'Ponniyin Selvan 2' Box Office Day 1: Mani Ratnam Film Collects Rs 38 Crores

The Ponniyin Selvan films follow the early days of the Chola empire.

Stills from Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan 2.

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Ponniyin Selvan 2 seems to have had a good start at the box office, collecting Rs 38 crores on the first day itself. Directed by Mani Ratnam, the film boasts of a massive star cast - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi and Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prakash Raj, Jayaram, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, Parthiban, and Vikram Prabhu.

As per reports, Ponniyin Selvan 2 collected Rs 25 crores in its home state, Tamil Nadu.  In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the film raked in Rs 3-4 crores. In Karnataka, the box office collection was around Rs 4-5 crore. PS-1 had collected around Rs 327 crores in India and over Rs 169 crores ($20.70 million) abroad.

The film is a retelling of Kalki Krishnamurthy's 1955 novels and follows the early days of the Chola empire.