Superstar Rajinikanth's next Tamil movie will be directed by Pa Ranjith. It will begin shooting in August in Malaysia.
To be produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu, the film will be written and directed by Ranjith of Madras and Attakathi fame.
'Gud news to all thalaivar fans. @superstarrajini @theVcreations @beemji movie announced just Now (sic),' Rajinikanth's publicist Riaz K Ahmed tweeted.
Santosh Narayanan will compose music while Murali G will handle the camera work on the movie. The duo had worked with Ranjith in Madras.
For Kalaipuli Dhanu, a noted film producer of Tamil cinema, it is a dream come true to produce a Rajinikanth film.
He is credited to have prefixed the 'superstar' tag to Rajinikanth when he distributed the actor's first solo hero Tamil movie Bhairavi in 1978.
After a 60-day schedule in Malaysia, the shooting will move to Thailand, Hong Kong and Chennai.
The casting of other stars, including a heroine opposite Rajinikanth, is still in the process. Rajinikanth's previous movie Lingaa which released last year bombed at the box office and the actor faced some issues with a section of distributors, who wanted him to refund them.
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