Here's what fans, who've seen Kaala, said about the film:
At interval. #Kaala pakka masssss... #Thalaivar all side sixer. Romance with @humasqureshi lovely. Theater screaming while dealing Hari dada. Rain fight verithanam. @beemji Kablaila vittadhai Kaalala pudichuttar.. Tomorrow everyone going to crazy
— KaalaShankar(@kaala_shankar) June 6, 2018
Kaala... Selvi... Vaaliyappan... Lenin ... Zereena....
— Balaji Duraisamy (@balajidtweets) June 6, 2018
Such a feel good 1st half filled with lovely characters & enjoyable comedies.
Solid Interval & the fight scene before that. Hoping for an intense 2nd half #KAALA
#Kaala , thalaivar oozes swag all over, those cute expressions and mass looks. Proves why he's the superstar
— Ruban Mathivanan (@GKcinemas) June 7, 2018
#Kaala interval! Simple class intro for superstar ! Thalaivar majestic screen presence , expressions, body language flashback part portrayed well by animation pics ! BGM pinni pedal for action scenes mixture of mass and class rajni rocked
— Pugal :)) (@pughalarasu) June 6, 2018
#Thalaivar one man show, yet #Nanapatekar and #HumaQureshi scores. Terrific bgm by #SaNa. #Kaala
— Ruban Mathivanan (@GKcinemas) June 7, 2018
Review : a perfect #Rajinikanth movie #Kaala
— (@prabuji) June 6, 2018
#Kaala - **Blockbuster**
— Akshaya (@itsAkshayaa) June 7, 2018
Kannula thani moment... King is always the King...#KaalaTheRageOfRajinikanth
#Kaala - **Blockbuster**
— Saravanakumar (@iam_vsk) June 6, 2018
Kannula thani moment... King is always the King...#KaalaTheRageOfRajinikanth
Intermission BLOCK BAASHA Feel #KAALA
— Naganathan 2.O (@NaganathanBoss) June 7, 2018
#Kaala - Time for blockbusters to rename as @rajinikanth . This is his lifetime best. This is more than a movie, a peoples movement !!
— Prashanth Rangaswamy (@itisprashanth) June 7, 2018
Kaala opened to packed shows on Thursday morning. Fans all over the world set off fireworks and cheered as the superstar took the centrestage. Here's a scene from outside theatre in Chennai at 4.15 am:
Kaala is Rajinikanth's second consecutive gangster film after Kabali (also directed by Pa Ranjith). Though celebrations for the release of Kaala are in full swing, Karnataka is lagging behind. Pro-Kannada outfits threatened to disrupt the film's screening even though the Supreme Court refused to stay the film's release. Rajinikanth on Wednesday appealed to the protesting outfits: "I have not done any mistake. Please do not disturb those who want to watch the movie. I request your cooperation," reports news agency PTI.
Kaala is produced by Rajinikanth's son-in-law Dhanush and it also stars Nana Patekar, Huma Qureshi and Eshwari Rao.