Superstar Rajinikanth is currently busy shooting for his upcoming film Jailer with Nelson Dilipkumar and the recent update about this much anticipated movie will excite all the Thalaivar fans.

After many months of continuous discussion, the shooting of this movie kickstarted on August 22 in Chennai, East Coast Road, and Ennore, announced Sun Pictures. The shooting of this film, which was decided to be carried out in two phases, is now 50 per cent complete.

Now, the shooting for Jailer’s second portion will start in Hyderabad soon. Meanwhile, the crew is planning to release the film next year on April 14. Touted to be an action comedy film will feature Shiva Rajkumar, Vasanth Ravi, Yogi Babu and Ramya Krishnan in lead roles.

Jailer is bankrolled by Kalanithi Maran of Sun Pictures, which has previously produced Rajnikanth’s films like Annaatthe, Petta and Enthiran. Jailer also marks the Tamil debut of Shiva Rajkumar.