Ponniyin Selvan is a 2022 Tamil-language Action Fantasy motion picture directed by Mani Ratnam and produced by Mani Ratnam and Subaskaran Allirajah. Ponniyin selvan stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, R. Sarathkumar and Nasser. The screenplay is written by Mani Ratnam and Elango Kumaravel which is inspired from Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman. Cinematography was done by Ravi Varman and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The motion picture has a running time of 167 minutes. It was released on 30th September 2022. Ponniyin Selvan was made on a budget of ₹500 crore. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Red Giant Movies. This title comes under the genre of historical fiction. This is a story written by Kalki Krishnamurthy about the power struggle during the Chozha rule between ADs 900 and 950. The three main points of the plot are the ruler Sundara Chozhan and his sons Adithya Karikalan and Arulmozhivarman (who later ruled as Rajaraja Chozhan). The conspiracies and the struggle for power between the main characters and those around them forms the basis of this story.