Rajinikanth’s ‘Kabali’, will get the widest ever release for a Tamil film in Kerala. The film, according to trade analysts, will be releasing on 306 screens in Kerala.
It will be legendary Malayalam superstar Mohanlal who will be releasing the film in the state.
Sources say, the demand for tickets in the state is unprecedented as tickets for most of the shows for the weekend have been sold in advance.
The craze is on-par with Tamilnadu, where ticket prices at multiplexes have been hiked, yet there is tremendous demand for tickets that are being sold in black.
Most fans of the superstar want to experience the ‘Rajni craze’ on the day of release, preferably the first day first show. But tickets for the morning shows on Friday, even those starting at 6-7AM in the morning were sold out in minutes.
“Most theatres across the state (Tamilnadu) have sold out tickets for the opening weekend. With the average (multiplex) ticket costing Rs 600, most ardent Rajinikanth fans are disappointed that they couldn’t afford the tickets on the first day,” trade analyst Trinath said.
IANS reports that a few fans of the superstar are disappointed with the pricing of tickets.
“We are used to paying Rs 120 for movie tickets. But this sudden exponential increase in ticket price is very unfair. The prices vary according to the show timings. Early morning shows are sold at Rs 500-600 and the prices are slashed through the course of the day” Santhosh Kumar, a second year college student, said.
However, a few fans have argued that the increased ticket rates is justified because a Rajnikanth film comes once in 2 years.
“We don’t have issues with the ticket prices. It’s once in two or three years, you get a Thalaivar (Rajinikanth’s) film. If you can’t shell out Rs 1,000 for your matinee idol, then what kind of a fan are you” asks Muralikrishna, a chartered accountant.
Although most theatres give preference to fan club members, this year they seem to have favoured companies.
“Across major multiplexes, tickets on the first day were booked by corporates. Some of these companies booked in bulk even before the online booking started. I somehow managed to get a ticket through a friend.
“But when I tried to book five tickets for my family just minutes after online bookings opened, it didn’t even go through” said Muralikrishna.
Directed by Pa. Ranjith, the film also stars Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Dhansika, Dinesh Ravi, Kishore and a few others. The rest of the cast doesn’t matter though – it’s going to be Rajnikanth all the way for people in South India this weekend.
In south Rajnikant
In North SalmanKan(t)
Rajni kanth was , is and will still be one of the greatest iconic superstars ever to grace the Indian cinema, though still incomparable to anyone in Bollywood , only Rajesh khanna, big b & Salman had/are having the kind of a craze he has and therefore only they are considered as the real & true blue superstars (in every sense) and not the fake media made stars like the haklus , the makkis & others who are just the namesake superstars to fill up the numbers.
There is no star in india who can absolutely match the celebrated stardom of Rajni kanth but salman’s stardom too is unmatchable and he is almost up there with the thalaiva at a close 2nd spot.
At 60+ ‘the most humblest ever superstar’ is still going strong and Salman , who is in his 50s & the way he is going now, we can only expect his superstardom & legend to grow bigger & bigger and probably match that of Rajni’s.
Though poles apart when it comes to both their personalities & characters , but in terms of sheer stardom “Salman is the Rajni Kanth of Bollywood” , period !
And to all the Salman haters , keep crying & crying & crying , fortunately or unfortunately you were all were born to just witness , enjoy & to get awed by the superstardom & legend of Salman khan, the kind of superstardom & craze ur idols can only dream of in their wildest of dreams , period !
@ wxzone shameless why every time salman’s name has been dragged here ,specially you and Disaster khan fans . We know rajani sir is the biggest superstar we have ever witnessed , this article is about him so no need to drag salman’s name here , Dont show your frustration here you are biggest Shemeless Shame on you
@ xzone Shame on Disaster khan fans Who is struggling to cross 80cr mark life time shame on shame on
Where was lallu stardom in mai ar Mrs khanna
And God tussi …when he had thrased by 1 year old ranbir
Dear salman fans…first understand what is stardom…Tommorrow all companies in tamilnadu declares HOLIDAY for KABALI….and our MEGA STAR SALLU booked all eid holiday…I hope u all understand…If rajni declare he will be the C.M of tamilnadu..then Jayalalitha will resign with in minutes…That is power
@chuhe 01:41 pm :
At present, they are only two high profile celebrities convicted in one or the other case:
In south – Yeddyurappa
In north – Well you better guess!
@Old aunt celebrating her 97th b’day 02:32 pm : Abe oldie, I was talking about a Metropolitan and not about the slum of Boriwali (where an eunuch like you resides).
