Rajinikanth who is baking in the glory of his recent offering 2.0, the sci fi drama, which is running successfully at the box office and has already joined the club of Rs 500 Cr, is now planning to team up with AR Murugadoss. Rajinikanth who has avoided political films, in his filmi career, is now going to act in political thriller drama. The sources close to AR Murugadoss reveal that if Rajinkanth given his nod, he will be seen playing the chief Minister of TamilNadu in AR Murugadoss’s directorial venture.
Initially, 2.0 director Shankar wanted Rajinikanth to act in his blockbuster film Mudhalvan, but the superstar turned down the film since it was an out-and-out political drama. But this time it is expected that Kaala star will give his nod.
AR Murugadoss’s previous directorial venture Sarkar starring Vijay and Keerthy Suresh has already created lot of buzz in the film Industry and turned out blockbuster at the box office.
It is speculated that Rajinikanth and AR Murugadoss film will be similar to Vijay starrer Sarkar, in which the protagonist becomes a politician. It is also said that the film will be a fantasy venture.
Rajinikanth will start the shoot of AR Murugadoss film after the release of Petta. Written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran. The movie stars Rajinikanth with ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha Krishnan, Bobby Simha, M. Sasikumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, J. Mahendran and Guru Somasundaram. The promotional activities of Petta has been already started. The makers are releasing the character posters from the film and they have just released the poster of Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s character, who is playing Singaar Singh in Petta. Karthik Subbaraj tweeted the poster and wrote, “Here it is… The killer performer @Nawazuddin_S sir as #SingaarSingh in #Petta .. #PettaCharacterPoster.”