The story is set in the 10th century during a tumultuous time in the Chola Empire when the power struggle between different branches of the ruling family caused violent rifts between the potential successors to the reigning emperor. The first look poster of Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Trisha have also been released.
It is an adventure story where brave soldiers, cunning spies and evil schemers all try to win the empire for themselves. A civil war becomes imminent until the scores can be settled. All this political and military turmoil leads to the Cholas becoming the most prosperous and powerful empire in the continent and one of the most successful and long reigning in history.
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The film is one of the most awaited films of the year, and has a huge star cast which Vikram, Karthi, Jayam Ravi, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Lekshmi, and several others.
The film had gone on floors in December 2019, but the shoot had to be put on hold for nine months in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The technical team consists of Ravi Varman cranking the camera for the movie and Sreekar Prasad taking care of the editing of this movie, whose music is composed by AR Rahman.