So better get your eyesight corrected because it seems really difficult for you to read and decode one’s comment at this old age.
@02:38 pm : You are wrong aunt. We have three categories of superstars-
In north – SRK, Amir, Akki, Hrithik, Ajay etc
In south – Rajni Sir, Vikram, Mahesh Babu, Kamal Hasan etc
In Lalluland- Non-actor khan
Holiday Khan V/s Real superstar
@xzone which calculator do you like better Chilly calculator or Rakesh Rohsan calculator ?
pray for buyers of kabali otherwise their fate will also be same like what lingaa, kochadaiyaan had experienced. in earlier days rajnikanth used to give compensation(baba) to buyers. now a days he turns greedy and sell his movies(crap) to higher prices for cause of his appetite many of them lost lives and still suffers for his deeds so sad.
Rajni craze is unmatchable big super star in south.. These are just words. We don’t want words. If it is true then why his highest grosser is just 200 cr ww and his last two films made 50 cr losses n grossed less than 100 cr ww means almost like emraan hashmi or John abraham movie collections.
Can RAJNI take CLASSIC RISKS?????no right and Indian audiences masala audiences they need masala movies that’s why they overhyped Rajniji over Kamal Hasanji.for me Kamal Hasanji is bigger star than Rajniji of always taking risk.and Kamal Hasanji is even far bigger actor than Rajniji too.though I have nothing against Rajniji nor I’m His hater.
But in India there is only ONE MEGASTAR IS BIGGEST FROM 90’S TO TILL NOW after which NAME MOVIE RAN IN EVERY DWCADE—-HE IS THE BADSHAH/KING OF BOLLYWOOD—-KING SRK.
KING SRK needs No fights, actions,body showing ,no masla GENRE to make movie hit like Rajniji/salamn.HIS ACTING US ENOUGH.
And whenever HE took off HIS SHIRT IN MASALA MOVIES,IT teared apart the box office records.which salamn can’t did by repeatedly doing in his whole career.
TAHT’S THE real difference between media made stars like salman and THE REAL MEGASTAR WHO IS ALWAYS TAKING RISK FOR THE CLASSIC FOR PEOPLE LIKE A GEARLESS MAN.
also like salman copied mahesh babu,ravi teja to gain his stardom.BUT DID THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD EVER TRIED TO DO TAHT?????now decide yourself who is papa’s made talentless media made stars and WHO IS THE SELF MADE GLOBAL MEGASTAR’S.
KING KHAN IS NO.1.after that everyone’s name comes.
@tiger-the real chuha,but salman is 37cr star(given 37cr veer in this decade),what about that?By remaking south movies and copying south actors how and when your non actor become MEGASTAR that also his movies always opened below MEGASTAR KING’S OPENING and can’t make any records?
LOL Megastar Rajini? hahahahah
If he was a MEGASTAR why did he run away from EID……his film was scheduled to release on 6th JULY, but he ran away from Sultan and releasing on 29th
Breaking News
Yesterday night Kabali makers were spotted at Shahrukh Khan’s residence mannat. Sources say they were there for Khans magical calculator. But Khan’s calculator was said to be in upgradation so they had to go for Roshan’s calculator.
@Prem
I agree the figure of 12000 cannot be real…but If Kerala has 300 screens you think TN which is thrice the size of Kerala and that too the home of Tamil movies will only have 800? And you are saying overseas 800..I heard in US/Canada itself it will have 400 screens and are you saying his strongholds like Singapore and Malaysia will be less than that? I live in the UAE and I can see the craze here in front of my eyes and the no of screens allocated..it is insane! And yes the makers are releasing the film in countries like China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Japan and Thailand. I am sure the total screen count must be somewhere 5000-6000 worldwide.
And you are comparing Salman’s 2015 and 2016 movie collections with Rajni’s highest grosser ‘Enthiran’ which released in 2010? Lol!. Enthiran made around 300cr worldwide and tell me what was the highest worldwide grosser of Salman in 2010? Only 220 cr by Dabangg…yes ‘Lingaa’ was an underperformer and ‘Kochadaiyaan’ was an experimental film using animation technology. But I am sure Kabali is going to re-write a lot of record books as far as BO collections goes.
There is no need to downgrade a star like Rajni who as a superstar and as a human being has won the hearts of Millions of people around the world. Cheers!
Still could break 2 year old record of HNY. This is pinch of salt for all Bhai fans.
