There has been a strike going on in the Tamil film industry for the last few months and it has affected all the Tamil movies in the entire city of Chennai. Among many films, Rajinikanth ’s Kaala too got affected by the strike. Kaala, which was earlier scheduled to release on 27th April, is now reported to get postponed and the makers are looking for a June or July release. If insiders are to believed then Rajini’s gangster drama is more likely to come out on Eid this year, clashing with Salman Khan ’s Race 3 .

While Race 3 is an action-thriller with an ensemble star cast starring, Salman, Bobby Deol , Jacqueline Fernandez , Saqib Saleem , Daisy Shah , Anil Kapoor and Freddy Daruwala in pivotal roles, Kaala is a gangster drama features Nana Patekar , Huma Qureshi , and Eashwari Rao, besides Thalaiva Rajinikanth .

Directed by Pa. Ranjith, Kaala is produced by Rajini’s son-in-law, Dhanush . Though Race 3’s release was announced well in advance, any confirmation on Kaala’s news is yet to be made.