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Kaala | |
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Directed by | Pa. Ranjith |
Written by | Pa. Ranjith Aadhavan Dheetchanya Makizhnan B. M. (dialogues) |
Produced by | Dhanush |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Murali G. |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Lyca Productions AA Films (North India) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 159 minutes [2] |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹140 crore [a] |
Box office | ₹159.6 crore [b] |
Kaala (also marketed as Kaala Karikalan; transl. Black) [c] is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed and co-written by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Wunderbar Films. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, alongside Nana Patekar, Eswari Rao, Huma Qureshi, Samuthirakani, Pankaj Tripathi, Anjali Patil, K. Manikandan, Dileepan, Nitish Veera, Sampath Raj and Ravi Kale. The film follows Karikalan "Kaala", the leader of Dharavi, who tries save his land and people from getting seized and evicted by Haridev "Hari Dhadha", a ruthless minister.
The film was officially announced in June 2016 under the tentative title Thalaivar 164, as it is Rajinikanth's 164th film as the lead actor, and the official title was announced in May 2017. Principal photography commenced the same month. It was predominantly shot in Mumbai; however, due to a few difficulties, the team had to shoot at Chennai a few times, and wrapped by mid-October. The film has music composed by Santhosh Narayanan, cinematography handled by Murali G. and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.
Kaala was scheduled to release on 27 April 2018 in theatres, but was postponed due to the conflict between Nadigar Sangam and Digital Service Providers. The film premiered on 6 June 2018 in Malaysia, with the worldwide release on the following day, coinciding the week of Eid al-Fitr, to mixed reviews from critics who praised the cast performances, action sequences and soundtrack, but the screenwriting and pace received criticism. The film grossed ₹160 crore and was moderately successful at the box office. [11]
In Mumbai, the people who had migrated from southern Tamil Nadu are living as a majority in the slums of Dharavi. However, a ruthless minister named Haridev "Hari Dada" Abhayankar repeatedly tries to evict the people of Dharavi and seize their land. Over the years, Hari, a former gangster, becomes an MP and later Union Minister. By 2015, Dharavi becomes the central spot of downtown Mumbai. Hari plans to clear the area to construct posh buildings using his construction company in the form of government schemes with the help of his party supporter Vishnu Bhai.
Karikaalan alias Kaala is the godfather of the Dharavi residents who oppose Hari's plans as he wants to protect the area and his people. Kaala's ex-love interest, Zareena, returns to her native Dharavi as a representative NGO that hopes to improve the living standards in Dharavi, where she is unaware of Hari's intentions. Despite many attempts by Hari's men, Kaala does not permit evacuation of the slum. Vishnu Bhai's men try to kill Kaala after Kaala visits Zareena. Vishnu Bhai kills the son of a Dharavi resident after the boy throws a stone at a poster of Hari. Kaala eventually kills Vishnu Bhai. The police arrest Kaala after his wedding anniversary party, where he is assaulted at the police station in front of Hari and State Minister and is released the next day. While returning home, Hari makes an assassination attempt on Kaala to take control of the area. However, the attempt goes awry, and Kaala's wife, Selvi, and his second son, Selvam, get killed. Kaala then decides to take revenge on Hari.
Hari threatens the people in Dharavi by creating problems, but Kaala encourages the people to protest against the government to give up the scheme. Kaala and his people campaign through social media, and within two weeks, the State government cancels Hari's "Clean Mumbai Initiative." Humiliated, Hari created a curfew in Dharavi with the aid of SP Pankaj Patil. Along with some cops and Hari's right-hand man, Inspector Sunil, they raid the area. Kaala and his younger son, Lenin, daughter-in-law, Puyal, and his brother-in-law, Vaaliyappan, fight alongside him against Hari's henchmen and the police. The police believe Kaala is dead after henchmen set his chawl ablaze.
