Actor Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil film, which marks his maiden collaboration with director Nelson Dilip Kumar, has been titled Jailer, it was announced on Friday.
The film’s makers also unveiled the first poster which features a blood-stained sickle.
The project, which will also star Kannada actor Shivrajkumar, will go on the floors soon.
Sun Pictures, which is bankrolling the project, took to Twitter to announce the title with the first poster.
#Thalaivar169 is #Jailer@rajinikanth @Nelsondilpkumar @anirudhofficial pic.twitter.com/tEtqJrvE1c
— Sun Pictures (@sunpictures) June 17, 2022
After the title along with its poster was announced, fans took to the comments section to ask if this will also be another single-location film like Nelson’s last outing Beast (2022), which was predominantly shot inside a mall.
Fans asked if Jailer will be completely shot inside a prison.
Nelson is taking up another biggest task of handling a star in a single location/major portions to be shot in single location. Atb @Nelsondilpkumar. Comeback stronger. Let #Jailer have a strong villain to fight. https://t.co/fKE5cc7ZTz
— ஷிவ் (@chandrooshiv) June 17, 2022
On the career front, Rajinikanth was last seen in Tamil film Annaatthe (2021). The film, which was also produced by Sun Pictures, also starred Keerthy Suresh, Nayanthara, Khushbhu Sundar, Meena and Jagapathi Babu.
Annaatthe was directed by Siva, who had collaborated with Rajinikanth for the first time. Even though the film was heavily panned for its melodramatic brother-sister relationship scenes, the film managed to do well at the box office.