Rajinikanth To Reunite With Director Mani Ratnam After 33 Years
A heartwarming collaboration of two veteran artists from the Tamil film industry is here. Superstar Rajinikanth and acclaimed filmmaker Mani Ratnam are set to reunite after 33 years. It is expected to witness a mind-blowing creation from the duo in their upcoming project, the details of which remain under wraps.
It took 36 years for Mani Ratnam to reunite again with Kamal Haasan for Thug Life after their 1987 blockbuster Nayakan. And its time for another reunion of the director with another legendary superstar. Even though major details about the projects are under wraps as of now, the announcement is expected to drop on Thalaivar’s birthday on December 12.
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The duo previously offered a cult classic, Thalapathi in 1991, which received critical acclamation and commercial success. Inspired by the friendship of Karna and Duryodhana from Mahabharata, the film was a huge breakthrough in the Tamil film industry at the time, with the collaboration of Rajinikanth, Mammootty and Aravind Swami.
Exploring the friendship, the film has notable inputs from the epic Mahabharata, with Rajinikanth playing Surya, based on Karna, while Mammootty played Devaraj, representing Duryodhana. Arvind played Arjun, based on Arjuna. While Rajinikanth is named Surya, his father’s name is never mentioned, choosing to keep his connect to the god of sun only through his name.
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The film interestingly marked the final collaboration of the music composer Illayaraja and lyricist Vaali with Mani. After this film, the director collaborated with AR Rahman and Vairamuthu instead.
The director’s current venture Thug Life has wrapped its shooting and is under post production. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Silambarasan TR, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George, Abhirami, Nasser, and Ali Fazal among others. With music by AR Rahman and cinematography by Ravi K Chandran, the film is backed by Mani Ratnam’s Madras Talkies and Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International.
On the other, Rajinikanth is looking forward to his October 10 release cop story, Vettaiyan.
