'KHxRK': Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth Team Up After Four Decades; New Poster Out
It is expected that director Nelson will helm KHxRK, with Anirudh Ravichander as the music composer.
After 46 years, Superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan are reuniting on screen together.
The latest tease is a new poster of the arms of both the stars, who appear to be dressed in leather jackets, next to each other. 'Cool Retro Swag' reads the text, with a promo video set to drop tomorrow.
T.he film has been in the works for several months now, since both the actors announced their intention to team up again. Production house Red Giant Movies, which is bankrolling the project, shared a new poster last evening as well, which features a vintage Mercedes. Tentatively titled KHxRK, the text on the poster read, “Some men set rules, some men just rule.”
Kamal Haasan had said earlier, “We’ve been itching to work together for a long time. Like how a biscuit was being split into two, we had then demanded that we each be given a whole biscuit each. Now we’ve found the joy again to realise that we are both happy with just that half biscuit again. So we’ll come together.”
It is expected that director Nelson will helm KHxRK, with Anirudh Ravichander as the music composer. Nelson is at least the third director to have been associated with this high-profile reunion. Before him, reports had suggested that Lokesh Kanagaraj would be making the film.
Meanwhile, it was earlier announced that filmmaker Cibi Chakaravarthi has replaced Sundar C. as the director of Thalaivar 173. Fronted by Rajinikanth, the film is produced by Kamal Haasan's Raaj Kamal Films International along with R Mahendran.
Thalaivar 173 (tentative title) is one of the biggest Tamil films under production this year, creatively reuniting Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth after years.
Rajinikanth will be next seen in Jailer 2 in 2026, directed by Nelson Dilipkumar, reprising the character of "Tiger" Muthuvel Pandian in the sequel. He is joined by SJ Suryah, Ramya Krishnan, Mithun Chakraborty and others in the cast.
Kamal Haasan's upcoming film, tentatively titled KH237, marks the directorial debut of the acclaimed stunt choreographer duo Anbariv, known for their work in films such as KGF and Vikram.