Kabali is an upcoming Indian Tamil crime film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Rajinikanth, Radhika Apte, Kishore, Kalaiyarasan, Dhansika, and Dinesh Ravi. Principal photography for the film began on 21 August 2015 in Chennai,[1] while filming commenced in Malaysia and will continue in Bangkok and Hong Kong afterwards.[2][3][4] The film will be released in Telugu with the same title. Film is planned to be released on 14 th of April 2016 coinciding Tamil New Year Casting: Dinesh Ravi, who played the lead in Ranjith's Attakathi (2012), and Kalaiyarasan, who played pivotal roles in both of the director's previous films, were also confirmed to be part of the film. The main villain role was offered to Prakash Raj initially,[10] but later it was said that the role was declined due to scheduling issues and John Vijay stepped in.[11] It was later confirmed that the role of the lead character's wife would be given to Radhika Apte, who was introduced to Tamil films through Dhoni (2012).[12] Dhansika was signed to play a supporting character in the film
