Ashok Kumar is the Superstar, not Rajini!

Kuselan is gearing up for release and now we are getting continuous news about the film and its characters, materials that are very interesting. As Kuselan moves into its post production stage, we discovered something very significant about the movie, that Rajinikanth is after all not playing himself in Kuselan. All these days we were under the impression


that Rajini was playing Superstar in Kuselan. While it is true that Rajini is playing ‘a’ Superstar in the movie, it is not ‘the’ Superstar Rajinikanth that he is portraying. The Superstar in Kuselan has the name Ashok Kumar, much like in the Malayalam original Katha Parayumbol.

Going by the look of things, only the name will be different, the character will be everything that Rajinikanth has been over the past two decades. Of course we are not so sure about the spiritual side, but the style, the huge fan following and the down-to-earth attitude, all remain the same. Talking about Rajini playing himself reminds us of Anbulla Rajinikanth where Superstar had played himself much to our delight. There have been only a few instances when big stars have played themselves on screen which includes Kamal’s special appearance in the climax of Nala Damayanthi. So, for those of you who were expecting another Anbulla Rajinikanth you won’t be getting exactly what you were thinking of but something very close. It will be Anbulla Rajinikanth going by the name Ashok Kumar, won’t make much of a difference.

Another interesting piece of information about Kuselan is about a special song that has been woven around the Superstar. Remember the lines of the Athiradee number in Sivaji that went ‘Billa, Ranga, Basha….. ’; Kuselan will be going one up with an entire song that has been written by Vaalee with names of most of the Superstar’s hits over the decades. And that’s not all, the song was shot entirely at the Rammoji Rao film city where Thotta Tharani had put up another stunning set for the Superstar after the great work in Sivaji. The set is said to have cost around 1.80 crores and will surely be a highlight of the movie.