Actor Irrfan Khan told people to go watch Rajinikanth’s film Kabali amid controversy over an alleged copied movie poster.
Asked about the similarity between the Kabali poster that emerged online and his poster for Madaari, Khan said: “Even I didn’t know that. We are small filmmakers. I saw that Rajinikanthji’s film stole the poster of our film. You see his film’s poster and see our film’s poster. No big deal about it. Watch his film and watch our film, too.”
The poster for Khan’s upcoming film Madaari was not actually stolen by the filmmakers, but replicated by fans, who confirmed this online.
Both the posters have the faces of the lead actors, Khan and Rajinikanth, set against a backdrop of skyscrapers.
There are numerous posters for Kabali doing the rounds on social media. Rajiniknath shared two posters on his Twitter account in September last year, when the shooting began. Kabali also stars Radhika Apte and Wilson Choa.
About Madaari, Khan said: “The film is a thriller, the film is talking about you. It is talking about 150 crore [1.5 billion] people, that there is a hero in every person and when that person wakes up then no one can face that person.”
About the experience of working with director Nishikant Kamat, he said: “It felt very good. Nishinkant Kamat had made a film Drishyam, before that he made Force and before that he had made Mumbai Meri Jaan, and we had worked together on that film. We got the opportunity to work again in this film. The film is a solid thriller, you will enjoy it. There is a message in it. People will take their message on their own.”
Madaari releases in India on July 15.
