Aishwarya Rai celebrates Ponniyin Selvan success at party with Aaradhya and Abhishek Bachchan

Historical drama Ponniyin Selvan has emerged as the biggest Tamil blockbuster of the year, crossing Rs 500 crore at the worldwide box office. The film stars Karthi, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, and Jayam Ravi and was directed by Mani Ratnam.

The film chronicles the fictional battles set within the Chola kingdom in the ninth century and is based on Kalki's works.

The actors and director hosted a party in honour of its success and was attended by a number of actors.


In photos that are doing the rounds on social media, filmmaker Radhakrishnan Parthiban poses with Rajinikanth for a selfie. He captioned his post, “At Ponniyin (Rs 500 crore) Selvan super success party, with son of success.” Rajinikanth, along with Kamal Haasan had shown immense support for PS-1 during the promotions of the film. At the audio launch prior to the release, Rajinikanth had spoken at length praising the work of Amarar Kalki and expressing his excitement to watch PS1.


Twitter user, Aishwarya Rai fan club posted photos of the actor with husband Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya. Aishwarya Rai was seen looking stunning in green, while daughter, Aaradhya was dressed in a black dress and was seen sporting a bow.


Mani Ratnam‘s Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions had earlier announced that they would donate Rs 1 crore to the Kalki Krishnamoorthy Memorial Trust. They made the announcement at Saturday’s success meet of Ponniyin Selvan: I, which was held in Chennai. Ahead of the event, Mani Ratnam and Lyca’s CEO Subhaskaran met Kalki Krishnamoorthy’s son Rajendran and presented him with a cheque of Rs 1 crore in the presence of Seetha Ravi, the manager of the trust.

The second part of Ponniyin Selvan will release next year.