Sivaji--The Boss

With just a few days more for the release of the much-awaited magnum opus Tamil movie, Sivaji-The Boss, starring the Tamil Super Star Rajnikanth, the movie pundits are busy predicting the fate of the film. Will this movie have the cash registers ringing remains to be seen!

Sivaji directed by Shankar (credited for super hits such as Kadhalan, Indian, Jeans, Anniyan . . .) is said to be the costliest production till date with 60 crores even beating Devdas’ production with 50 crores. The movie also stars Shriya Sarin, Prakash Raj among other stars. The music is scored by A.R. Rahman.

The movie, which began filming in November 2005 and is yet to hit the theatres, has already generated more than its share of unbridled interest among Rajnikanth’s fans and other moviegoers, thanks to the complete suspense maintained by the director and the crew. No one has a clue to what the storyline is!

Even Wikipedia that has a lot of information about Sivaji has no spoilers for this one! Only a few posters (with Rajnikanth sporting the most horrendous and hideous designer suits and even worse colorful wigs) have been circulated in the emails so far.

Sivaji came under the radar in April, when a sound technician was found floating dead in the swimming pool, during the film unit’s celebration at a beach house. It was rumored that the technician was involved in music piracy even before the official launch of the music. The news and the investigation were hushed as they might prove detrimental to the movie’s success.

Even as Rajnikanth’s counterparts are embracing their age and donning befitting roles, Rajnikanth wishes to remain the Peter Pan of Kollywood choosing instead to wear extra layers of makeup and elaborate wigs to camouflage any signs of aging. Even his choice of heroine in Sivaji indicates that he must be feeling young at heart. Earlier while Manisha was roped in to match the aged hero’s looks and histrionics on the screen, Sivaji has Shriya (who must be younger than Rajnikanth’s eldest daughter) gyrating with a father-figure who has everything on him except the magical dancing shoes!

With every film promising to be his last, Rajnikanth shows no sign of either retiring or keeping up his promise. As long as there exist moronic fans, there will be no dearth of films from this sexagenarian who lives in the magical Neverland!