Kaala Karikalan first look released: Rajinikanth's film posters take social media by storm [Photos]

After announcing the name of the movie, the makers of Rajinikanth's Kaala Karikalan have revealed the first look posters of the upcoming movie, written and directed by Pa Ranjith, on Thursday evening, 25 May. 

The film is produced by the superstar's son-in-law and multifaceted actor Dhanush. He took to his Twitter handle at 6.00 pm and shared four posters, which are now taking the social media by storm. The actor-turned-producer also wrote: "Here we go !! The biggest of them all .. #superstar Rajinikanth's #kaala first look."

Rajinikanth is sporting a black shirt with a lungi along with a pair of cooling glass in the first look poster of Kaala Karikaalan. The superstar is seen sitting on a jeep in the poster, which gives a glimpse to a slum.

In the other poster, Rajinikanth has a serious look with blood smeared on his face. The superstar has also sported a thick white beard in both the posters. 

Earlier in the day, Dhanush had revealed the name of the movie and it has met with stupendous response. 

The first look release has doubled the joy of Rajinikanth's fans, who were already celebrating the announcement of the movie title. They are sharing their views about Kaala Karikaalan and excitement about the first look using the hash tag - #makewayfortheking. In fact, the posters have taken the fans by a storm.

Kaala is a Sanskrit word with two meanings - one is dark-skinned and the other signifies the time, death, destiny or fate. Also, the word is often referred to Yama, the god of death as per the Hindu scriptures.

It appears like Rajinikanth might have the quality of Yama and create the fear of death in the minds of those, who are engaged in unlawful activities. Karikaalan was a popular Chola king. The movie, set in Mumbai, is said to be about a gangster.

Kaala Karikaalan marks the second union of Pa Ranjith with Rajinikantha after Kabali. The upcoming movie will be dubbed into Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam apart from a few foreign languages.

The flick has Santhosh Narayanan's music, Sreekar Prasad's editing and T Ramalingam's art direction. Huma Qureshi will be seen as the female lead, while Samuthirakani is set to enact an important role in the flick made on the banner of WunderBar Films.

Earlier, there were speculations that the movie was based on the life of late Mumbai don Haji Mastan Mirza. But the makers had denied the rumours.

The movie is set in Mumbai and the shooting will begin from 28 May.