After the blockbuster hit 'Kabali' director Pa.Ranjith will be calling shots for Superstar Rajinikanth again in the film titled as 'Kaala Karikaalan'. This film will be produced by none other than the Superstar's son-in-law Dhanush under his Wunderbar Films banner.

In the last week of August 2016, Dhanush confirmed that he will be producing a film with the Superstar which will be directed by Ranjith. He also confirmed that the film will commence only after Rajinikanth completes '2.0' the sequel to 'Enthiran' which has been scheduled to hit the screens in October 2017. The shooting of '2.0' has been wrapped up and the film is scheduled to hit the screens on January 25, 2018.

Now it has been confirmed that Rajinikanth will start shooting for 'Kaala Karikaalan' from the 28th of May 2017 in Dharavi, Mumbai. The film is said to be the story of Tamil native don settled in Mumbai. However the makers have denied rumors that this is the biopic on the Mumbai Tamil don Haji Masthan.

'Kaala Karikalan' will be made as a trilingual in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

Santhosh Narayanan will be scoring the music for this film. He has been the music director of all the three films directed by Ranjith so far, including the blockbuster 'Kabali'. Murali Gopi, the cinematographer of 'Madras' and 'Kabali' and N.Ramalingam the Art Director of 'Kabali' have been retained for 'Kaala Karikaalan'.

National Award winning Editor Sreekar Prasad will be the Editor of this film. This is his first film with the Superstar as well as Ranjith. Dhilip Subbarayan will be the Stunt Choreographer. Kabilan, Umadevi, Chandi and K.Rakesh will be penning the lyrics for the songs. Anu Vardhan is the Costume Designer.

Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi is touted to make her Kollywood debut playing the female lead in this film. National Award winning Supporting actor Samuthirakani is expected to play an important supporting role. But the information about the star cast is yet to be made official.