When Kamal Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International announced recently that it was all set to produce ‘Superstar’ Rajinikanth’s next movie, tentatively titled #Thalaivar173, the Tamil cinema fandom went into a frenzy. Although fans had long been awaiting a collaboration between the acting legends , who last joined forces decades ago, it remained a distant dream until recently. Even though director Lokesh Kanagaraj had tried to float a gangster drama featuring the two stars, it was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic and eventually shelved. Thus, the news that Kamal is set to produce a film starring Rajinikanth was incredibly exciting for their admirers. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

However, almost as if proving it was a dream too good to be true, director Sundar C — who had

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