Pankaj gets arrested after a video taken by a reporter named Praveen during the curfew provides evidence that Hari brought the henchmen into Dharavi to create problems with the police's support. They inform the media, but the people of Dharavi deny the news of Kaala's death. Hari again enters Dharavi at a function for constructing a new building, where he begins to hallucinate Kaala's appearance among the crowd and behaves erratically. The people of Dharavi kill Hari in a riot, and the government again cancels the scheme. With Dharavi's success, many slums start to follow Kaala's way of protest to protect their neighbourhood irrespective of their illegal occupation of lands.
Following the commercial success of Rajinikanth-starrer Kabali (2016), Rajinikanth was reportedly signed for his next project backed by Dhanush's Wunderbar Films, collaborating with the actor for the first time. Vetrimaaran narrated a script to Dhanush, who set up a meeting for Vetrimaaran to discuss the script with Rajinikanth. The actor liked the script, but later turned down the offer as he felt the script was too political. Later, Rajinikanth approached Pa. Ranjith to work on a script for the former. After the actor and the producer were impressed with Ranjith's script, the latter was hired to helm the project.
Dhanush announced that he had signed Rajinikanth and Ranjith to work on a new film for his production house, Wunderbar Films during late August 2016. [12] Refuting reports that the film would be a sequel to Kabali, Dhanush announced that production would begin during mid-2017 following the completion of Rajinikanth's work for Shankar's science fiction film 2.0 (2018). In early May 2017, the producers received an open letter from Sundar Shekar Mishra, the foster son of gangster Haji Mastan, threatening that the makers should not depict his father in negative light and if they did, they would face consequences. [13] In reply, Ranjith denied the film was a biopic of Haji Mastan and clarified that the film was based on fictional events, while revealing that Rajinikanth would play a man from Tirunelveli who escapes to Mumbai as a child and goes on to become a powerful don living in Dharavi slums. [14] The title of the film, Kaala was announced in late May 2017, with promotional posters carrying the film's first look released. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
Following the announcement of the film, Wunderbar Films sought to cast Vidya Balan in a leading role, but the actress turned down the offer. [20] Actress Huma Qureshi was later added to the cast in early May 2017 to feature in a role opposite Rajinikanth. [21] [22] Marathi actress Anjali Patil also announced that she would be playing an important role in the film through a post on her official Twitter account. [23] Several members of the technical crew of Kabali were retained for Kaala, with A. Sreekar Prasad replacing Praveen K. L. as the film's editor during its pre-production stage. [24] Bollywood actor Nana Patekar has been signed to play a politician who is the antagonist. [25] [26] [27] For the role of Kaala's wife, Kasthuri was considered before Easwari Rao was confirmed. [28] [26] Dileepan of Vathikuchi fame is playing as one of the sons of Rajnikanth and Huma Qureshi is playing Zareena, Rajnikanth's ex-girlfriend. [29] [30] It was rumoured that Mammootty was signed in to play the role of Ambedkar in the film, but was proved to be untrue. [31] [32] Dopeadelicz, a rap team from Dharavi, joined the film. [33]
Shooting of this film started on 28 May 2017 at Mumbai and the lead actor Rajinikanth participated in this first schedule. [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] It was known that the film was shot at real locations in Mumbai, including Dharavi, CTS and Grant Road. [39] Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, Karthikraja A student from Dharavi residing in Ganesh Mandir helped a lot in exploring Dharavi in all the fields of exploring dharavi and also made available all permissions that was an great help to the Production and Direction team from a Student. the team had taken a break and erected a set at Chennai with Mumbai as its backdrop.
