Kabali (film)

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Kabali (film)

Promotional poster

Directed by

Pa. Ranjith

Produced by

S. Thanu

Written by

Pa. Ranjith

Starring

Rajinikanth
Radhika Apte
Winston Chao

Music by

Santhosh Narayanan

Cinematography

G. Murali

Edited by

Praveen K. L.

Production

V Creations

company
Distributed by

Gemini Film Circuit

Country

India

Language

Tamil

Kabali is an upcoming 2016 Indian Tamil-language gangster-drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith.
[1]
The film featuresRajinikanth 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.[2][3][4][5] The film is slated for release in summer 2016, along with dubbedversions in
Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.[6] The film will also be simultaneously released in Malaysia in both Malay and
Tamil audio and in Singapore and Indonesia as well.[7] 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. [8][9] The film is scheduled to be
released on 5000 screens worldwide.[10][11]The Malaysian airline, AirAsia became an official partner
for Kabali and certain AirAsia planes will be painted with a Kabalitheme.[12][13]
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. [14] It's also the most watched teaser trailer within 24 hours for an
Indian and Asian film.[15]
Contents
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1Cast

2Production
o

2.1Development

2.2Casting

2.3Filming

3Music

4Release

5References

Cast[edit]

Rajinikanth as Kabalishwaran

Radhika Apte as Kumudhavalli

Winston Chao[16]

Dinesh Ravi as Jeeva[17]

Kalaiyarasan

Dhansika

John Vijay

Kishore

Nassar

Rosyam Nor[18]

Production[edit]
Development[edit]
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 viaTwitter. 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).[19] 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
successfulBairavi (1978) was Rajinikanth's first lead role film and the two had not collaborated since. [20] It was
speculated that Rajinikanth's role would be based on a real-life mob boss from Chennai.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23]

Casting[edit]
In the film, Rajinikanth plays the role of an aged don.[24] 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,[25] but later it
was said that the role was declined due to scheduling issues and John Vijay stepped in.[26] 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).[27] Dhansika was signed to play a supporting character in the film. [28]

Filming[edit]
On 18 August 2015, director Pa Ranjith announced on his Twitter page that principal photography would begin
the following week,[29] which was confirmed on 22 August whenBehindwoods 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. [30]

Music[edit]
Think Music has acquired the audio rights for all three languages Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.[31] The audio track
was released on 12 June 2016.[32]

Kabali

Soundtrack album by Santhosh Narayanan

Released

12 June 2016

Recorded

2015-2016

Genre

Feature film soundtrack

Label

Think Music India

Producer

S. Thanu

Santhosh Narayanan chronology

Iraivi

Kabali

Kodi

(2016)

(2015)

(2015)

Track listing
No
Title
.

Writer(s)

Singer(s)

1. "Ulagam Oruvanukka"

Kabilan, Vivek

Ananthu, Santhosh Narayanan,Gana

Bala, Roshan Jamrock

04:02

2. "Maya Nadhi"

Uma Devi

Ananthu, Pradeep Kumar, Shweta Mohan

04:35

3. "Veera Thurandhara"

Uma Devi

Gana Bala, Lawrence R., Pradeep Kumar,

Roshan Jamrock

03:17

4. "Vaanam Paarthen"

Kabilan

Pradeep Kumar

04:52

5. "Neruppu Da"

Arunraja Kamaraj

Arunraja Kamaraj, Rajinikanth

03:38

Total length:

Length

20:04
Professional ratings

Review scores

Source

Behindwoods

Indiaglitz

Rating

[33]

[34]

Release[edit]
Malik Streams Productions and Distribution, a Malaysian media company will release the film in Malay.[35]

References[edit]
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COMMENCES ...". Behindwoods. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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10. Jump up^ http://movies.ndtv.com/regional/rajinikanths-kabali-sold-for-rs-200crore-before-release-1417483

11. Jump up^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kabali-has-raked-in-rs-200-croreeven-before-its-release-this-is-not-a-rajinikanth-joke-kabali-album-kabalirelease-date-radhika-apte-pa-ranjith/1/683256.html
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14. Jump up^ http://www.iluvcinema.in/tamil/kabali-teaser-became-the-mostviewed-in-asia/
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Watching - NDTV Movies".NDTVMovies.com. Retrieved 2016-04-02.

18. Jump up^ http://www.star2.com/entertainment/movies/2016/05/19/rosyamnor-vs-rajinikanth-who-will-win/

19. Jump up^ Ramanujam, Srinivasa (2 June 2015). "Rajinikanth is changing...
and heres why". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
20. Jump up^ "Rajini asked me to produce his next : Kalaipuli S Thanu
Interview" (video) (in Tamil). IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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Indian films

Upcoming Tamil-language films

2016 films

Films shot in Malaysia

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