Jul 8, 2016 - Rajinikanth's 'Neruppu Da' song from Kabali is now the title of a Vikram-Prabhu starrer upcoming Tamil project.
Running time 152 minutes Country India Language Tamil Budget ₹100 crore Box office Disputed (see ) Kabali is a 2016 Indian -language written and directed by and produced. The film plot concerns the gang war between Kabaleeswaran (played by ) and Tony Lee (portrayed by )., and also appear in pivotal roles. Principal photography for the film began on 21 August 2015 in. While filming mostly occurred in, some scenes were shot in. The film was released in Tamil along with dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi on 22 July 2016, while the film was released in Malay a week later.
Kabali was released on 3200 screens in, of which 2200 were in. Contents.
Plot A –based Kabaleeswaran alias Kabali is released after spending 25 years in prison on a false charge of starting a massacre at a local temple that killed many, including his wife Kumudhavalli. He immediately resumes charge of his old gang and soon confronts Loganathan , a. Loga insults Kumudha, saying that she would have been sold into had she been alive.
In retaliation, Kabali rams his car into Loga, killing him; however, the incident makes him believe that his wife may be still alive. Later, Kabali survives an assassination attempt by Tamizh Kumaran alias Kumaran , whose father Tamilmaaran was killed by Kabali when Kumaran was a young boy. The next day, at a function organised by the Free Life Foundation School, a school started by Kabali's friend Ameer to reform youngsters involved in criminal activities, Kabali talks about his past. Kabali was the protege of Tamilmaaran's father Tamilnesan , a don who fought for the rights of. Tamilnesan was killed by Veerasekaran , a member of his gang who disliked his rules such as not involving in illegal activities like drug smuggling and prostitution. Following Tamilnesan's death, Kabali took charge of Tamilnesan's gang.
Veera manipulated Tamilmaaran by telling him that he, being Tamilnesan's son, should lead the gang and not Kabali. Tamilmaaran invited Kabali and a pregnant Kumudha for a temple function. However, this was revealed to be a trap as Veera and his men confronted Kabali and Kumudha at the function.
In the ensuing scuffle, Kabali was brutally attacked while Kumudha was shot and seemingly killed. Kabali then killed Tamilmaaran for his betrayal in front of a young Kumaran and was soon arrested on a false charge of instigating the massacre.
Kumaran, after hearing Kabali's speech, realises his mistake and apologises to him. He tells him that Velu , one of Veera's henchmen who was present at the temple massacre, is aware of what happened to Kumudha. Kabali then leaves for, where Velu is residing.
On confronting Velu, he learns that his daughter is still alive. At this juncture, Kabali is confronted by Yogi , a hired by Veera and his boss Tony Lee , who heads the rival Gang 43 in Kuala Lumpur, to eliminate Kabali. Yogi instead kills the men who had come with her and reveals herself to Kabali as his daughter, who had been raised by Velu. She also tells him that Kumudha is still alive and is living with a French family in.
Kabali and Yogi then leave for Puducherry, where, after several days of searching, they reunite with Kumudha and spend a few days with her there. While in Puducherry, Kabali and his family are attacked by men sent by Tony.
However, Kabali and Yogi fight them off and escape safely with Kumudha. Kabali and his family soon return to Kuala Lumpur, where he is told that Ameer has been severely injured in a car accident set up by Tony; his henchman Jeeva was brutally chopped to pieces by Tony after refusing to join Gang 43; and Gang 43 had destroyed the Free Life Foundation School and started to control the Kuala Lumpur underworld, eliminating any gang who dared to oppose them. On hearing all this, Kabali decides to finish Veera and Tony. He and his family attend the 100th birthday party for a respected Malaysian don Ang Lee, who had invited all gangs, including Gang 43. At the party, Kabali starts a shootout with the help of Kumaran, which ends with him killing Veera and Tony. Some months later, Kabali, Kumudha, Kumaran, and Yogi attend a function organised by the Free Life Foundation.
One of the Free Life alumni, a youngster named Tiger (Hari Krishnan), who is known to be aggressive and reckless, walks up to Kabali, with scenes showing him speaking to the police prior to the function. The screen cuts to black, and the sound of a gun clicking and a gunshot afterwards is heard. as Kabaliswaran (Kabali), the head of Malaysian Gangster group '00'. as Tony Lee, industrialist, businessman and a head of Malaysian Gangster group '43'. as Kumudhavalli Kabaliswaran, Kabali's wife.
as Yogitha Kabaleeswaran, Kabali's daughter who is a contract killer in Thailand. as Veerasekaran, the second head of '43'. as Jeeva, Kabali's gang member.
