Did Lokesh Kanagaraj just confirm Aamir Khan’s casting in Rajinikanth’s ‘Coolie’?

The film’s production banner Sun Pictures is yet to confirm Aamir’s presence in ‘Coolie’

Ever since Tamil superstar Rajinikanth’s upcoming film, Coolie, went into production, speculations have been rife that Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is also part of the star-studded cast. While the makers announced the presence of superstars like Upendra and Akkineni Nagarjuna, the rumours about Aamir’s casting have been doing rounds.

Now, on Friday (March 14), a tweet from the film’s director, Lokesh Kanagaraj, seems to have refuelled the speculations. Lokesh took to his official X handle to wish Aamir on his 60th birthday today. Interestingly, Lokesh is also celebrating his birthday today.

With the tweet, Lokesh attached a picture which many have speculated to be from the sets of Coolie. In the picture, Lokesh can be seen showing Aamir, in a black jacket, something on his mobile phone. The very tweet from Lokesh denotes a creative collaboration between the two, one in which Aamir might have povided some insight.

However, the film’s production banner Sun Pictures is yet to officially confirm Aamir’s presence in Coolie.

Announced in September 2023, Coolie has been in the making since last year. In April 2024, the makers revealed the film’s title with a special video featuring Rajinikanth. In the video, the superstar utters a famous dialogue from his 1982 film Ranga.

The film’s cast also features Pooja Hegde, Soubin Shahir, Sathyaraj, and Shruti Haasan. Lokesh had previously confirmed that Coolie will not be part of his popular film universe called the Lokesh Cinematic Universe, which includes movies such as Kaithi, Vikram and Leo.

Anirudh Ravichander is composing music for the movie, while Girish Gangadharan is the cinematographer. Anbariv is in charge of the stunt choreography.

Published - March 14, 2025 07:00 pm IST