Chennai, Oct. 21 -- Actor Ashwin Kakumanu made his foray into Tamil cinema with his antagonistic role in director Venkat Prabhu's noirish action film Mankatha, which starred Ajith Kumar and Trisha in lead roles. The actor went on to star in films such as Zero and Idhakkuthaane Aasaippattai Balakumara to name a few.

The actor, in his official Twitter account, revealed that he will be playing a role in director Mani Ratnam's magnum opus 'Ponniyin Selvan', the silver screen adaptation of writer Kalki Krishnamurthy's epic novella of the same name.

Looking forward to enjoying the process & the journey.I was part of background sound fx for the college students in #Aaythaezhuthu and so it's extra special to play a role in #PonniyinSelvan #long...