Superstar Rajinikanth's next movie 'Jailer' is releasing worldwide on August 10th amidst unprecedented expectations. The film directed by Nelson Dilipkumar has music by Anirudh and stars , Ramya Krishnan, Sunil, Vasanth Ravi, Vinayakan and Yogi Babu with Mohan Lal, Shivarajkumar and Tamannaah Bhatia make cameo appearances.

Now the preproduction works of Rajini's next movie 'Thalaivar 170' have been speeded up. A casting call has been made for trained theater actors of various ages to do important characters. Meanwhile there is a buzz that Tollywood star Nani has been approached to play a major character in the film and he is said to have like the narration.

Already it has been reported that Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan is playing a parallel lead to Rajini in 'Thalaivar 170' which marks his Tamil debut. More exciting details of the cast and crew of this Lyca Production is expected to come in the following days.

Rajini's next release after 'Jailer' will however be 'Lal Salaam' direced by Aishwarya Rajinikanth and costarring Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth which is also in postproduction right now.