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Kabali
File:Rajinikanth in Kabali.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed byPa. Ranjith
Written byPa. Ranjith
Produced byS. Thanu
Starring
CinematographyG. Murali
Edited byPraveen K. L.
Music bySanthosh Narayanan
Production
company
Distributed byGemini Film Circuit
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹160 crore[1]

Kabali is an upcoming 2016 Indian gangster-drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith.[2] The film features Rajinikanth in the titular character, whilst Radhika Apte, Dinesh Ravi, Dhansika and Taiwanese actor Winston Chao feature in other pivotal roles. Principal photography for the film began on 21 August 2015 in Chennai. While filming mostly occurred in Malaysia, smaller scenes were shot in Bangkok and Hong Kong.[3][4][5][6] The film is slated for release in summer 2016, along with dubbed versions in Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.[7] The film will also be simultaneously released in Malaysia in both Malay and Tamil audio and in Singapore and Indonesia as well.[8] The film will also be dubbed in Thai and Chinese, where talks are under way to simultaneously release the film in Hong Kong and China.[9][10] The film is scheduled to be released on 5000 screens worldwide.[11][12] The Malaysian airline, AirAsia became an official partner for Kabali and certain AirAsia planes will be painted with a Kabali theme.[13][14]

Its teaser trailer went viral in Asia and became the most watched teaser trailer in Asia after its release in April, gaining 5 million views in less than 24 hours.[15] It's also the most watched teaser trailer within 24 hours for an Indian and Asian film.[16]

Cast

Production

Development

In June 2015, director Pa. Ranjith announced his third directorial venture, which would follow his previous two films Attakathi (2012) and Madras (2014), with Rajinikanth via Twitter. Working with Ranjith would make Kabali Rajinikanth's first film with a novel director for the first time since his collaboration with S. Shankar in Sivaji (2007).[20] In an interview with IndiaGlitz, producer S. Thanu revealed that Rajinikanth had personally asked him to produce the Ranjith-directed film. The producer's commercially successful Bairavi (1978) was Rajinikanth's first lead role film and the two had not collaborated since.[21] It was speculated that Rajinikanth's role would be based on a real-life mob boss from Chennai.[22] Santhosh Narayanan was confirmed as the film's music composer, continuing his partnership with Ranjith after the latter's previous two films. Ranjith also retained G. Murali, the cinematographer of Madras.

On 17 August 2015, Ranjith announced the title of the film to be Kabali and that Rajinikanth would play the role of Kabaliswaran.[23] The makers of the film had earlier considered using title Kaali, which was the title of Rajinikanth's 1980 film. As that film did not do well in the Tamil Nadu box office at the time, the makers passed on using it for the new film. Another title, Kannabhiran, was also considered but it was later found that the title's rights were already held by director Ameer Sultan for a future film.[24]

Casting

In the film, Rajinikanth plays the role of an aged don.[25] Dinesh Ravi, who played the lead in Ranjith's Attakathi (2012), and Kalaiyarasan, who played pivotal roles in both of the director's previous films, were also confirmed to be part of the film. The main villain role was offered to Prakash Raj initially,[26] but later it was said that the role was declined due to scheduling issues and John Vijay stepped in.[27] It was later confirmed that the role of the lead character's wife would be given to Radhika Apte, who was introduced to Tamil films through Dhoni (2012).[28] Dhansika was signed to play a supporting character in the film.[29]

Filming

On 18 August 2015, director Pa Ranjith announced on his Twitter page that principal photography would begin the following week,[30] which was confirmed on 22 August when Behindwoods covered a photo shoot which took place on 21 August at AVM Studios in Chennai. First schedule of the filming started on Vinayagar Chaturthi on 17 September 2015 at the Russian Centre of Science and Cultural in Chennai.[31]

Music

Think Music has acquired the audio rights for all three languages – Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.[32] The audio track was released on 12 June 2016.[33]

Untitled
Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Singer(s)Length
1."Ulagam Oruvanukka"Kabilan, VivekAnanthu, Santhosh Narayanan, Gana Bala, Roshan Jamrock04:02
2."Maya Nadhi"Uma DeviAnanthu, Pradeep Kumar, Shweta Mohan04:35
3."Veera Thurandhara"Uma DeviGana Bala, Lawrence R., Pradeep Kumar, Roshan Jamrock03:17
4."Vaanam Paarthen"KabilanPradeep Kumar04:52
5."Neruppu Da"Arunraja KamarajArunraja Kamaraj, Rajinikanth03:38
Total length:20:04
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Behindwoods[34]
Indiaglitz[35]

Release

Malik Streams Productions and Distribution, a Malaysian media company will release the film in Malay.[36]

References

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  2. ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kabali-the-album-of-rajinikanths-film-will-be-launched-on-june-11/1/683230.html
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