Coolie is among the many most awaited motion pictures of 2025. Only a month away from its launch, Rajinikanth and Lokesh Kanagaraj’s maiden undertaking is seen as one among Tamil cinema’s largest field workplace bets this 12 months. In a current interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Lokesh Kanagaraj spilled the beans on his upcoming enterprise and revealed how Thalaivar reacted after watching the primary reduce.
The Vikram director revealed that the 1991-released Thalapathi is his favorite Rajinikanth movie, and he has tried to attain the identical stage of stability whereas writing Coolie. Lokesh mentioned, “Out of Rajini sir’s filmography, I really like Thalapathi probably the most, and I’ve tried to take care of that stability with this movie. That’s what I attempted to attain with this writing.”
Kanagaraj went on to say that Thalaivar hugged him after watching the theatrical print and acknowledged his imaginative and prescient. “After watching the movie within the dubbing studio, he [Rajinikanth] hugged me and mentioned, ‘It appeared like Thalapathi for me!’ That made my day, and that was the night time I slept very peacefully after many months,” added Lokesh.
The younger Tamil filmmaker underlined that nobody can match Mani Ratnam’s writing, however he was relieved slightly after getting such a praise from Rajinikanth himself. “That’s what I used to be telling my associates, too. If in any respect, I’m doing a movie with Rajini sir, it must be someplace near Thalapathi. I can’t write a movie on par with Mani Sir’s high quality, as his movie and writing is unmatched.. however I obtained slightly satisfaction after we examine that movie with this one. Listening to the identical phrases from Rajini sir was an achievement,” concluded Lokesh Kanagaraj.
Lokesh Kanagaraj reveals he had narrated a fantasy movie to Rajinikanth earlier than Coolie
Moreover, Lokesh Kanagaraj additionally revealed that he had earlier narrated a fantasy movie to Rajinikanth, to which the Celebrity had instantly mentioned ‘Sure’. Although the duo determined to go along with Coolie, because the fantasy movie would’ve taken a 12 months and a half extra to roll on the flooring. The filmmaker highlighted that nearly 1000 individuals have labored on Coolie each day and night time. It has been 4 months because the shoot, and he usually visits Jailer 2 units to fulfill the Tamil icon as he misses him quite a bit.
Coolie is locked to conflict with Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR’s Battle 2 on the field workplace on August 14th, 2025. The much-awaited film additionally stars Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, and others. Aamir Khan is doing a particular visitor look within the film, whereas Pooja Hegde will probably be seen shaking legs on a particular dance quantity.
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