Thalaivar171: Lokesh Kanakaraj to direct Rajinikanth’s 171st film

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It’s official! Director Lokesh Kanagaraj will direct Superstar Rajinikanth’s 171st film which will be produced by Sun Pictures.

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Sun Pictures posted on X, “We are happy to announce Superstar Rajinikanth’s #Thalaivar171 (will be) written and directed by Lokesh. An Anirudh musical. Action by Anbariv.”

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Lokesh Kanakaraj, for his part, said, “Excited to be joining hands with Thalaivar Rajinikanth Sir for Thalaivar171 with Sun Pictures. An Anirudh Musical. An Anbariv stunt.”

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The announcement did not cause any surprise as rumour mills had been working overtime to establish the fact that Lokesh Kanakaraj would be working Rajinikanth in his next.

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The announcement by Sun Pictures comes a day after it chose to reward all those who worked on its previous film, Jailer (2023), with gold coins.

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Close to 300 unit members of director Nelson Dilipkumar’s Jailer, which emerged as a blockbuster, were presented with gold coins at a special event.

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To celebrate the blockbuster that is Jailer, Sun Pictures chose to present a brand new Porsche cars to music director Anirudh and director Nelson and a brand new BMW X7 to Rajnikanth.

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All three celebrities were also given cheques by the production house, which is mighty pleased with the box office collections of the film.

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