The teaser of Rajinikanth’s Kaala is all set to be released on Thursday. The movie which will release just before his active political plunge on April 27, is expected to take him further up in his political ambition.
Kaala is Rajinikanth’s 164th film, set for a worldwide release on April 27. Directed by Pa. Ranjith, who was also the director of Rajinikanth's previous blockbuster release Kabali, Kaala is a multilingual film. The movie will have a multi-star cast, including Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi, Samuthirakani, Anjali Patil and Sayaji Shinde. Music of the film is helmed by Santhosh Narayanan, who worked in Kabali, too.
“To be an innocent at the very beginning, I am not the same Manickam; I am not the Kabali who will go in search of Kumudavalli. In a fight were there are 10 people, smash the hands of two, fracture the legs of three and make the remaining five bend down at my legs and make them shed tears, begging for life. I am that Kaala. I am Kaala Karikalan,” says Rajinikanth in the promo.
Manickam is the name of his character in Baasha. And Kumudavalli was the role played by Radhika Apte, as his wife in Kabali. Kaala will be about the life of a don, but not on the same lines of Baasha and Kabali.
In the two promos released for Kaala teaser, Dhanush’s production company Wunderbar Films, tells what to expect from the movie. In one promo, Rajini laughs out loud in his characteristic style.
Likewise, Kaala to will have him the role of a ‘good’ Dada, who will stand out for the downtrodden Tamils. The teaser will be released by Wunderbar studio in association with their digital partner Divo. In fact, Wunderbar films and Dhanush have been setting a new trend in capturing the online market by monetising audio, online video rights. The rights can be sold without the copyright/IP with help of distribution and digital partner Divo. With this, Wunderbar has garnered several million subscribers and followers on social media.
Shahir Muneer, Director of Divo, during a press conference to announce the date for Kaala teaser release, a few days before, said, “The digital assets of Wunderbar in 2017 had a combined viewership of 500 million plus which is among the highest in India for a regional film producer.”