Ra1 broke bodyguard first day record by 3 cr within 2 month
Ce broke ett record after one year
Bhai yet break HNY opening day record even after 3 years (2017)
When srk was star he literally broke all opening day record despite clashes
Now Bhai fans are burning rajni’s gigastardom who is 68 year old releasing on non holiday.
@xzone dude do you have any life except for bashing salman khan? Are you born jealous of his supper success? Get a life and mind your business and your idol rather than bashing salman all the time. He is biggest megastar of the country. No one can change this fact.
@xzone : Why are you making fool of yourself. Time and reality does not support your claims, keep calm and pray for betterment. You are not even in a position to judge any actor’s stardom forget doing chaplusi of Rajni sir, he is not going to allow any more Lungi tracks in Sarookia movies to save him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Bangalore, each and every Theater (including Single screens) have raised the ticket prices to 500 for Kabali for first 3 days?
@Indicine : Isn’t it unfair when one city have marginally high ticket prices comparing to other neighbouring states ??
@mekanik:
Omg! you idiots are calling srk world’s biggest Megastar!!! It seems you think a Megastar is one…..
Who runs away from Eid in fear.
Who can’t give a HGOTY for 9 years.
Who can’t give a 100cr grosser without big heroines & big directors.
Who can’t surpass 70cr mark on non holiday period….hahaha.
Barking on Veer’s collections! Whatever Veer collected I.e 100 times more than duniya ka sabse bada superstar’s content rich classic YLJK collections! Mind it Mr. Mekanik.
@spamzone:
You were trying to mock Bhai fans for comparing him with Rajnikanth. Now your mard Hyderabadi mekanik is calling srk much bigger star than Rajnikanth. What’s your take???
@sht:
Duniya ka sabse bada superstar struggled 14 years to surpass HAHK’s collections and still struggling to surpass it’s footfalls. What about that???
Duniya ka sabse bada superstar has been struggling for a HGOTY since last 9 years. What about that???
Global Megastar king yet to give a HGOTD. What about it???
Galaxy Megastar’s content rich classic Billu 2 failed to touch 80cr despite being released during festive weekend. What about that???
If any bollywood/southern film industry people are reading D’s….pls mk a movie with Rajni Sir and Bhaijaan together WD equal imp roles/weightage WD enuff scope to play to d gallery….by god kya north kya south ..whole Indian box office will be on fire..Dr wll b mass hysteria like nvr bfr and unparalleled craze……cmon producers/directors/corporates mk it happen
@hrithik,using rajni’s song only would have given CE a big success,than why lingaa flopped when RAJNI sir himself was in the movie?????,rofl.
But see still your star’s career saved by copying Mahesh Babu’s style and film,now what about that?????
If suppose prabhu Deva would not have entered bollywood in 2009.then salman would have replaced zayed,tushar,fardeen,sohail,rofl.thanks to Prabhu Deva,Mahesh Babu,Ravi teja for making saving bhai’s almost ended career and reborn of surviving of non actor,rofl.
Bollywood true Megastar is only KING SRK and Amir sir one Has HIGHEST RECORD BREAKING CROWD PULLING,another highest LIFETIME ,the record breaker and maker and both have CLASS,ACTING TALENT ,made proud our industry through ACTING.sallu is a star of bhojpur reborn in 2010 not India,rofl.
Indicine this is a request. It is not fair putting Rajni Name with Salman. You put his name with Big B. Most Big b hits of 80s and late 70s were remakes of Rajni movies.
Please give Rajni the tag #superstar of india# not only south.
Today we have not more 10 superstars in india but have 2 Megastar Amitabh ji and Rajni ji.
I can’t call Salman a megastar never. He is a successful big superstar.
In india we have only
Mohanlal
Kamal
Aamir
SRK
Salman
Akshay/Ajay
Hrithik
Mahesh Babu
Suriya/Vikram/Daljit.
Rest are only
All khans schedule their films such that the release date falls on important holidays .. Whereas when a Rajni sir’s film announces its release date , the day is voluntarily announced as a holiday .. This is called Star Power , the power of a single man , a true Mega star ..1 & only Thalaiva KABALI, I say
@tiger-the real chuha,no BIGGEST MEGASTAR is the one ,WHO gives EID bheek to some small stars who has no record for past 22 years and during his strongest period too his movies opens less than INDIA’S BIGGEST MEGASTAR KING SRK.
So you want to say a biggest Megastar is the one
Who has always has lowest grosser in each decades compared to BIGGEST MEGASTAR
85CR FAN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>37cr veer
4.5CR YLJK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1cr marigold
4.5CR YLJK>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>95lakhs nischaiy(biggest disaster of all time)
Also the one who don’t have the capability to take CLASSIC RISK even in his golden period?????
and when your bhai gave 100cr film with out heroine/songs,100cr toh door ki baat ek Aisa movie ka naam bata de which would have collected at least 30cr by your bhai with out songs+heroines+offbeat genre on non holiday.
