Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan is getting ready as one of the biggest films ever made in India and the film has got humongous expectations among the fans. Produced by Lyca Productions, in association with Madras Talkies, the film has music composed by A.R.Rahman. Ponniyin Selvan features a stellar star cast that includes Chiyaan Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Vikram Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Sarath Kumar, Prabhu, Jayaram, Rahman, Ashwin Kakumanu, Nizhalgal Ravi, Mohan Raman, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vinodini Vaidyanathan, Arjun Chidambaram, and others.

The shooting of the film is currently progressing at Orchha in Madhya Pradesh and the team is said to be shooting several important palace sequences in this schedule. Having said that, Jayam Ravi has wrapped up shooting for his portions in the film and he took to his official Twitter page to share this delightful update. This development surely sounds exciting and Jayam Ravi seems to be the first lead actor among the lot to have completed the shoot and it looks like the shoot will go on for a few more weeks with other actors. The additional update is that Ravi has completed shooting not for one, but both parts.

As already known, Ponniyin Selvan will be a two part film and it looks like Mani Ratnam is shooting for both the parts together. While sharing the update, Ravi also officially confirmed that he is playing the titular character - Ponniyin Selvan (aka) Arul Mozhi Varman. Expressing his gratitude and love for Mani Ratnam, Jayam Ravi tweeted, "They say leadership and learning is indispensable to each other. To watch you lead this magnum opus with utmost precision whilst imparting so much knowledge around has been an experience of a lifetime sir.

Thank you for your blessings, your humour, your caring nature and above all for believing in me sir. I will truly miss being on set with you and look forward to the day to work with you again. Yours forever, PS. It’s a wrap for not one but two movies. Heavy heart but onto other new beginnings with special blessings from my mother today. Happy birthday Ma".