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New Delhi:

Chiyaan Vikram, who’s busy selling his upcoming movie Ponniyin Selvan 2 with co-stars akin to Trisha, Jayam Ravi, Karthi and others, opened up on his friendship and bonding with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in actual life. Speaking to NDTV’s Sam Daniel, Vikram mentioned, “We are good friends.” He added, “On the Internet it’s crazy because you see a lot of fans saying ‘Oh my god we need to see these two together. Why are they never… some guy give them a film where they fall in love with each other or they end up being happily married or whatever’.” 

“Fans like to see visuals of us which I think Mani Ratnam sir played to his advantage. In the first part, I only see her in one scene. You don’t know how many scenes I am going to see her in second part. But that one scene was enough to evoke so much love, romance and pain in the viewer, and I think that will happen even in the second half,” Vikram informed NDTV.

In Ponniyin Selvan 2, Vikram plays Aishwarya’s love interest, and that is their second film collectively after Raavan. The film additionally starred Abhishek Bachchan within the lead.

Speaking about his relationship with Aishwarya, her husband Abhishek Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya, Vikram mentioned, “She (Aishwarya) is someone who takes her job very seriously. I share very very special friendship with Abhishek Bachchan, Aaradhya and Aishwarya. And, of course, Mr Bachchan (Amitabh Bachchan)… it’s the nice relationship I have with them. It’s been about work, but otherwise whenever we get time, we chill.”

When requested to spill the beans as to what occurs partially two of Ponniyin Selvan, to this, he says, “I become a king” after which laughs off. He provides, “I can’t let you know that but I just say that the romance between him and Nandini is… I think it will go down in cinema history as something very special, because you know you have romance, you have one-sided romance. You have someone where you are jilted. This one is something… it’s love-hate. She loves me so much that she could kill me. It’s almost like in The Fountainhead... Dominique Francon and Howard Roark.” 

Ponniyin Selvan 2 is the conclusion of Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus on the Chola dynasty. The film is predicated on Kalki’s fashionable historic novel of the identical identify. The first a part of the film was launched final 12 months and turned out to be one of many largest hits of 2022. 

Ponniyin Selvan 2 is slated to hit the theatres on April 28.