The shooting of Superstar Rajinikanth’s next directed by AR Murugadoss is progressing at breakneck speed. Titled Darbar, the shooting of the film commenced last month and is currently happening in Mumbai. The first schedule was recently wrapped and the second schedule of the film will commence from May 29.
The film has music by Anirudh Ravichandran and this will be his second successive film with Rajinikanth after Petta. The latest is that superstar’s lucky mascot singer SP Balasubramaniam will be rendering the intro song in the film.
Interestingly, it is a belief that all films that featured a Rajini-SPB combo intro song will turn out to be blockbuster hits, even while the singer was not chosen to sing the intro songs for Kabali and Kaala. There was a huge outcry that the singer was not given his due in the last outing Petta. According to reliable sources, the composer has recently recorded a full-length track crooned by SPB.
Some of the chartbusters that SPB had rendered in Rajini’s hit films include 'Athanda Ithanda' in Arunachalam, 'Vandenthda Paalkaran' in Annamalai, 'Oruvan Oruvan' in Muthu, 'Devuda Devuda' in Chandramukhi, 'En Peru Padaiyappa' in Padaiyappa, 'O Nanba' in Linga, 'Enge Pogutho Vaanam' in Kochadiyaan and 'Puthiya Manitha' in Endhiran.
Touted to be a cop drama, Rajinikanth plays an IPS officer in the film and one where fans will get to see him in a cop avatar after a long time, after films like Moondru Mugam and Pandiyan.
It is also widely speculated that the film will have Rajinikanth playing dual roles. Nayanthara plays the female lead in this film with Prakash Raj, Nivetha Thomas, Prateik Babbar, Dalip Tahil, Yogi Babu, Soori, Harish Uthaman, Manobala, Suman, Anandaraj, Rao Ramesh and Bose Venkat in supporting roles.
Bankrolled by Lyca Productions, the cinematography and editing are being handled by Santhosh Sivan and Sreekar Prasad, respectively. The film is scheduled for release on January 9, 2020, coinciding with Pongal.
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