Nawazuddin Siddiqui's 'Petta' is Rajinikanth's 165th film? Here are some interesting facts

Petta is Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Tamil film starring Rajinikanth in title role and Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha, Sasikumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bobby Simha, Sananth, Megha Akash, and Malavika Mohanan in supporting roles. action and drama flick is penned and helmed by Karthik Subbaraj. Petta is produced by Kalanithi Maran under banner Sun Pictures. 

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2019's much-acclaimed release is about an elderly man who takes up job of a boys' hostel warden at a college in Ooty. Things take an interesting turn when Kaali's path crosses with a group of dreaded gangsters. Check out action drama Petta's interesting trivia and some facts that you might t have kwn. 

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• Petta is fourth Tamil film of Rajinikanth that received a UA certificate.
• film is  third highest-grossing Tamil movie ever in USA after it hit $2 million mark and crossed Enthiran's collections which had a total of $2.4 million.
• director-writer, Karthick Subbaraj has reportedly mentioned he is a huge fan of Rajnikanth. He had also reportedly narrated script 2-3 years ago. Petta was developed in 2018 and was set to release for Pongal 2019.
• Sourn superstar Simran worked with Rajinikanth for first time in less role. 

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• According to IMDB, this is first film to feature actors Rajnikanth and Trisha Krishnan in lead role, though latter has been active in industry for 16 years.
• In film, number printed on  Petta's prison shirt is 165, and film is also Rajinikanth's 165th film.
• According to IMDB reports, Rajinikanth briefly smoked onscreen for first time since 2002-released Baba.
• On box office front, Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer made Rajinikanth only south Indian actor to have four $2 million grosses. 

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