Rajini commence 'Darbar' in Mumbai, Nayanthara to join the team today

Rajinikanth is in Mumbai for his maiden collaboration with director AR Murugadoss. The superstar was mobbed by the media on Monday as he commenced shooting for his 167th film. Rajini will be soon joined by Nayanthara who plays the female lead in the film titled 'Darbar'.

Mumbai: Rajinikanth's upcoming film 'Darbar' has gone on floors in Mumbai. The Tamil superstar has reached the capital of showbiz on Monday to commence the shoot for the AR Murugadoss directorial.

Rajini was spotted in Bandra where he is shooting for his forthcoming film with Murugadoss. The actor was mobbed by the media before he got in the car and zoomed away.

'Darbar', will mark Rajini's return to playing a police officer after 25 years. The actor was last seen playing a police officer on-screen in the 1992 Tamil film 'Pandian'. His other police officer role includes Alex Pandian from 'Moondru Mugam', which released in 1982.

The makers took to social media to announce Nayanthara, the leading lady of 'Darbar', will be joining the sets from today. The film will reunite Nayanthara and Rajini for the third time after 'Chandramukhi' and 'Kuselan'.

Besides Nayanthara, the makers have roped in Prateik Babbar to essay the antagonist.

According to reports, 'Darbar is set in the Maximum City, however, the team will capture some portions on sets in Tamil Nadu since it would be a task to control fans of the superstar on real locations.

Popular lensman Santosh Sivan will crank the camera while Anirudh Ravichander will compose the music. Sreekar Prasad will take care of editing.

'Darbar' will simultaneously release in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. It is expected to hit the big screens in 2020.