Brilliant and touching

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Kabali is a very good entertainer for Rajni fans, it's a movie with bounded script,Rajni has opted a character for his present age, BGM of movie sound well at many places, camera works were good, except the wide angle shots, screenplay needs some more clarity, rerecording is decent,but songs were the draw back for the movie, it reduces the speed of movie, some songs consist of good lyrics which did not sync with music ,the presentation of Nerupu da song was awesome, all the characters in the movie performed well to their roles, the passions between a husband & wife, father & daughter who meet after a long duration was well expressed, but the same was not expressed between mother & daughter, on an overall kabali is a movie which exhibits Rajnikanth's Acting.

Rajini Sir's Classic & Stylish Movie. The way he acted was awesome. Loved with the intro and intro fight. <3... Daughter of Kabali role was an added sparkle to the movie. Movie moved around the Love and Kindness towards People. True loves wins the hearts and Kabali wins the same. We got what we expected from Rajini Sir rather than movie for a while. And by choosing a young director like Ranjith for this film, Rajinikanth, too, seems to have realized this. In Kabali, he fires on all cylinders. The jadedness that we saw in Lingaa has been replaced by a renewed vigour. With his signature style, he gives fans what they expect from him. The pleasant surprise is that the film also offers him a chance to explore the actor in him, and he aces the moments when he has to act pensive. Wewish all the best for your further projects, be healthy and make us happy. It's not about others rating or other media ratings. It's from my bottom of heart.

The movie revolves around an ageing don in Malaysia who is in search of lost life. The dialogues and screenplay stayed very true to current culture in Malaysia which gives this movie an authenticity. Unlike the usual Rajnikanth film, this one has new young and talented casts which is refreshing. It also portrays Superstar Rajnikanth in a whole new dimension that we have never seen before. Radhika Apte, particularly has done a brilliant job in this movie. The music is in touch with the emotional connection of the story. The fight scenes in this movie is commendable because of the realistic touch (particularly involving Rajnikanth). With great acting, engaging storytelling and realistic fight scenes, it gives good cinematic experience. This movie is a milestone in Tamil Film Industry. It's definitely one of the best movies in Indian Cinema.

I saw Kabali in Hindi. I think I need to see it again in its original language, Tamil, because I feel that there are certain issues this film raises that can be understood in a better way only if one watches them in Tamil. There are several references to history of Tamils in Malaysia. Kabali (played by Rajanikanth), his wife (played by Radhika Apte), and several other Indian and Tamil characters in the film are supposed to be new generation Indians/Tamils in Malaysia whose ancestors were taken to the Malaya peninsula from the India as workers in plantations run by the British. In these plantations, these Indian/Tamil workers were treated as being inferior to the Chinese (another community present in Malaysia). Kabali, in the first half of the film, has never been to India. He is shown as leading a revolt in one of the plantations demanding an equal pay for Indian/Tamil workers. This episode of the history of Indians/Tamils will, I am sure, never be shown in mainstream Hindi films. A Tamil film has shown this and this is an important thing. I did not understand if most of the Indian characters in the film Kabali were Tamils or a mix of north- and south-Indians, for some of them had north-Indian sounding names. For example, a villain named Vijay Singh. It could also be that some Tamil characters were turned into north-Indian characters in the dubbed Hindi version to appeal to north-Indian viewers. This method does not work, because it reduces Kabali to a mere entertainer. And Kabali, I felt, was not a mere entertainer. There were several slices of history in it that we need to mull upon. The history of the Tamils in British plantations in Malaysia is one. Then, there is the chemistry among the Indians (or Tamils) there. In one dialogue, Kabali explains the importance of wearing suit to one other Indian. Kabali says: "Mahatma Gandhi gave up wearing suit and Babasaheb Ambedkar started wearing suit for one reason." In Hindi, this dialogue seems powerful and entertaining enough. But why did Kabali speak this dialogue? What is the background behind this dialogue? This, perhaps, could be understood in a better way if this film is seen in Tamil, or if we get to see more films (in Tamil or in any other language, but best in Tamil) on the lives of Tamil plantation workers in Malaysia. Also, there is another scene where a Tamil character thinks that just because Kabali started wearing suits, he has become very arrogant. There are sequences like these which made me think about the lives of these Tamil workers, their journey from India to Malaysia, their history in Malaysia, etc. It is a remarkable thing that a completely commercial and mainstream film - that too one starring Rajinikanth - speaks of these things, speaks of the politics. How many Hindi mainstream films starring the biggest 200-crore-plus-earning stars of Bollywood would be able to talk of politics like this? I wouldn't say much about Rajinikanth. He is endearing, as usual. He plays his age; and even in his younger looks, the special effects have been suitably executed. He does his trademark style once in a while, though it was not needed. Rajinikanth looks special the way he is. The scene where he sits like a king on a couch with the Petronas Twin Towers in the background, that is one memorable scene. Radhika Apte shines in every scene. Reminiscent of Aishwarya Rai of the mid- and late-1990s, Apte lights up the screen the moment she comes in. I was intrigued by Dhansika's presence in the film's trailer➖her action scenes are awesome. However, more than its stars, I admired Kabali for its characters and the issues it talked about. Kabali is, I will say it again, more than a mere big budget entertainer. I need to see it again, in original Tamil, because, I think, much was lost in its Hindi dubbed version.