Aishwarya Rai Bachchan reveals how Aaradhya reacted after Mani Ratnam gave her the chance to say 'action' on Ponniyin Selvan sets

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Saturday said her daughter Aaradhya had joined her on the sets of Mani Ratnamrsquos magnum opus ldquoPonniyin Selvan ndash Irdquo and it was an enchanting experience for herBased on Kalki Krishnamurthyrsquos 1955 novel the muchanticipated Tamil historical drama chronicles the story of the early days of Arulmozhivarman a powerful king of the south who went on to become the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola IThe 48yearold star who will be seen essaying the role of Nandini the Queen of Pazhuvoor said for her daughter it was a cherishable moment to be on the sets of the filmAlso ReadTrisha Krishnan poses with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Ponniyin Selvan setldquoAaradhya is yet to see the movie But at the time she was sure enthralled There are many here referring to her costars who have children and seeing a period drama is always exciting She did get the opportunity to visit the sets and it was mesmerising for her I could see that in her eyesrdquo Aishwarya said at the filmrsquos press conference hereThe actor shared how Ratnamrsquos gesture to give the opportunity to Aaradhya to say lsquoactionrsquo turned out to be the most memorable moment for her daughterldquoAnd his affection is so sweet I think what excited her the most was when one day she came on set and he gave her the opportunity to say lsquoactionrsquoldquoShe couldnrsquot get over that She is like lsquoSir gave me the opportunity to say thatrsquo So thatrsquos probably the most cherished memory This is really precious and she values it already I think in growing up years it would be a much cherished memoryrdquo she added Aishwarya made her acting debut with Ratnamrsquos 1997 Tamil filmrdquoIruvarrdquo and has since worked with the ace director in titles such ldquoGururdquo ldquoRaavanrdquo and ldquoRaavananrdquoWorking with the filmmaker is always a dreamlike experience said the actorShe credits Ratnam for shaping her as a performerldquoHe is the perfect school and guru I didnrsquot come with any formal training I just dived right into it all I got to work with him A lot of it is spiritual and divine and a lot of it is work ethicrdquo the actor addedWhile working on ldquoPonniyin SelvanIrdquo Aishwarya said she was like a ldquosincere studentrdquo who earnestly interpreted Ratnamrsquos visionldquoThatrsquos really our job as an actor To have got the opportunity to just be a part of that in itself is any artistersquos dream Everybody here will echo my sentiment and are humbled creatively content and regard ourselves privileged that we got to be part of his dream filmrdquo she saidRatnam said making ldquoPSIrdquo has been a dream since he first read the original book during his school daysldquoI never thought I would get into films nor did I think I could make it But itrsquos always been calling to be made It was so spectacular as a story and as an adventureldquoSeveral people have tried to do this before and have not been able to probably because of one reasonhellip they wanted to leave it for me So Irsquom so happy that I got to make it at a time when the technology has improved tremendouslyrdquo the veteran filmmaker saidldquoPonniyin SelvanIrdquo also features superstars Vikram Karthi Trisha Krishnan Prakash Raj Jayaram Jayam Ravi and Aishwarya LekshmiRatnam praised the teamrsquos cast and crew for supporting his visionldquoTo be able to do it with this kind of cast and crew who cared for the film and were willing to walk along was very special rdquo He also thanked Anil Kapoor for giving the voice over in the Hindi trailer and Ajay Devgn for narrating the Hindi version of the movieAlso ReadAnil Kapoor lends his voice for the Hindi trailer of Mani Ratnamrsquos lsquoPonniyin SelvanrsquoBacked by Ratnamrsquos banner Madras Talkies and Allirajah Subaskaranrsquos Lyca Productions ldquoPonniyin Selvan Irdquo is set to hit theatres on September 30 It will be released in Tamil Hindi Telugu Kannada and MalayalamThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever