The universe has perfect timing, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will vouch for it. As the actor completes 24 years in the movies next week, she finds herself again under the tutelage of the man who started it all for her - Mani Ratnam. She began shooting for the auteur’s next, Ponniyin Selvan, at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad from January 6. To be developed in two parts, the period drama offers a retelling of the early days of Arulmozhi Varman before he became the great Chola emperor.