Priyanka Chopra act in Mani Ratnam's movie: If sources from Bollywood are to be believed, hottie Priyanka Chopra has been approached by ace filmmaker Mani Ratnam for his period film Ponniyin Selvan to play one of the female leads.

The actress is not new to K’Town as she has already starred opposite Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay in Tamizhan way back in 2002. Interestingly, Mani roped in Vijay to play the lead protagonist Vandhiyathevan for this multilingual project and the actor’s associates confirmed it to this newspaper.

Reportedly, Anushka has been finalised for one of the female leads and she’ll be seen opposite Vijay. Mahesh Babu is another hero in the film. Apparently, according to the story, Anushka is Mahesh Babu’s sister in the movie. Reports suggest that Mani wants Priyanka to play Mahesh Babu’s love interest.

Actor Arya will also be seen in an important role.It is reliably learnt that Priyanka is excited about working with Mani and will soon be meeting him for a personal discussion. Though the Fashion star is busy with Bollywood movies, insiders reveal that considering this is a Mani Ratnam film, the actress will not relinquish the opportunity.