Vijay as Vanthiya Devan in Mani Ratnams Ponniyin Selvan

Earlier there was news of Mani Ratnam’s 3-V Project hitting a stumbling block as the Director was facing problems in dealing with the egoistic attitudes of the said heroes. Howsoever it was also said that Vikram is still hanging on as the actor is repaying the gratitude for his earlier venture Raavanan with Mani Ratnam.

Now the good news is that Ilayathalapathy Vijay will also be joining the clan soon and he will be donning the popular daring and adventurous character of Vanthiya Devan from the historic Kalki mega novel Ponniyin Selvan.

Besides Vijay, Vikram, Vishal and Telugu actor Mahesh Babu are also acting in pivotal roles.  The movie is expected to be funded by Sun Pictures who are putting in a whopping 200 crores along with Mani’s very own production/distribution banner Madras Talkies. Isai Gnani Ilayaraja is supposedly roped in for the project to handle musical duties.

Ace director Mani Ratnam is hoping that the movie will become a huge hit and also confirms that every character in the film will be having its own importance.