'Superstar' Rajinikanth's character name and first look - new mass announcement from Lal Salaam team!

'Superstar' Rajinikanth has reached Mumbai for the shooting of his elder daughter Aishwarya Rajinikanth's next film, Lal Salaam, being produced under the Lyca Productions banner. Photos and videos of the iconic Tamil actor entering the Chennai airport to board his flight are doing the rounds on social media where he is seen being escorted by his security as several fans throng him. Fans are seen and heard wishing Rajinikanth for his Jailer, which had its title announced in an electrifying video released earlier this week, with the actor also thanking everyone for their wishes. Check out Rajinikanth at the Chennai Airport en route to Mumbai in the video below: 

#Jailer வீடியோ சூப்பர் தலைவா...
ரசிகர்களுக்கு நன்றி கூறிய சூப்பர்ஸ்டார் ரஜினிகாந்த்!@rajinikanth #Rajinikanth #Thalaivar170 #LalSalaam #Galatta pic.twitter.com/TS9ou7sTV9

— Galatta Media (@galattadotcom) May 7, 2023

With Rajinikanth now in Mumbai to kick-start filming his portions in Lal Salaam, Lyca Productions has announced that the first look and name of his character in the film will be revealed on Monday, May 8, at 12 a.m., while also sharing a glimpse of the actor in silhouette at the Gateway of India. The 'Superstar' will be seen in an extended cameo in the film being directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth featuring music composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman. The upcoming film is billed to be an intense sports drama centered around cricket and has Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth in the lead roles. With a major leg of filming already wrapped in Pondicherry in April that lasted more than a month, Lal Salaam marks the first time Rajinikanth will be acting under her daughter Aishwarya's direction after he previously starred in his younger daughter Soundarya's Kochadaiiyaan in 2014. Check out Lyca Productions' announcement below: 

#LalSalaam 🫡 everyone! Our BHAI 😎✨ is back to MUMBAI 📍 tomorrow! Revealing his name & look at 12AM 🕛 08/05/23 🗓️

🎬 @ash_rajinikanth
🎶 @arrahman
🌟 @rajinikanth @TheVishnuVishal & @vikranth_offl
🎥 @DOP_VishnuR
⚒️ @RamuThangraj
✂️🎞️ @BPravinBaaskar
👕 @NjSatz
🎙️… pic.twitter.com/nJIBAHq671

— Lyca Productions (@LycaProductions) May 7, 2023

Lal Salaam is Aishwarya Rajinikanth's fourth directorial after she made films namely 3 (2012), Vai Raja Vai (2015), and the documentary venture Cinema Veeran (2017), and it will be interesting to see what she has in store for everyone with her father Rajinikanth's role. Apart from Lal Salaam, the veteran superstar's Jailer being directed by Nelson Dilipkumar and produced by Sun Pictures will be hitting screens worldwide in a grand manner on August 10. Rajinikanth also has in the pipeline the highly-anticipated Thalaivar 170 under Jai Bhim fame T. J. Gnanavel's direction, which is being bankrolled by Lyca Productions and will include music by Anirudh Ravichander.