Anand Mahindra, chairman and managing director of Mahindra Group, was interested in the jeep which was used in the first look poster of this movie. He tweeted that he would love to acquire that jeep for his company's auto museum. [40] The Mumbai schedule of the film, was completed on 29 June 2017. [41] It was also known that the second schedule of the film has been affected due to a strike organised by Film Employees Federation of South India, which has been completed. [42] [43]
On 27 December 2017, Pa. Ranjith initiated the dubbing process with a formal pooja at Knack Studios in Chennai. Initially scheduled for December 2017, Rajnikant's dubbing was postponed due to a six-day-long fans meet starting from 26 December, lasting till 31 December. [44] [45] Eventually, Rajnikant commenced dubbing on 19 January 2018. [46] Patekar delivered his dialogues in Hindi, subsequently dubbed into Tamil. He explained, "Although dubbing is possible, the language isn't native, thus the expressions may not fully convey." [47] Patekar concluded his dubbing on 6 March 2018 in Mumbai. [48] [49] [50]
The soundtrack was composed by Santhosh Narayanan in his second collaboration with actor Rajinikanth after Kabali and his fourth collaboration with director Pa. Ranjith after Attakathi , Madras and Kabali. The soundtrack album consists of nine songs written by Kabilan, Umadevi, Arunraja Kamaraj, Arivu, Dopeadelicz, Logan and Roshan Jamrock. The audio launch event of Kaala took place on 9 May 2018, at YMCA College of Physical Education, Chennai and the songs were simultaneously released on all streaming platforms.
There were many speculations regarding the release date of Kaala, [51] which is known that the film is scheduled to release before 2.0 , another Rajinikanth-starrer. [52] In February 2018, the film's producer Dhanush, announced that the film is scheduled to release on 27 April 2018. [53] [54] However, the film's release was postponed due to the standoff between Nadigar Sangam and Digital Service Providers, on the increase of Virtual Print Fee charges, [55] [56] followed by the 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing issue. [57]
The film was released on 7 June 2018, [58] with the Central Board of Film Certification receiving a U/A certificate, [59] with 14 cuts and a runtime of 166 minutes. [60] The film was released in more than 1,800 theatres in India. [61] Kaala was released in more than 700 screens in Tamil Nadu. [62] It recorded lowest advance bookings, a first time for a Rajinikanth starrer. [63] Kaala is the first Indian film ever to be released in Saudi Arabia, following the country lifting its ban on public theatres in December 2017. [64] [65]
The film's title poster was launched on 24 May 2017. [15] The first look posters featuring Rajinikanth, were released on 25 May 2017. [66] [67] On 12 December 2017, coinciding with Rajinikanth's 67th birthday, the makers unveiled a new poster from Kaala. [68]
The official Instagram page for Kaala was launched on 28 February 2018. [69] The film's official teaser was supposed to be released on 1 March 2018. [70] But the teaser was delayed, as in order to pay tribute to Jayendra Saraswati Shankaracharya, following his demise, and the teaser was uploaded on YouTube, the same day midnight. [71] [72] The teaser which released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu, got 14 million views, within its release. [73]
The official merchandise of Kaala was launched by Cover It Up on 4 May 2018. [74] A new Hindi poster, of Kaala was released on 19 May 2018. [75] A contest was announced by the makers, for their fans to dress up like Kaala, and take a picture of it, and post it on twitter using the hashtag #IamKaala, and tagging the, official account of production house, where the lucky winners, would get the official merchandise of the film. [76] The makers released a new Twitter emoji for Kaala, becoming the second South Indian film, to do so, after Mersal (2017). [77] [78] The official trailer was released on 28 May 2018. [79] The makers released a set making video of the Dharavi backdrop in Chennai on 1 June 2018. [80] The film's pre-release event took place at Novotel in Hyderabad on 4 June 2018. [81] [82]
After Kabali (2016), multiple brands join once again with Kaala, [83] which includes Airtel, [84] Cadbury 5 Star, [85] Nippon Paint and Havells. Airtel announced exclusive caller pack, and a new Airtel sim card, imprinted with a still of Rajinikanth from the film. [86] The company had also made essential requirements, to stream the audio launch and trailer, [87] through the Airtel TV app, [88] and also a ticket contest, was held for fans. [86] Nippon Paint launched a new contest called "Shades of Kaala", through their official Facebook page, through which the fans can get couple passes and floppies. [89] [90]
