Superstar Rajnikanth who was last seen in the Karthik Subbaraj blockbuster Petta is currently working on his 167th movie Darbar directed by AR Murugadoss and produced by Lyca Productions. The movie which has Superstar playing a police officer, is set in Mumbai.

Team Darbar recently wrapped the first schedule which had begun in April and the second schedule has been announced to start on May 29. Darbar also stars Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Yogi Babu, Prateik Babbar, and has music by Anirudh and cinematography by Santosh Sivan.

With the end of first schedule, Rajnikanth had returned to Chennai, and today he had an important surprise visitor to his residence. Former Indian President and renowned scientist Abdul Kalam's advisor Ponraj had today met Rajni in his Poes Garden residence. It has been said that they had discussed on TN Politics, and with Rajni planning to launch his political party soon, this meeting is seen as a significant move.