Ram Gopal Varma: Shankar is bigger than Rajini

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is impressed with upcoming Tamil romantic-thriller I and said the film’s director Shankar is bigger than superstar Rajinikanth and former chief minister of the southern Indian state Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa.

The much-awaited trailer of Shankar’s I, starring Vikram and Amy Jackson in the lead, was released last week.

“After seeing I trailer purely as a general common outsider I feel Shankar is bigger than Jayalalitha and Rajnikanth in Tamilnadu,” Varma posted on Twitter.

The Satya director said the film, which releases early next year, will surpass Rajinikanth’s latest film, Lingaa.

“My prediction is that I collections on first day will be bigger than Lingaa and that’s why I say Shankar is bigger than Rajinikant. I was a super huge fan of Rajinikant but now I shifted my loyalty to Shankar,” he said.

Varma’s last directorial stint in Bollywood was Satya 2.