Mani Ratnam’s ‘Raavanan’ is releasing on June 18 worldwide. Post production works are being done to perfection and A R Rahman is busy completing the re-recording work.

Meanwhile Mani is also preparing to screen ‘Raavan’ at the Cannes Festival on May 14. Another Tamil film that will accompany ‘Raavan’ at the Cannes is Gautham Menon’s ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’. We hear a list of people associated with these two films are attending the festival. Mani Ratnam. Gautham Menon, Cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa are joined by the cast of ‘Raavan’ Abhishek, Aishwarya and Vikram.

Another important thing that is running in the mind of Mani Ratnam is the promotional tour for ‘Raavanan’. His decision hangs in balance because he in two minds whether to take his film to IIFA Festival happening in Colombo in the first week of June. If Mani decides to skip the Sri Lanka program then he will start the promo tour as early as in the last week of May itself.