Sivaji The Boss (2010)

 ●  Hindi ● 3 hrs 8 mins

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Held in a cell, Sivaji reflects how he came to be under police scrutiny and his subsequent arrest for a variety of economic offenses. He had returned to Chennai from the U.S. to live with his parents and maternal uncle, and had hoped to invest money in colleges and hospitals so that people who are not privileged can benefit - much to the chagrin of a sophisticated goon, Adisheshan, who threatens him, and asks him not to tread on his territory. Disregarding this and hoping to get his projects going, Sivaji runs into bureaucratic corruption and red-tape - so much so that he gives in and bribes an official Rs.4 Crores to complete his Rs.200 Crore project. An enraged Adisheshan has the local politician stop the work, but Sivaji bribes the latter Rs.50 Crores, after liquefying most of his assets. While he is busy wooing and attempting to marry Tamizhselvi/Vidyabharti Ramlingam, a new politician takes over, stops his project, and demands another Rs.50 Crores. Unable to come up with the money, Sivaji takes the matter to Court but loses, and is rendered penniless. To make matters even worse, Tamizhselvi refuses to marry him as astrologically they are not compatible. While recalling these incidents, betrayed by the person he trusted, there is very little he can do but accept the fate that his opponents have decided for him.
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Cast: Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran

Crew: S. Shankar (Director), KV Anand (Director of Photography), AR Rahman (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller

Release Dates: 15 Jan 2010 (India)

Tagline: The Boss

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Did you know? "Sivaji" is the first Indian film to incorporate the latest 4K resolution technology that is used only on big-budget Hollywood films. In India, 2K resolution for digital intermediate (DI) is the set standard. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Spoken Languages:
English, Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
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DTS
Camera:
ARRIFLEX 435
Frame Rate:
24 fps
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2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Taglines:
The Boss
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed from: Sivaji (Tamil)
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Continuity
"Sivaji" tries to impress the heroine by making himself fair. She replies back stating that she likes his original dark skin. But in the entire movie, Sivaji changes the color of his skin on and off in different scenes.

Crew/Equipment Visible
At the start of Oru Koodai's sunlight song, all the crew members are visible on the Sivaji's (Rajini) glasses.

Miscellaneous
The CBI officer who arrests "Sivaji" cites FERA act violation. But in the year 2000, FERA act was repealed and replaced by FEMA act.

Miscellaneous
In the scene at the open air movie theatre, "Sivaji" is seen in a Toyota Land Cruiser with his wife. When he has a "car fight" with the goons, the car changes to a Mahindra Scorpio towards the end.
Trivia:
The title track was the first song shot for the film. It was also the most expensive song shot for the film, costing Rs. 3.5 crores.

The actresses considered to dance in the item number "Balleilakka" included Sadha, Shilpa Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Bipasha Basu, Asin Thottumkal and Mallika Sherawat, until Nayanthara finally got the part.

The song "Style" was shot in Bilbao, Spain.

In the film, "Boss" stands for "Bachelor of Social Service."

Vadivelu was considered for the role of Sivaji's "Mama" (Uncle), after he received rave reviews for his comic chemistry in Chandramukhi with Rajnikanth, however Vivek was selected.

The hospital seen in the film is actually a re-modeled bank.

"Sivaji" is the name of Rajnikanth's character with reference to his birth name which is Shivaji Rao Gaekwad.

"Sivaji" was considerded to be one of the costliest Tamil and Indian film ever made and was rumored to have cost between 650-800 million Indian rupees.

The movie was released with 4600 prints worldwide and created a record in India as the only movie to be screened with more than 700 shows on a single day

This is the first Tamil film and the first non Hindi Indian movie to feature in UK Top 10.

As of July 2007, "Sivaji" is highest grossing Tamil movie ever and had grossed 100 crores (1 billion) Indian rupees in it's third weekend.

Rajnikanth appears as a white skinned European guy in a song sequence and the Digital skin grafting effects used to create the dark skinned Rajini into a white skin guy took almost one year with the help of 25 technicians

"Sivaji" is the first Indian film to incorporate the latest 4K resolution technology that is used only on big-budget Hollywood films. In India, 2K resolution for digital intermediate (DI) is the set standard.

SP Balasubramaniam sang a segment of "Balleilakka" for two minutes non-stop.

A trailer of Rajnikanth's next film, the animated feature Sultan aka Kochadaiyaan, was released and shown with this film.

Near the film's climax, "Sivaji" assumes the false identity of MG Ravichandran, is a reference to the old superstars of Tamil cinema, Shivaji Ganesan and MG Ramachandran.