Rajinikanth's next film to be directed by Pa Ranjith

Superstar Rajinikanth's upcoming untitled Tamil movie will be a Pa Ranjith directorial and will begin shooting in August in Malaysia. To be produced by Kalaipuli S Dhanu, the film will be written and directed by Ranjith of Madras and Attakathi fame.

Santosh Narayanan will compose music while Murali G will handle the camera work on the movie. The duo had worked with Ranjith in Madras.

Rajinikanth's publicist Riaz K Ahmed tweeted-

gud news to all thalaivar fans .@superstarrajini @theVcreations @beemji movie announced just Now ..

— RIAZ K AHMED (@RIAZtheboss) June 1, 2015

The director himself tweeted-

With super star..sema magizchi!!! pic.twitter.com/Vg3yMVRmyi

— pa.ranjith (@beemji) June 1, 2015

For Kalaipuli Dhanu, a noted film producer of Tamil cinema, it is a dream come true to produce a Rajinikanth film. He is credited to have prefixed the "superstar" tag to Rajinikanth when he distributed the actor's first solo hero Tamil movie Bhairavi in 1978.

Appa s next confirmed :):):) Thanu uncle and @beemji are going to rock this one !!! pic.twitter.com/k37lidYqWm

— soundarya rajnikanth (@soundaryaarajni) June 1, 2015

After 60 day schedule in Malaysia, the shooting will move to Thailand, Hong Kong and Chennai. The casting of other stars, including a heroine opposite Rajinikanth, is still in the process.

Rajinikanth's previous movie Lingaa which released last year bombed at the box office and the actor faced some issues with a section of distributors, who wanted him to refund them.