Rajini back as stylish cop

After commercial potboiler 'Petta,' superstar Rajinikanth is back with yet another action entertainer 'Darbar.' Directed by AR Murugadoss, the film is bankrolled on a huge scale by Lyca Productions.

Rajinikanth is a pan-Indian star and Lyca is planning to capitalise on it by releasing the film four languages namely, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.

The motion poster of the Telugu version was released by superstar Mahesh Babu on Thursday.

He said that he has great admiration and respect for Rajinikanth and wished director Murugadoss and his team team a 'big success.'

In the motion poster, we see Rajinikanth as a stylish cop who is in the middle of a fight. He looks majestic while seated on a rolling chair.

Sources close to the team revealed that this rolling chair fight sequence would one of the highlights of 'Darbar.'

Rajini's close friend Kamal Haasan unveiled the Tamil motion poster of 'Darbar,' while Salman and Mohanlal did the honours in their respective languages.

It has been over 25 years since we saw Rajini donning the khakis.

In 'Darbar,' he will play two roles, as that of a cop and a social activist. 'Darbar' is currently in post-production and is expected to hit the theatres on January 10, 2020.