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Kabali film review: Weapon of mass attraction The expectations from   Kabali   are as high as the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the setting for almost 80% of the movie, not least because it's a   Rajinikanth   movie. The reasons are varied: the audience need a taste of the Rajinikanth of yore, not a do-gooder Samaritan ( Lingaa ) or a CGI generated version of a warrior Prince ( Kochadaiiyaan ). Thalaivar fanatics just wanted him to have fun, which was rarely the case ever since   Sivaji . The teasers of   Kabali suggested Rajinikanth is back to his glory days of   Basha ,   Padayappa   and   Pedarayudu . You wanted badass, you get industrial levels of badass in this Pa Ranjith movie. His previous film   Madras   had a delightful off-kilter sensibility. Sadly, here he spends too much time deifying his larger-than-life protagonist. And that makes the movie a giant 150-minute slog. It opens with the erstwhile gangster get...

PVR partners Rajinikanth's Kabali, first multiplex to tap regional film Pan-India multiplex chain   PVR   has joined the bevy of brands,   companies   associating with south Indian superstar Rajnikanth’s latest movie ‘Kabali’. The cinema exhibition chain is the official multiplex partner for the film set to release on July 22 acorss the country. This is the first time in the South Indian film industry, that such an association between an exhibition chain and a film has been made. Gautam Dutta, CEO, PVR Cinemas said, “The producers of the movie had approached PVR due to its pan India reach much beyond Tamil Nadu considering the mega star   Rajinikanth has die-hard fans across the country to introduce exclusive   Kabali   merchandise at its cinemas. The patrons will not only have access to special Kabali merchandise at PVR cinemas but can also buy exclusive movie digital poster from its website.”   (more)