The Indian films that were released in Russia so far were dubbed in Russian.
Ajith Kumar
starrer Asal that released in 2010 is the first dubbed and released Tamil film in Russia. Similarly “
Mersal
” and “Baahubali” were dubbed in Russian. Kaala Karikalan is the first Tamil film that released in Tamil directly in Russia. Although the film is said to have permitted just two shows, both the shows went houseful. Superstar “
Rajinikanth
” fans are celebrating this in Russia, too. After forty years, the Tamils in Russia are watching a Tamil film in Russian theaters and hence they are excited about Kaala. The film directed by Pa Ranjith received mixed reviews, but it had collected well at the box office, except a few places including Malaysia. Chennai ranked top in Kaala collection. Kaala star cast has
Nana Patekar
, “
Samuthirakani
,”
Easwari Rao
,
Anjali Patil
and
Huma Qureshi
.