Mani Ratnam's 'Ponniyin Selvan' to face a budget cut due to coronavirus pandemic?

Production company Lyca Productions which is credited with blockbusters like Kaththi, Vada Chennai, 2.0, Darbar, among ors is reportedly in a financial downturn. According to reports, Lyca Productions' parent company, Lycamobile, based in United Kingdom is facing a financial loss due to coronavirus crisis, because of which, production house has reportedly decided to cut down budget of some of ir on-floor projects. According to reports,  first movie to face crunch is Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan.

Mani Ratnam directorial's budget has reportedly been cut down. However, producer has reportedly reduced budget of film without affecting essential requirements of film. Initially, budget of movie was reported to be 500 crores. 

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Ponniyin Selvan has an ensemble cast consisting of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, Jayaram Ravi, Trisha, Sobhita Dhulipala, Vikram Prabhu, among ors in prominent roles. Mani Ratnam directorial is currently under production. Originally, Ponniyin Selvan was slated to hit marquee by end of 2020, however, due to lockdown imposed owing to coronavirus, movie, is reportedly shifted to next year. 

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Ponniyin Selvan speculated to be Mani Ratnam's dream project is based on Kalki Krishnamurthy's vel of same name. Mani Ratnam directorial is reported to be a two-part film, whose screenplay is adapted by atre actor Elango Kumaravel and director himself. Ponniyin Selvan's shooting began in 2019, and till w, team has finished two shooting schedules. forthcoming movie is co-produced by Subaskaran Allirajah and Mani Ratnam under ir production banners Lyca Productions and Madras Talkies respectively. 

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Meanwhile, Lyca Productions is gearing up for some exciting projects next year. Besides Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan, production house has Shankar's Indian 2 with Kamal Haasan and Kajal Aggarwal in production. Lyca Productions also has two films- Panni Kutty and Raangi in post-production, and if all goes well, y might release movies soon.