Several Tamil film directors have made cameo appearances in their own films or other movies. Shankar, Gautham Vasudev Menon, AR Murugadoss, and KS Ravikumar are a few examples of directors who have appeared on screen in their own films or in the work of others. This trend is in Hollywood as well. Some notable examples include Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola in Hollywood.
In Monica Song we suspect the cameo of Lokesh Kanagaraj as in the song we can notice his voice while saying "Ada Vaanga Monica !!!".
Coolie is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna, Upendra, Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj and Shruti Haasan in lead roles, alongside Reba Monica John, Junior MGR, Kanna Ravi, Monisha Blessy and Kaali Venkat.
The film was officially announced in September 2023 under the tentative title Thalaivar 171 as Rajinikanth's 171st film as a lead actor and the official title was announced in April 2024. Principal photography commenced the following July in Chennai, which was followed by sporadic schedules held in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Jaipur and Bangkok, and wrapped by mid-March 2025. The film has music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, cinematography handled by Girish Gangadharan and editing by Philomin Raj.
Coolie is scheduled to release worldwide on 14 August 2025 in standard, D-Box and 4DX formats.
During the filming for Master in late 2019, it was reported that director Lokesh Kanagaraj had met Rajinikanth at his residence in Chennai and narrated a script that impressed the actor.According to reports, the project, which would have been Rajinikanth's 169th film, was expected to be produced by Raaj Kamal Films International, with a planned start in April 2020,but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Rajinikanth's prior commitments to Annaatthe (2021).Though some reports suggested that the project was shelved due to Rajinikanth's political ambitions, others said the project was still active.In August 2020, Lokesh refused to confirm or deny the project, stating that only the producers could do so.[10] Instead, Lokesh went on to develop a film with Kamal Haasan, which materialised as Vikram (2022).Rajinikanth's 169th film ultimately became Jailer (2023), directed by Nelson Dilipkumar.
Reports of a potential collaboration between Lokesh and Rajinikanth resurfaced in April 2023,followed by a reported photoshoot with the actor in May.[18] Actors Mysskin and Babu Antony, who had appeared in Lokesh's Leo (2023), later hinted at Lokesh and Rajinikanth's collaboration.Lokesh again refused to confirm or deny the project's existence in July,until Sun Pictures announced the film, tentatively titled Thalaivar 171, on 11 September.The film marked Rajinikanth's fifth venture with Sun Pictures after Enthiran (2010), Petta (2019), Annaatthe and Jailer.Lokesh received ₹50 crore in remuneration for the film, double his pay for Leo, while Rajinikanth was reportedly paid ₹150 crore.The official title, Coolie, was revealed on 22 April 2024.Lokesh stated that the film would be a standalone story, separate from the Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU), and would focus on gold smuggling instead of drug-related themes seen in his previous films.
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