Tell me a hit of your bhai with out holiday(post-ipl release included too)—-0
See KING SRK’S FEBRUARY RELEASE OFFBEAT MNIK—-HIT
and still OUR KING couldn’t give hgoty for only 8 years in HIS lead starrer.
But what about our bhai struggled highest 15 years for his lead starrer hgoty(hssh multistarrer,no entry is not sallu film).
Epic shame.
During the weakest period ,INDIA’S BIGGEST MEGASTAR IS STILL THE BIGGEST CROWD PULLER OF THE NATION.and remains in TOP 3.
during the weakest period of bhai,his movies open below emraan hashmi movies and he was not in top 8.
And what sallu did in his entire career before copying south movies?????here you go
entered the industry through Papa despite having no talent.
After disaster debut—-lalllu manage to get supporting role to only smile in Rajshri family movies.
In last two decades apart from that,he supported many actors in multistarrer movies in which his roles overshadowed and thus survived die to supporting roles in family+multistarrer movies in last two decades with out giving a single best performance neither in his life he can ever give that.
And thanks when sallu’s career is about to finish at the same time Prabhu Deva the saviour of bhai came from South and unfortunately a de case struggler flop disaster non actor gave a hit and used that formula to made fool of 1000s of innocent rural peoples by providing what they want.and hence a decade struggler flopstar finally born in 2010.
What would have happened if Prabhu Deva wouldn’t have arrived on that day?????now he would have replaced zayed,tushar,harman,fardeen.and would have sat in front of MANNAT and would have begged in front of KING KHAN though now too KING KHAN gave him a EID bheek.see again KING KHAN saved his career.
a talentless recordless non actor who till now couldn’t give a simple hit with out multistarrer+family movies+south remake+masala genre.
If this loser despite of depending on such factors still unable to give a single record and couldn’t able to give a single best rememberable performance in the entire career ,if can be called a MEGASTAR’S then why not tushar—-tushar Kapoor,zayed khan also can be called megastar who also has no best performance in their life but the only difference is they’re not Salim SIR’S son and entered industry in after 2000 talent showing decade despite of family member dependent decade of 90’s and also couldn’t able to do south remake.that’s it.
MEGASTAR is the one WHO can made drive crazy the audience even during weakest period too.while during weak period of small stars like sallu,h is family members also have not watched his films.
In other words sallu was fanless till 2010.and people wanted to see him only in multistarrer movies before 2010.he is a star now because of KING SRK’S MERCY,if KING KHAN will want now HE can destroy sallu’s career but all WE know how BIG GOLDEN HEARTED KING SRK posses.
many came,many went,many struggled,many restored.but ONE WHO FROM 90’S-TILL NOW STAMD AT THE SAME PLACE LIKE A LION taking risks CLASSIC with no advantages over 100cr budget in non holidays with out thinking of profit.
THAT’S THE REAL MEGASTAR.
WHO ready to sacrifiece for people with out running after MONEY AND GIVING ONE AFTER ANOTHER LIFETIME REMEMBERABLE BEST IMMORTAL PERFORMANCES.
AND about money ,sallu’s entire worth is KING KHAN’S pocket money.HE can buy 100 sallu at a time if wish,THAT IS THE BIGGEST GLOBAL MEGASTAR OF INDIA,WHO IS RULER FOR OT A PARTICULAR PERIOD BUT OF ALL TIME.
Only megastar of India will come back December 2016
Aaj se DangaL shuruu
Non actor salman is nthing in front of Megastar Rajni sir
Salman is a useless actor..his time is good so films doing good business
@sss : Name a Mahesh Babu movie which has collected 200 crs in India (domestic) ? Forget 250 or 300 crs !!!!!!!!!!!!! According to you ETT, BB and Sultan are copied from Mahesh Babu’s movies !!!!! Lol
@hrithik,is mahesh babu is a national star for you than a regional star?????and thanks to him that he is a regional star otherwise people wouldn’t have see wanted who would have never seen pokiri and sallu would have sat in his home with his two brothers,rofl.
And you always degraded KING KHAN for doing salman’s rejected CLASSICS which he himself admitted of rejecting due to having no acting talent.ek tha tiger similarly offered to KING SRK 1st,i f HECwould have done than definitely KING SRK would have done bb and sallu would have now begged on road,rofl.