K. Rajashekaran of GSR Vinmeen Creations filed a case claiming the title of this film against Pa Ranjith, Rajnikanth and Dhanush. His allegation was that he had registered the title Kaarikalan with the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce. [91] [92] In response, Wunderbar Films filed a counter-affidavit saying the story was written by Pa Ranjith and the title Kaala is registered by M/s Mini Studio, a sister concern of Wunderbar Films, with Tamil Film Producers Council on 24 May 2017. [93]
The film's release in Karnataka was banned by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce after Rajinikanth made statements supporting Tamil Nadu's claims in the Kaveri River water dispute during the 2018 Tamil Nadu protests for Kaveri water sharing. [94] [95] The film distributor's office in Karnataka was vandalised by pro-Kannada activists as well. [96] It was ultimately released in Karnataka, after an order by the Karnataka High Court. [97] [98]
Kaala was later also banned in Norway and Switzerland when Rajinikanth labelled protestors of the Thoothukudi violence as "anti-social elements'. [99] [100]
The film received mixed reviews from critics. [101] [102] The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and stated that Ranjith owes to his excellent technical crew for "helping him visualise and deliver this 51% Rajini-49% Ranjith movie". [103] The Indian Express rated the movie 3.5 out of 5 and said that "Ranjith stays true to his objective. The traces of what we saw in Kabali have been fleshed out and beautifully embellished". [104] NDTV rated the movie 3 out of 5 stars and stated that Kaala is out and out a director's film with a strong political core. Rajinikanth, in a toned-down avatar, is a bonus.'. [105] Meanwhile, The Hindu criticised the movie for its political elements and rated the film 2 out of 5, stating "an underwhelming film made for Rajinikanth, the politician. It’s difficult to think of Kaala as a film that was written for a star who claims to have had no political ambitions at the time. Now that he has become a politician, it’s Rajni the superstar that we long to see". [106] The Hindustan Times gave its ratings as 4 out of 5 for the movie, stating "Rajinikanth lends his voice to Pa Ranjith’s political viewpoint". [107]
The film collected ₹112.2 crore (US$13 million) at the worldwide box office in the first weekend. The film collected ₹39.5 crore (US$4.7 million) in the international box office. The film collected ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) in Telangana, ₹6.2 crore (US$740,000) in Andhra Pradesh, ₹44.8 crore (US$5.4 million) in Tamil Nadu, ₹8.3 crore (US$990,000) in Karnataka, ₹4 crore (US$480,000) in Kerala, ₹4.6 crore (US$550,000) in the Rest of India, ₹72.7 crore (US$8.7 million) in India, ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) in United States, ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) in UAE, ₹2.3 crore (US$280,000) in Australia/New Zealand, ₹1.4 crore (US$170,000) in UK and the rest is estimated as ₹20 crore (US$2.4 million). [108] Kaala had a worldwide gross of ₹159.56 crore at the end of its theatrical run. It also collected ₹75.1 crore for its global distributors, who shelled out ₹165 crore on its theatrical rights. [109]
Date of ceremony | Award | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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16 December 2018 | Behindwoods Gold Medal | Best Supporting Actress | Easwari Rao | Won | [110] |
5 January 2019 | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Easwari Rao | Won | [111] |
Best Dialogue | Pa. Ranjith Makizhnan B. M. Aadhavan Dheetchanya | Won | |||
Best Music Director | Santhosh Narayanan | Won | |||
Best Stunt Director | Dhilip Subbarayan | Won | |||
Best Villain — Male | Nana Patekar | Won | |||
16 August 2019 | 8th South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Easwari Rao | Won | [112] |
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Samuthirakani | Nominated | [113] |
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Wunderbar Films is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actor Dhanush and his wife Aishwarya, on 20 May 2010. Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it mainly produces and distributes Tamil films, and occasionally Malayalam and Hindi films. The headquarters of the company is in Nungambakkam, Chennai.
Pa. Ranjith is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with the 2012 romantic comedy Attakathi, before earning positive reviews for his second film, the political action-drama Madras (2014). He wrote and directed the action-drama films Kabali (2016) and Kaala (2018), both starring Rajinikanth.
Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations. The film stars Rajinikanth, alongside Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh Ravi, Kalaiyarasan, John Vijay, Rosyam Nor, Nassar and Mime Gopi. In the film, Kabali, an aged gangster released from prison, sets out to exact revenge on his rivals while searching for his wife Kumudhavalli and daughter Yogitha who were presumed dead.
