200807040040 Who can beat superstar RajniKanth. The winner of the race is none other but Rajni. Tamil mega superstar Rajnikant ’s next big film Kuselan will release before Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan ’s Billoo Barber. Rajnikant and SRK have been working on ‘Kuselan’ and ‘Billoo Barber’ respectively, both of which are adaptations of a Malayalam film, Katha Parayumpol starring Mammootty . And SRK was reportedly so eager to release his film before ‘Kuselan’, that he even cancelled his annual family vacation and straightaway started shooting ‘Billoo Barber’.


But Rajnikant’s film is ready, its music was released Monday and the film is all set to release on August 15 while SRK’s film will hit the screens only during Diwali. P Vasu has directed ‘Kuselan’ while Priyadarshan has directed Billoo Barber. The Malayalam original tells the story of a friendship between a superstar, who goes to a village for a shoot and a local barber. While Rajnikant and SRK play the stars, Pasupathy and Irrfan Khan play the barbers.