5 Aug 2025: Coolie, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, is one of the most awaited films of the year. On Saturday, the makers released the official trailer of the film in Chennai. Rajinikanth, Shruti Hassan, Nagarjuna, Aamir Khan and the rest of the cast were present at the event. The trailer got a massive response, with social media ripe with fans speculating that Coolie could have elements of time travel and sci-fi.
What Lokesh said about Coolie
At a pre-release event of the film, director Lokesh Kanagaraj was asked about the social media discourse that fans were involved in, where many claimed that Coolie was either a sci-fi film or a time travel film or even both. He replied, “I used to read all those things but it actually surprises me as well. Just now I was discussing it with Sathyaraj sir that everybody says it’s a sci-fi film and it’s a time-travel film… I am so excited to see people, who are going to be surprised when they actually see what the film is all about.”
About Coolie
Coolie will not be a part of the Lokesh Cinematic Universe (LCU), which has the films Kaithi, Vikram and Leo. Apart from Rajinikanth, Coolie also stars Aamir Khan, Nagarjuna, Shruti Haasan, Satyaraj, Upendra, Shoubin Shahir and others. Anirudh Ravichander has composed the film’s music. The Central Board of Film Certification awarded the film an A certificate.
The trailer of Coolie gave fans a glimpse of the setting, in which most of the action occurs in the underbelly of crime and smuggling. Rajinikanth makes a dashing entry as the ageing smuggler Deva. He devises a plan to reunite his old gang and take over. The shot of the trailer in which Rajinikanth’s younger face is morphed into a photonegative image came as a surprise to many, with fans wondering whether the film is about time travel.
Coolie will release in theatres on 14 August and clash with Ayan Mukherji’s Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR-starrer War 2.
Summary
Director Lokesh Kanagaraj responded to sci-fi and time-travel speculations over Coolie trailer, saying the theories surprise him—and that audiences will be genuinely surprised.