2.0 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language 3D science-fantasy action film directed by S. Shankar who co-wrote the film with B. Jeyamohan and Madhan Karky. Produced by Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions. As the second instalment in the Enthiran film series, 2.0 is a standalone sequel to Enthiran (2010), featuring Rajinikanth in a triple role as Vaseegaran, Chitti the Robot and Kutti, alongside Akshay Kumar as Pakshi Rajan and Amy Jackson as Nila, Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain, Kalabhavan Shajohn, and K. Ganesh appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack is composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics written by Madhan Karky and Na. Muthukumar. The film follows the conflict between Chitti, the once dismantled humanoid robot, and Pakshi Rajan, a vengeful avian human, who seeks vengeance upon cell phone users to prevent the death of birds due to cellphone radiation.
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 is a 2017 Indian Tamil action comedy film directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. It is a sequel to the 2014 film Velaiilla Pattadhari and has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Saranya Ponvannan, and Samuthirakani reprising their roles, while Kajol plays an antagonistic role, marking her return to Tamil cinema after 20 years, with her last film being Minsara Kanavu (1997). Ritu Varma was recast as Anita, earlier played by Surbhi, which marks her debut in Tamil cinema. Some of Dhanush's scenes were partially reshot in Telugu. Its music was composed by Sean Roldan.
Pariyerum Perumal is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by Mari Selvaraj in his directorial debut and produced by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Kathir and Anandhi, while Yogi Babu and G. Marimuthu appear in supporting roles. It follows Pariyan (Kathir), who belongs to an oppressed caste and enters into law college with a lot of hope, and strikes up a friendship with Jothi Mahalakshmi (Anandhi), who belongs to an upper caste, which irks Jothi's family members. He wakes up to the realities of caste oppression and discrimination, after being harassed by them.
Kabali Vishwanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After appearing in small supporting roles and working as an assistant choreographer, he made his breakthrough as an actor with a supporting role in Pa. Ranjith's Kabali (2016).
Petta ( transl. Hood) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth, alongside Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, M. Sasikumar, Simran, Trisha, Megha Akash, Malavika Mohanan, Mahendran, Bobby Simha, Guru Somasundaram, Aadukalam Naren, Munishkanth and Sananth. It follows Kaali, a newly-hired hostel warden, who gets dragged into war after his old nemesis Singaaram resurfaces to exact revenge.
Dileepan is an Indian actor, working in the Tamil film industry. He made his film debut with the 2013 film, Vathikuchi.
Darbar ( transl. Court) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner Lyca Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth, Suniel Shetty, Nayanthara and Nivetha Thomas. It follows Aaditya Arunasalam (Rajinikanth), the commissioner of Mumbai Police, who sets out to curb the city's rampant drug-trafficking and prostitution. When he uncovers a deep controversy linked to an international drug lord, however, he tries to fulfill his secret agenda.
Kaala is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name, starring Rajinikanth in the title role, produced by Dhanush and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The album composed by Santhosh Narayanan, in his second collaboration with Rajinikanth and Ranjith after Kabali (2016), features nine songs written by Kabilan, Umadevi, Arunraja Kamaraj, Arivu, Dopeadelicz, Logan and Roshan Jamrock.
Hari Krishnan Anbudurai is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in Madras (2014).
Anu Vardhan is an Indian costume designer and entrepreneur.
Vada Chennai is the soundtrack album for the 2018 action crime film of the same name directed by Vetrimaaran, starring Dhanush in the lead role. The film featured music composed by Santhosh Narayanan in his maiden collaboration with Vetrimaaran. Vada Chennai also marks the 25th film of Narayanan as a composer in his career. The album in its entirety was released on 23 September 2018 to positive response from critics and audiences. At the 12th Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards held in Chennai, Santhosh received an award for Best Music Director also for his work in Kaala and Pariyerum Perumal.
The film is produced by Rajinikanth's son-in-law and actor Dhanush, and it was made on a budget of Rs 140 crore.
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