Actor Rajinikanth will speak at the audio launch of KV Anand’s Kaappaan starring Suriya, Mohanlal and others. Director Shankar and lyricist Vairamuthu have also been invited as the chief guests.
Lyca Productions said yesterday morning that an exciting update awaited fans, and the director announced the news in the afternoon.
Rajinikanth will take stage with Shankar, Vairamuthu and others on July 21 from 6pm at Sri Ramachandra Convention Centre in Chennai. The event will be telecast by Sun TV, who recently bagged the satellite rights to the film.
#KaappaanAudioLaunch on 21st July2019 6pm onwards.its our privilege to have SuperStar @rajinikanth AceDirector @shankarshanmugh @vairamuthu as our Guests of Honour @Jharrisjayaraj @Suriya_offl @Mohanlal @arya_offl @bomanirani @sayyeshaa @LycaProductions @SonyMusicSouth pic.twitter.com/FXdog1TwCK
— anand k v (@anavenkat) July 17, 2019
Rajinikanth usually does not attend events outside of his own film launches and press meets, so the news of his speech at the Kaappaan audio launch has been trending. He worked with Lyca on his previous film 2.0 directed by Shankar, and is currently working with them on Darbar.
The audio launch of Kaappaan is part of the celebrations for Suriya’s birthday on July 23. The film is scheduled to release on August 30, and will also be out in Telugu as Bandobast. The first-look poster of the Telugu version was released by SS Rajamouli.
Happy to release the First Look of @Suriya_offl & @Mohanlal sir’s #Bandobast. Best wishes to @anavenkat & his entire team..:) @LycaProductions @arya_offl @Jharrisjayaraj @bomanirani @sayyeshaa pic.twitter.com/Rx6XrHiuh4
— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) June 28, 2019
The lyric video of the first song from the film, titled ‘Siriki‘ is out. It’s a folk song sung by Senthil Ganesh and Ramani Ganesh, with lyrics by S Gnanakaravel.
The political thriller sees Suriya playing multiple characters including a bomber, a government official and a farmer. Mohanlal plays a prime minister, Boman Irani is a politician. Sayyesshaa is an agent tracking Suriya, and Arya is her lover.
The film is written by KV Anand along with Pattukkottai Prabakar, the crime and thriller novelist who has worked on films such as Imaikka Nodigal, Samurai, Kandaen Kadhalai and more. This is said to be Suriya’s biggest and most expensive film till date. He is working with KV Anand for the third time after Ayan and Maattraan.
The music for the film is by Harris Jayaraj, cinematography by Abhinandan Ramanujam, and MS Prabhu and editing by Anthony.
Suriya is currently also busy with the shoot for Soorarai Pottru directed by Sudha Kongara. Mohanlal has Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham and Empuraan under production.
