Chennai, Oct. 7 (IANS): Continuing its fantastic run in theatres, director Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’, which is based on eminent writer Kalki’s literary classic of the same name, has grossed over INR 300 crore worldwide in a week, its makers announced on Friday. Lyca Productions, which has jointly produced the critically acclaimed superhit film along with director Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies, on Friday tweeted, “Success beyond boundaries! Thank you for this tremendous response” and posted a motion poster that claimed that the film had grossed over INR 300 crore worldwide.” ‘Ponniyin Selvan 1’, which has already entered history books by becoming the film with the biggest ever opening in Tamil cinema, has been drawing huge crowds to the theatres, where it is having a strong run. The film grossed INR 80 crore on its very first day of release. In three days, that sum touched the Rs 200 crore mark. Now, the film
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