Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth's next Tamil film, titled Darbar, will mark his return to playing a police officer after 25 years. The first look of the movie was unveiled on Tuesday, April 09.

Rajinikanth was last seen playing a police officer on-screen in the 1992 Tamil film Pandian, which was directed by SP Muthuraman. His other police officer role includes Alex Pandian from Moondru Mugam, which released in 1982.

Murugadoss took to Twitter to unveil the film's title and first look poster.  "Here you go guys. The first look of our very own Thalaivar in Darbar," he wrote, confirming that the film will hit the screens during Pongal festival next year.

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In the poster, we can see a happy Rajini. It also features a caption - 'You decide whether you want me good, bad or worse.' Very ominous, indeed. 

Just a day before the poster was released an officially announced was made that lady Tamil superstar Nayanthara has been roped in to play the leading lady in the film. After working with Rajinikanth in Chandramukhi and also briefly in Kuselan, this is the third time Nayanthara has teamed up with the 68-year-old star.

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

(Inputs from PTI)