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Actor Y Gee Mahendra’s popular stage play ‘Charukesi’ is all set to be made into a movie. Tamil superstar Rajinikanth made this announcement at the 50th show of ‘Charukesi’ at Vani Mahal in Chennai. He also kickstarted the project with the customary ‘clap’.

Rajinikanth said: “In 1975, when I went to see the play ‘Ragasiyam Parama Ragasiyam’, I was not allowed in. But now I am here as the special guest at the 50th show of ‘Charukesi’. This is all an act of time.:

He added: “Popular actors, including Nagesh, Jayalalithaa, Cho, Visu, and so on, are from the Uaa theatre troupe. It is a disciplined troupe with many educated people and experts from various fields.”

Rajinikanth noted that had “Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan been alive, ‘Charukesi’ would have been another ‘Vietnam Veedu’.”

He continued: “As far as this drama is concerned, the story, screenplay, characters and dialogues are all well placed.

Flix Flashback‘Annamalai’, which came out 30 years ago today, kickstarted the ‘riches to rags to riches’ Rajini film template, which was repeated in many of his later films – mostly to success, says the author.Anand Kumar RSYouTubeIn the last many years post Sivaji – The Boss, if directors and writers have been struggling to make a “Superstar” film that is universally appealing to all his fans, with the exception of Enthiran, blame it on Annamalai, which was made 30 years ago. In my opinion, it is from Annamalai that the ‘Superstar padam universe’, if I may so term it, germinated. Looking back, there is no doubt that Annamalai turned out to be a landmark film in Rajinikanth’s filmography in more ways than one. Ask any fan what his favourite Rajini film is, chances are Annamalai will certainly be a top response. In Tamil cinema, we always had this two-horse race – Mgr-Sivaji and then later Kamal-Rajini.