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Jailer has been written and directed by Nelson Dipkumar
Jackie Shroff received a heartwarming welcome from the chennai audience, who eagerly embraced the bollywood icon.
This momentous event marks Jackie Shroff’s foray into the South indian film world, as he made his friendly appearance at the warm reception.
As the release date approaches, fans can hardly contain their excitement to witness this cinematic spectacle unfold on the silver screen.
In the same event, Rajinikanth opened up about his battling alcoholism and called it biggest mistake of his life.
Speaking at the event, he said, “If there was no alcohol in my life, I would have served the society. Alcoholism is the biggest mistake in life
,” he was quoted as saying. He also added that if not for alcohol, he would have done far better in life and become a bigger star than he is today.
This is not the first time he has addressed the alcoholism issue. In his film Kaala, his character loses his wife due to his carelessness after getting
drunk. That was the first time the actor, who till then had used alcohol and cigarettes as style statements, showed them in a bad light.
Jailer has been written and directed by Nelson Dipkumar and produced under the banner of sun Pictures by Kalanithi Maran. The movie features
Rajinikanth in the lead role, along with Mohanlal, shiva Rajkumar, Sunil, Jackie Shroff, ramya krishnan, tamannaah bhatia, Mirnaa Menon,
Vinayakan, and yogi Babu.
Anirudh Ravichander composed the music for the film, and the cinematography was done by Vijay Kannan. Rajinikanth’s 169th film,
Jailer, is all set to release on august 10.