From the sets of PS-1: Stills from the Cholas family you can't miss

CHENNAI: As the release of the most-awaited magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan-1' directed by Mani Ratnam is nearing, new stills from the film has been storming the internet. Fans united on the mico-blogging platform to trend hashtags like #PonniyinSelvan, #PS1, #Nandini and #Kundavai.

The makers of the movie fuelled fans' interest by releasing a BTS video and a video featuring Trisha as Kundavai and Aishwarya Lekshmi as Poonguzhali.

Ealier, a picture of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini went viral as the actress looked stunning in a red ensemble in the picture.

Check out the stills here:

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Nandini

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Trisha Krishnan (Kundavai)

Prabhu (Periya Velalar) and Jayam Ravi (Arunmozhi Varman)

Trisha Krishnan

Jayam Ravi (Arunmozhi Varman)

Trisha (Kundavai) and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Jayam Ravi (Arunmozhi Varman)

Trisha Krishnan

Vikram and Vikram Prabhu with Director Mani Ratnam during the filming of PS-1

Vikram as Aditya Karikalan

Jayam Ravi (Arunmozhi Varman)

Director Mani Ratnam with Ravi Varma

Karthi (Vallavarayan Vanthiyathevan) and Jayaram (Alwarkadiyan)

Director Mani Ratnam with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Nandhini)

Still from Sol song sequence

The film, called by the director as his dream project, features a host of top stars from Indian cinema, and music and songs from the film are already winning the hearts of netizens. AR Rahman is scoring the music for this epic historical and the cinematography by Ravi Varman. National Award-winning art director Thotta Tharani is in charge of production design while Mani Ratnam's trusted editor Sreekar Prasad is handling its cuts.