This Article is From Jul 19, 2016

These Rajinikanth Fans Are Getting the Day Off to Watch Kabali

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Some offices have declared a holiday on the release day of Rajinikanth's movie Kabali

Highlights

  • Some start ups are giving a day off to employees to watch Kabali.
  • The movie stars south superstar Rajinikanth in a lead role.
  • The day off notices from these companies are viral online.
Rajinikanth, who is not so much a force of nature as an entire weather system, returns to the screen in Friday's film Kabali. For many fans, this is an occasion that merits a day off from work.

Some offices have declared Friday a holiday as a pre-emptive measure. Thus have Chennai startup Fyndus and Bengaluru company Opus prevented a potential mass exodus caused by Kabali-watching:
 
 
 
 

In Coimbatore, software company Payoda has bought 'first day, first show' tickets for 300 lucky employees:
 

On Sunday, a flashmob performed a Kabali-themed dance routine in a Chennai cinema with accompanying anti-piracy messages urging cine-goers to watch the film in theatres. On Friday, an Air Asia plane decked out in Kabali-themed livery will fly fans from Bengaluru to Chennai for the movie's fist show.

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Kabali, directed by Pa Ranjith, stars Rajinikanth as a Malaysian mob boss. The cast includes Radhika Apte and Taiwanese actor Winston Chao.
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