Ponniyin Selvan has two parts and the first part was released on September 30, opening to a trendsetting gross at the global box office by breaching the Rs 500-crore mark.
The sequel to PS Mithran's 'Sardar', which got released a week ago and received favourable reviews, was officially announced at a success meet on Tuesday.
Popular film critics and analysts wrote that the first half is 'well researched' and 'informative'. They said that the movie is very gripping and informative and Karthi scores big in the interval bang.
Karthi is portraying multi-characters as seen in trailer, by playing a double role. The film's trailer was released on night hours of Friday in a lavish event that was held in Chennai.
Several friends and fraternities are greeting the couple in the midst of getting into controversy after Nayanthara welcomed the babies through surrogacy.
Karthi plays Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan in the film, as a central character who garnered appreciating lauds for his perfectly twinning the role as per the original novel.