Overview

• Sun Pictures-backed Coolie has completed filming and sold its international distribution rights to Hamsini Entertainment for a record Rs 86 crore
• The Lokesh Kanagaraj directorial unites Rajinikanth with Nagarjuna, who plays the main antagonist, and features Aamir Khan in a standalone cameo chapter
• Producers have invested about Rs 350 crore in production, setting a clean-hit threshold of roughly Rs 700 crore net in theatrical revenue
• Teasers, theme songs and character posters have debuted as part of a ramped-up marketing push
• Coolie’s Independence Day weekend slot on August 14 places it in head-to-head competition with Yash Raj Films’ War 2