The film is produced by Rajini's son-in-law and actor Dhanush, and it was made on a budget of Rs 140 crore. The gangster drama kaala was based in Mumbai and had Rajini play a benevolent slum-lord in Dharavi. According to Box Office India, the film's final worldwide gross was Rs 305 crore.įollowing the success of Kabali, Ranjith second time joined hands with Thalaiva for kaala in 2018. The action drama has received good reviews from the audience and grossed great numbers at the box office. Radhika Apte played Rajini's wife, and the film also stars Winston Chao, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh, Kalaiyarasan and John Vijay in supporting roles. He played the role of an aged Malaysian don and his acting in the film was well appreciated. Superstar Rajinikanth was very much impressed with director Pa.Ranjith's Madras, and joined hands with the young director for Kabali. Madras focussed on the politics, friendship, betrayal and the livelihood of people living in North Chennai. The film also starred Kalaiyarasan, Riythvika, Charles Vinoth, Mime Gopi and Pavel Navageethan in supporting roles. Catherine essayed the role of Kalaiyarasi opposite Karthi. Ranjith first time joined hands with Karthi for Madras in 2014.
Attakathi bagged five awards at the Jaya TV 2012 awards which includes sensational debutant actress, actor, director, music director and producer. The film was made for Rs 2.5 crore, but collected Rs 7.67 crore. Produced by Thirukumaran Entertainments and distributed by Studio Green. Pa.Ranjith made his directorial debut with Dinesh and Nandita-starrer Attakathi, which released in 2012. On his special day, let us take a look at five of his box office hits. He has worked with many lead heroes in the Tamil film industry including Rajinikanth,Karthi and Arya.Īs Ranjith has turned a year older today, social media is filled with wishes from his fans as well as celebrities. He made his directorial debut with the 2012 film Attakathi. Ranjith joined the film industry as an assistant director and first worked on Shiva Shanmugam's Thagapansamy. Popular Tamil filmmaker Pa.Ranjith celebrates his 39th birthday today (December 8). Ranjith also directed two movies of Rajinikanth's Kabali and Kaala.