Sivaji is a 2007 Tamil language film. Starring Superstar Rajinikanth,
Shreya Saran, Vivek,and Suman in the lead roles and directed by Shankar. Nayantara,
Manivannan, Raghuvaran, Solomon Pappayya, Cochin Haneefa, Bose Venkat and director
Shankar himself are some of the other actors credited with appearance in the movie.
The film's score and soundtrack was written and composed by A.R. Rahman, with lyrics
from Vairamuthu, Vaali, Pa. Vijay. The movie was announced in October 2005 with release
initially planned for 14th April 2007 Tamil New Year release. After it was delayed at
least a couple of times, the release was postponed one more time due to post-production
delays and was released world-wide on June 15, 2007.The movie was released in 2
languages (Tamil as well as the dubbed version in Telugu) on June 15, 2007 in an estimated
850 to 1000 theatres worldwide.The movie is all set to be dubbed in Hindi and the
release is tentatively scheduled for Diwali release. The movie, as per most industry
estimates, is the most expensive Indian production to date; with budget estimates
ranging from costing about Rs. 70 to 96 Crores(including Rajinikanth's salary
of 40 crores). Translating into USD, the budget of the movie is estimated between
$17.6 million to $24 million with $4 million being the salary of Rajinikanth
excluding a 41% share of total boxoffice and other rights profits of the movie.
The movie is dubbed in Hindi and release due on Diwali. The movie is Rajinikanth's
100th Tamil movie and has opened to tremendous box-office reception across
the globe,it was the first tamil movie rated in UK top ten.
