be an exciting watch. Ponniyin Selvan is a film that has excited the fans ever since its announcement and it is a mega multistarrer that features an ensemble star cast including Chiyaan Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Ashwin Kakamanu, Vikram Prabhu, Prabhu, Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Rahman, Aadukalam Kishore, Mohan Raman, Nizhalgal Ravi, and many others.

Produced by Lyca Productions in association with Madras Talkies, Ponniyin Selvan has music composed by A.R.Rahman. Ravi Varman will be handling the film's cinematography and Ponniyin Selvan marks his second outing with Mani Ratnam after Kaatru Veliyidai. For now, check out Karthi's live video with Rashmika Mandanna below: