CONTRARY to media reports about Kuselan being an August release, it is now confirmed that the Rajini, Nayantara-starrer will hit the screens on July 31, making it a Thursday release, unusual in the Kollywood scene but considered as lucky by Rajinikanth.
Confirming this, producer PT Vijaykumar of Seven Arts said, “We have agreed on a July 31 release. We would like to stick to the deadline of July that we had mentioned earlier.”
Producer Pushpa Kandaswamy of Kavithalayaa Films also added that they were eyeing on a Thursday release. “If the movie gets released on a Thursday, it gives us one more day to gauge the weekend collection. If it’s not July 31, then it will be August 1,” she said. Director K Balachandar had announced at a recent event that the movie would be an August release.
features Pasupathy and Meena in the lead with Rajini doing an extended cameo, but it is believed that it is Rajini’s belief in Thursday as his lucky day that has affected the movie’s release date.
Many of the Superstar’s earlier movies, including Raja Chinna Roja, Ejamaan, Uzhaippaali, Baatsha, Veera, Arunachalam, Baba and Chandramukhi, were released on Thursday.
Shooting for the movie that began in early March was completed in 80 days. Currently in its re-recording stage, it was earlier announced that the movie would hit screens in July, with July 25 being the most probable date.
A remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbhol, it is directed by P Vasu. It is being said that Rajini appears for over an hour in the movie.
Lucky or not, the announcement has brought in cheer for Rajini fans who were upset over Kuselan being said to be an August release.
Source: Newindpress.com
