Rajinikanth announces new action film following Jailer super success
Rajinikanth announces new action film following Jailer super success
In the backdrop of the thumping success of Jailer, Rajinikanth announces a new film to be produced by Sun Pictures and helmed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.
Jailer was also produced by Sun, and the film has grossed c Rs. 500 crore mark worldwide. Kanagaraj is acknowledged for super hit like Vikram, Master and Kaithi.
Rajinikanth is extolled for his mannerisms and style, the signature walk, flicking a cigarette and catching it amidst his lips (cigarette was replaced with chewing gum over the years to cultivate a more responsible image), and his natural comic timing, in over 200 films.
His series of blockbusters from the 1970s to the mid-2000s include titles like Bairavi, Mullum Malarum, Billa, Murattu Kaalai , Naan Sigappu Manithan, Padikkathavan, Mr. Bharath, Velaikaran, Thalapathi, Annamalai, Baashha, Muthu, Arunachalam, Padayappa, Baba and Chandramukhi.
The 72 year old veteran actor was recently seen in Darbar and Annatthe, and was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan. The actor is said to have had some 55,000 fan clubs registered around the world in 2001, after which he stopped certifying them.
Recognised as one of the few leading men in Tamil, as well as Indian cinema, who could strike a chord with the common man on the street and the upper class, trade experts say he still has both the multiplex and the single-screen audience rooting for him, including the youth, the target group for Tamil films.
Given his mass appeal, controversies around the actor’s social and political stands have also been big—such as his justification of police action in the midst of the 2018 Thoothukudi violence – his day-long fast to protest the Karnataka government’s decision to not release Kaveri River water into Tamil Nadu in 2002. Having announced a foray into politics in 2018, the actor recently cited health issues for having cancelled those plans.
News Edit K.V.Raman
