What Loga said if his wife was alive makes Kabali think if his wife is still alive. Loga tells Kabali that if his wife would have been alive, Veera would have sold her for prostitution, Kabali became angry and drove the car on him, hence killing him.
He also makes new gang member Jeeva, the son of one of Kabali's old student. He soon re-united with his old gang mate Ameer and soon confronts Seeni and injures him badly. The last one is Seeni, the main money launderer. The third person is Loganathan (Loga), he is the main drug supplier. The second one is Veerasekaran who is the second head of the gang. The head of the gang is Tony lee, a Malaysian gangster. His opposite gang group '43' consists of 4 people. It was the highest grossing Tamil film at that point of time before being surpassed by another Rajinikanth film, 2.0 (2018).Ī Kuala Lumpur–based don Kabaleeswaran alias Kabali is released after spending 25 years in prison on a false charge of starting a massacre at a local Hindu temple that killed many, including his wife Kumudhavalli.
The film won five awards, at the Edison Awards, and two nominations at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards. The film received eight nominations at the IIFA Utsavam 2017, winning one of them. The film received two awards out of eight nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards South, with one for Best Supporting Actress (Dhansika). Īt the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, the film was nominated at five categories winning all of them. The film was released in Malay language on 29 July 2016, a week later.
The film was released worldwide on 22 July 2016, in Tamil, and dubbed versions in Telugu and Hindi, with a premiere held in Malaysia on 21 July 2016, a day before its actual release. The music for the film is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, with cinematography handled by Murali G, and editing done by Praveen K. While filming mostly occurred in Malaysia, some scenes were shot in Bangkok and Hong Kong, with shoot being completed in February 2016. Principal photography for the film commenced on 21 August 2015 in Chennai. The film follows Kabali, an aged gangster who, once freed from prison, goes on to exact revenge upon his rivals while also looking for his wife and daughter. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Winston Chao, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh, Kalaiyarasan and John Vijay in supporting roles. Kabali is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Pa.