Coolie
16th of 227 in Kollywood
- Out-grossed 99% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($70M).
- Returned 1.6× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
- Momentum in the 100th percentile.
- Audience rating 6.2 from 95 votes, the 36th percentile.
- Cost
- $44M
- Took
- $70M
Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 1.1 times what a typical release there does.
The money says hit. What do you say?
Rajinikanth stars as a former coolie union leader named Deva who gets entangled in a high-stakes investigation following the suspicious death of a close friend. This leads him deep into the dangerous underbelly of a massive industrial gold smuggling operation. As he navigates through a network of powerful criminal syndicates and corrupt officials, Deva must use his grit and intellect to dismantle the illicit trade. Directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, this action-packed thriller explores themes of loyalty, justice, and the harsh realities of the underworld, featuring an ensemble cast in a stylized world of crime.
- Released
- 14 August 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 50m
- Language
- Tamil
- Industry
- Kollywood
- RajinikanthDevaraj 'Deva'
- Nagarjuna AkkineniSimon
- Soubin ShahirDhayal/Dilip
- UpendraKaleesha
- Shruti HaasanPreeti
- SathyarajRajasekar
- Director
- Lokesh Kanagaraj
- Screenplay
- Lokesh Kanagaraj, Chandhru Anbazhagan
- Original Music Composer
- Anirudh Ravichander
- Director of Photography
- Girish Gangadharan
- Producer
- Kalanithi Maran