‘Kuselan’ goes to Tokyo film festival

Rajnikanth starrer ‘Kuselan’ will be shown at the Tokyo International Film Festival, starting in October. The film is scheduled to be released on July 31 in India.

“After the superstar’s huge popularity, following the success of ‘Muthu’ in Japan, interest in his films is huge. The pre-release response for ‘Kuselan’ is fantastic,” R. Venkatakrishnan, Chief Operating Officer, Pyramid Saimira, told us.

Rajnikantb’s 1995 film ‘Muthu’, dubbed in Japanese and renamed as ‘The Dancing Maharaja’ was released in Japan in 1998. It ran for 288 days in multiple screens.

It is not clear right now whether the actor will attend the festival, said sources close to the actor.

So far, Japanese media companies and television stations have produced over 30 documentaries on Rajnikant.