And yet, it must be said that Rajinikanth does more for the movie than the movie does for him. Even within the cage of a superstar movie, Ranjith is trying to be subtle. Remove the Malaysian-Tamil setting, and Kabali plays like… a Rajinikanth movie. The coat, the tie – they’re symbols of a rung of capitalism people like Kabali weren’t allowed to set foot on. The meat of Kabali is a gangster story that attempts to tease out some history about Malaysian Tamils.

Source: The Hindu July 23, 2016 00:00 UTC