Rajinikanth also took to Twitter on Thursday to share a picture and express his honor and privilege of working with the legendary cricketer,

However, he also dropped a bombshell by saying that he heard that this film could be Rajinikanth’s last film before he quits acting for good.

The music of Jailer is composed by Anirudh, who has earlier collaborated with Rajinikanth in Petta and Darbar.

‘Thalaivar 170’ is said to be based on a true incident, and Rajinikanth will be seen playing the role of a Muslim police officer in the film. The film is expected to go on floors in May this year.

Few fans took to the core on their disappointment, and began to share their own dedicated fan made posters for their favorite icon.

The film has music composed by Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman, who had earlier shared a video of jamming with Aishwarya for the film.

The official title Jailer was revealed in June later along with the first look poster which introduced Rajinikanth as Muthuvel Pandian, a jailer.

The event took place in Vijayawada and several pictures of Rajinikanth’s warm welcome by Balakrishna and Naidu have gone viral on social media.

The film is said to be a thriller dark comedy with Rajinikanth playing the role of Muthuvel Pandian, a jailer who has to deal with a gang that tries to rescue their leader from the prison.

He said it was an honor to share the screen with Rajinikanth and was impressed by the actor's professionalism and modesty on set.