The production team unveiled the film's title this morning and released its first look later in the day, with Dhanush, himself an actor, describing the moment as "the biggest of them all."
"Here we go !! The biggest of them all .. #superstar Rajinikanth's #kaala first look," he said on his Twitter page, while sharing a couple of photos.
In one of the pictures, Rajinikanth is seen casually dressed in a rolled up sleeve and a 'lungi', sporting sunglasses with his stylish smile and sitting atop a jeep carrying a Maharashtra registration number plate.
Another one showed an angry Rajinikanth emoting, with blood on his forehead.
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Though titled 'Kaala Karikalan' the movie will be called 'Kaala', sources close to the production team said.
Dhanush 's Wunderbar Films Pvt. LTD. Is producing the film, touted to be the sequel of Rajinikanth's 2016 gangster show 'Kabali.'
Ranjith's favourite musician Santhosh Narayanan is onboard 'Kaala' also and the film which is being made in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.
The film had earlier courted controversy with the adopted son of Mumbai don late Haji Mastan alleging the plot was based on his father's life.