The film will be released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu. Kuselan is a remake of Katha Parayumbol, a famous Malayalam film. It has been named Kathanayakudu in Telugu. As we know, Rajni and Kamal are as famous in Tollywood as they are in Kollywood; Sivaji did exceptionally good business in Andhra Pradesh and Dasavathaaram is doing roaring business in Andhra Pradesh at present.

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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.

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So what he is not the main protagonist. Rajini is there on the cover, the inside jacket and Kuselan is indeed being sold as a Rajinikanth film. In fact, the audio rights have been bought for Rs 2.25 crore, more than what A.R.Rahman-Rajini’s Sivaji got.

P Vasu, the director of Kuselan apparently had heard Prakash’s earlier albums and was impressed enough to give this prestigious project to him.

When Prakash got the call from Vasu’s office to discuss their next project, he literally ran. For nothing on earth, would he miss the chance to make the superstar dance to his tunes.

What we have is an entertaining mix of songs. The jewel in the crown according to Prakash is Om Zaarare sung by the King of Punjabi pop Daler Mehndi for the king of Indian cinema.

When I met Prakash, he sang the number and it was obvious it is going to be an extremely catchy number. He told me, Rajinikanth in his inimitable style had said: “Super song, it will be a superhit.” But I had my apprehensions.

With Daler singing in Tamil, will it be like eating aloo parantha with sambhar !! My fears were not unfounded, the Tamil has a very definite Punjabi lilt but Daler’s energy makes up for it. Chithra and Sadhana Sargam join in the fun too.

The album has a Cinema Cinema song, which introduces Rajini in the film. It is not sung by SP Balasubramaniam like in most of Rajini films, but by Shankar Mahadevan and you know that is a tough act to follow.

Prakash told me it will not pale in comparison with the Rajini-Rahman combo intro songs in Muthu, Padyappa or Sivaji because he has gone into a different genre altogether.

With lyrics by Vaali, this song is clearly targetted at the Superstar’s fans but somewhere it does not have the same effect as say the Oruvan Oruvan song of Muthu.

Also these Rajini numbers coming close on the heels of Ulaga Nayagane in Kamal Haasan’s Dasavathaaram makes you wonder why Tamil cinema’s biggest stars are on a high dose of ego-boosters.

My favourite song in the album is Chaaral by Shreya Ghoshal. It makes you feel wet in the rain, which according to Prakash is his biggest strength.

“If I am composing a winter song, I want the audience to feel cool listening to it,” he told me. And Chaaral does have that effect, ending with grandeur with thunder. But two things, the frog croaking at the beginning is too artificial and somewhere, it reminds you of A R’s May Madham rain number.

The other number that I loved was Sollamma sung by Hariharan, Sujatha, Ranjani and Pooja. Very melodious, with beautiful lyrics by Pa Vijay.

Perinba by Kailash Kher is the last song in the album and did we feel GV running out of hit tunes ! Is that why the song reminds you of Kailash’s first Tamil number, also for Prakash in Veyyil.

You feel the same rusticity in Perinba but just like Veyilodu Velayaadi, it is a nice pacy foot-tapping number.

Prakash’s first album for a Rajini film certainly is good fare and there isn’t likely to be any criticism why Vasu chose him over so many others. Go for it.

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If this is the case with a film in which Rajni makes a ‘guest appearance’, one can very well imagine the kind of mayhem that would be created when the audio CDs of a film starring him as hero is increased. Such is the craze and popularity of the superstar, which is quite unmatched in Indian cinema.

If one equates the number of films and the number of hits of the superstar, he would probably be right up there not only in Indian cinema but ahead of many Hollywood stars as well.

The surge in sales on day two has already made the trade pundits predict that it might even set an overall sales record for any movie ever released in Tamil. For music director G.V. Prakash Kumar, this could just be the turning point he must have been looking for. Even in the wildest of his dreams, he would never have imagined that a film set to score music by him would be so much in demand.

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