Ponniyin Selvan: Aishwarya Rai Wins Hearts As She Touches Rajinikanth's Feet, Runs To Hug 'Guru' Mani Ratnam
Wearing a black Salwar Suit, Aishwarya Rai was ecstatic to see Mani Ratnam at Ponniyin Selvan trailer launch event. She immediately ran towards her mentor and hug him to take his blessings. She was also seen touching Rajinikanth's feet. Her humble gesture has won people's hearts.
After a hiatus of four years, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is making a comeback and collaborating with filmmaker Mani Ratnam for Ponniyin Selvan. The trailer of Ratnam's dream project was launched yesterday, and it was a star-studded event.
#AishwaryaRaiBachchan gets the loudest cheer at #PS1AudioLaunch pic.twitter.com/TMqb8M97LT
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Aishwarya Rai who will be seen essaying the role of Queen Of Pazhavoor, Nandini, in the film about Chola emperor Arulmozhi Varman, is winning people's hearts for embracing Indian culture as she was seen touching Rajinikanth's feet and running to hug her guru Mani Ratnam and take his blessings.
Wearing a black Salwar Suit, Aishwarya Rai was ecstatic to see Mani Ratnam. She immediately ran towards her mentor and hug him to take his blessings.
The way #AishwaryaRaiBachchan met #ManiRatnam sir ?? pic.twitter.com/Xmxu1l6TL8
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She was also seen touching Rajinikanth's feet. Her humble gesture has won people's hearts.
It happened guys. Aishwarya Rai touched Rajinikanth's feet ?#AishwaryaRaiBachchan #Rajinikanth#PonniyinSelvanpic.twitter.com/FMjj9SIYFJ https://t.co/220rrV1wMj
¡ª Aishwarya as Nandini(PonniyinSelvan)'ll b Historic (@badass_aishfan) September 6, 2022
At the event, Aishwarya Rai called Mani Ratnam her guru and said, "Mani Ratnam is my guru and he will always be my guru... Forever. I started my journey with him with Iruvar and thanks for the honour yet again. This film will he forever memorable. Thank you Suhasini for being there for me always. It is a dream moment to sit together with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan."
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Tamil cinema's forever ponniyin selvan@rajinikanth ???
¡ª THALAIVAR 169 (@rajni_mohan_rfc) September 7, 2022
The way he respects to #AishwaryaRai is enough for why he's calling belovedly as Thalaivar and superstar ???
And our @chiyaan is always a rajini admirer ?#PS1AudioTrailerLaunch #Rajinikanth? pic.twitter.com/StIfaXPwEE
Earlier, talking about the film, Aishwarya had earlier told Film Companion, "When he came and he shared and he said, ¡®You know this is something I wanted to make right at the beginning. I'm like I¡¯m so privileged and so blessed that he asked me to be a part of his dream. I think just to begin at that in itself is so fulfilling."
"NANDINI" ? ?? , That look#AishwaryaRaiBachchan pic.twitter.com/mHlnAoh3K6
¡ª Aishwarya rai fan (@Pradeep06867868) September 6, 2022
Aishwarya is in awe of Mani Ratnam. Talking about her experience of working with the ace filmmaker in previous films including Raavan, she said, "In the beginning, it was an absolute blessing for the student in me who was just right into cinema and getting to work with Mani Ratnam, I couldn¡¯t have asked for a better opportunity for someone who was beginning in film.
The Amazing star cast ?#AishwaryaRaiBachchan #Trisha #JayamRavi #ChiyaanVikram #Karthi #PonniyinSelvantrailer #ponniyanselvan pic.twitter.com/Tb967Y3d3R
¡ª Aishwarya Rai ? (@my_aishwarya) September 7, 2022
"Thereafter, I¡¯m blessed that I¡¯ve had the opportunity to work with someone like a director and a talent like Mani Ratnam over the years on so many more projects and memorable films and great learning experiences for me as a growing artist. And I keep saying growing because you continue to even now, even tomorrow with every experience. So, I am blessed that I¡¯ve got the chance to work with Mani so many times."
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Speech At Ponniyin Selvan Trailer Launch Event #AishwaryaRaiBachchan #PonniyinSelvan #PonniyinSelvanTrailerLaunch #Vikram #karti #Trisha #JayamRavi #ManiRatnam #Rajinikanth #KamalHaasan pic.twitter.com/yeMSQBCJ8e
¡ª Aishk@ (@Aishka365) September 7, 2022
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