Aishwarya Rai Bachchan greets fans in Telugu during Ponniyin Selvan 2 Hyderabad promotions

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recently won hearts in Hyderabad during promotions for Ponniyin Selvan 2. former Miss Universe was seen greeting fans in Telugu before continuing with speech in English. She also went on to thank director Mani Ratnam for casting her in two-part period film as well as ir long-standing association.

Aishwarya greets fans in Telugu

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan got fans excited as she opened her speech by greeting excited audience in Telugu. promotions in question were being held in Hyderabad. Aishwarya's small surprise for fans was very well received as clip doing rounds online, shows crowd cheering loudly as actress opened her speech in Telugu. Aishwarya n went on to complete rest of her speech in English.

Aishwarya thanks fans for ir love and support

Aishwarya continued with speech in English thanking fans for ir overwhelming love and support. She expressed gratitude to those present for showering entire team of Ponniyin Selvan 2 with so much love. Aishwarya went on to say that team was as excited to watch film in atres as audience was.

Aishwarya expresses her gratitude to Mani Ratnam

As Aishwarya concluded thanking her fans, she turned focus to Ponniyin Selvan director Mani Ratnam. Musing on ir long-standing association across several big-banner, larger-than-life films, Aishwarya thanked Mani Ratnam for repeatedly giving her opportunity to immerse herself in so many different worlds. She also thanked her "Mani Garu" for teaching her so much and allowing her to hone her craft. Aishwarya said, "Thank you so much but first I would like to thank Mani Ratnam, my Mani Garu, thank you so much, for beginning, thank you so much sir for giving me opportunity to grow and learn in my craft. I'm still learning to enjoy this magical world of cinema this movie has been magical, magical from word go".

Ponniyin Selvan 2 is slated for a release on 28 April. film franchise has been a long-standing dream for director Mani Ratnam who had attempted to make film once before, in late 80s. He eventually realised dream in 2019.