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as Thamizh Kumaran (Kumaran), Tamizh Nesan's grandson and Tamizh Maran's son. He is a teacher in Kabali's school. as Ameer, Kabali's sidekick/trusted aide.
as Tamizh Nesan, the founder of '00' to protect Malaysian Tamizhans. as Meena, a drug-addicted girl who joins Kabali's school for a reason to safe from drugs. Later, Kabali adopts her as his daughter. as Palace Owner. as Tony's sidekick. as Tamizh Maaran, Tamizha Nesan's son and Kabali's best friend. as Loganathan, '43' second main member to do drug supply.
as Velu/Venu, Veera's henchman. Lingesh as Seeni, '43' main member to do money laundry. as Jai. Hari Krishnan as Tiger, school student who encounters Kabali in the end.
Gajaraj as Marthandam, Kabali's teammate in young age but later works for Gang '43'. Sampath Ram as Sampath, Kabali's teammate. as Mallika. as Durai.
as Anbu. Soundarya Bala Nandakumar as Pub Singer. Vittal Prasad Production Development In June 2015, director announced his third directorial venture, which would follow his previous two films (2012) and (2014), with via. Rajinikanth had been impressed with Ranjith's work in (2014) and subsequently Rajinikanth's daughter, asked Ranjith to work on a script for her father. Working with Ranjith would make Kabali Rajinikanth's first film with a novel director for the first time since his collaboration with in (2007). In an interview with IndiaGlitz, producer revealed that Rajinikanth had personally asked him to produce the Ranjith-directed film. The producer's commercially successful (1978) was Rajinikanth's first lead role film and the two had not collaborated since.
It was speculated that Rajinikanth's role would be based on a real-life mob boss from. 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. The makers of the film had earlier considered using title Kaali, which was the title of. 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 for a future film. Casting In the film, plays the role of an aged crime boss.
According to the Telugu newspaper, Rajinikanth, after being impressed with (1987), requested its director to write a similar script, but the project never materialised; its similarities with Ranjith's script for Kabali made him accept to star in the latter film., who played the lead in Ranjith's (2012), and, who played pivotal roles in both of the director's previous films, were also confirmed to be part of the film. An important role was offered to initially, but later it was said that the role was declined due to scheduling issues and was cast for the role instead. It was later confirmed that the role of the lead character's wife would be given to, who was introduced to Tamil films through (2012).
Was signed to play a supporting character in the film. Soundarya Nandakumar, a television actress best known for her participation in 's, was chosen for a cameo appearance. Filming On 18 August 2015, director Pa Ranjith announced on his page that would begin the following week, which was confirmed on 22 August when Behindwoods covered a which took place on 21 August at in. First schedule of the filming started on on 17 September 2015 at the Russian Centre of Science and Cultural in Chennai. Music Kabali. Released 12 June 2016 ( 2016-June-12) Recorded 2015–2016 Length 20: 05 chronology (2016) Kabali (2016) (2016) acquired the audio rights for the Tamil version, as well as the dubbed Telugu and Hindi versions. The original Tamil soundtrack album featured five songs,and was released on 12 June 2016.
According to Thanu, who usually sings the introduction songs of films starring Rajinikanth, was not hired for this album because he was not in the city at the time of recording. Track listing No.
Title Writer(s) Singer(s) Length 1. 'Ulagam Oruvanukka', Roshan Jamrock Ananthu, Roshan Jamrock 04:02 2. 'Maya Nadhi' Uma Devi Ananthu, 04:35 3. 'Veera Thurandhara' Uma Devi, Roshan Jamrock, Lawrence R, Pradeep Kumar, Roshan Jamrock 03:17 4.
'Vaanam Paarthen' Kabilan Pradeep Kumar 04:52 5. 'Neruppu Da', 03:38 6. 'Thoondil Meen(Bonus)' Kabilan Pradeep Kumar, 05:00 Total length: 25:05 Release Kabali was released in Tamil worldwide, along with versions in,. The film was scheduled to be released simultaneously in Singapore and Indonesia. Malik Streams Productions and Distribution, a Malaysian media company, will simultaneously release the film in Malay for exclusive screening in Malaysia alongside the original Tamil version. 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.
Kabali will also premiere at the in Paris, France. Marketing. An of, featuring After the airline became an official partner for Kabali, an owned by the airline was with the film's title and an image of depicted as Kabaleeshwaran. It was the first time a passenger jet had been wrapped for advertising an Indian film. The Indian financial company who is also an official partner of the film produced silver coins embossed with the image of actor as cast in the film. Its was released in April 2016 and went viral in Asia and gained 5 million views in less than 24 hours becoming the most viewed teaser in Asia.
Online piracy issue On 19 July 2016, three days prior to the film's worldwide release, it was reported that pirated copies of the film were leaked online in. Reported that although the leaked copies were available only in the darknet, lots of fake links were being circulated in the web. The makers of the film had approached in anticipation of piracy and had requested the authority to ensure that it does not happen. Chief commented on the issue by saying that the leak had nothing to do with his office in Mumbai and reiterated the fact that Kabali, a Tamil film, was certified by 's Chennai office. He also added that the leak would not have much effect on the film's collection. Two days later, on 21 July 2016, a two-minute long sequence of the film was also leaked online, which subsequently went on instant messaging app,.
Commenting on the leak, producer Kalaippuli S Thanu said, 'Watching Thalaivar entry on phone or computer won't give you goosebumps. Say thank you to pirates, let's watch it in theaters from Friday' through his account. Reported that the sequence leak, which carried English as well as Arabic subtitles, could have been released from Gulf countries. Following the film's release, a partial copy which had been filmed with a mobile phone in a cinema was posted to, but was subsequently removed from the website. Alternate ending The Malaysian version of the film proceeds beyond the fade to black and offers a concrete ending, stating that Kabali surrendered to the police.
This alternate ending was created at the behest of, which does not allow showcasing of policemen encouraging violence. Critical reception Kabali was a highly anticipated film throughout the country, including cities like Chennai,Bangalore, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, but the film received mixed reviews. IndiaGlitz rated the film 3 out of 5 and called it 'A very different Rajinikanth Experience'. Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 and stated that 'Rajinikanth in a different dimension,but Kabali might not work for everyone'. Rated the movie 3.5 out of 5 and said that,'Rajinikanth's film lacks pace and mass'. Filmibeat rated the movie 3 out of 5 stars and stated that 'You might be disappointed if you go into the cinema hall keeping in mind the recent hype and hoopla around Kabali'.
However, this is definitely Rajinikanth's best in the recent times'. International Business Times rated the film 3.5 out of 5, stating 'Rajnikanth shines in politically charged movie'. On website, the film has an approval rating of 70% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. Controversy. This section may require to meet Wikipedia's. The specific problem is: There is insufficient context for readers unfamiliar with Indian castes to understand exactly what the controversy is.
Are there laws that are being broken? Specifics are missing. Please help if you can. ( November 2016) Some reviewers attacked the movie for portraying Rajinikanth as a dalit leader. The film was targeted for depicting caste which the whole team refused to accept.
However, some dalit outfits referred it as a Dalit movie. Box office.
This section may require to meet Wikipedia's. The specific problem is: Section, which should focus on box office performance, i.e. Gross figures, mixes in nett figures. This creates a confusing overview of how the film performed compared to other films which only focus on gross receipts. Please help if you can. ( November 2016) Kabali had the highest worldwide opening day for a South Indian film, surpassing the record set by by earning ₹875 million (US$12 million) on the first day. The film also had the highest 3-day opening weekend for an Indian film surpassing the ₹2.06 billion (US$29 million) record set by two weeks earlier as it earned ₹2.11 billion (US$29 million).
Disputed gross figures Box office gross values of ₹6–6.75 billion were reported in the first 13 days by several organisations including Financial Express and Indian Express, which were more than double the estimates made by other sources. (IBT) and criticised these estimates as inflated, explaining the discrepancy as due in part to the addition of 'pre-release business' figures, such as music and satellite rights sales of ₹2 billion, being factored into the box office sales totals. Firstpost wrote, 'More conservative estimates put Kabali’s collections at around Rs 3 billion from worldwide ticket sales.' IBT's analysts in August 2016 estimated the film's worldwide gross total of its first 13 days at around ₹3.5 billion (US$49 million).
Figures given in December 2016 by Financial Express indicated an estimated domestic gross of ₹215 crore and an international gross of ₹262 crore, which totalled ₹677 crore. A figure of USD$77 million given by Rob Cain in May 2017 converted to approximately ₹493–499 crore. According to International Business Times in October 2017, Kabali 's final worldwide gross was around ₹286 crore (US$40 million). According to, the film's final worldwide gross was ₹305 crore (US$42 million). India Kabali had the highest opening day for a South Indian film in terms of gross revenue, grossing ₹530 million (US$7.4 million) on the first day of its release in India from all the languages and was just behind the 2015 film for the highest first day gross in India in a single day.
It also became the first Tamil film to gross ₹200 million (US$2.8 million) in a single day from Tamil Nadu. Kabali went on to record the top-earning first weekend in India, grossing ₹1.2425 billion (US$17 million) in three days from all its versions. International Business Times stated on 4 August 2016 that Kabali grossed ₹2.05 billion (US$29 million) domestically in ten days, before later stating on 9 August 2016 that it grossed ₹1.96 billion (US$27 million) domestically in seventeen days. Overseas Kabali grossed US$15.70 million ( ₹105 crore) till its tenth day. The film had earned US$11.20 million ( ₹75.27 crore) in its first four-day weekend overseas, breaking the record previously held by (US$10.32 million) as the highest-grossing first weekend for an Indian film in overseas markets.
According to International Business Times in May 2017, the film's final overseas gross was US$15.65 million. Awards and nominations.
Main article: Sequel Shortly after the film's success, in an interview with Don Groves, S. Thanu said that the initial results exceeded his expectations and that the film’s ending sets up a sequel. On 25 July 2016, he spoke, 'We created an open climax for Kabali. So, director Ranjith and I are interested in a sequel for this gangster flick. However, Rajinikanth will have to give us the nod to carry on. The film’s collections indicate that it is a sensational hit, and has surpassed all records'. Legacy The song 'Neruppu Da' inspired a 2017 film of starring.
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