The characters Deva and Vardha in Salaar are merely amplified versions of Surya and Devaraj from Thalapathi, ruling over the larger and more affluent kingdom of Khansaar, while being consistently high on testosterone, but with low EQ.
The once budding and struggling actor is now the rising star of Tamil cinema. The highest peak of Rajinikanth s star power stood in the 1990s, establishing him as a Superstar.
SJ Suryah talks about how some of the most iconic movies in Tamil cinema like Kamal Haasan’s Nayakan and Rajinikanth starrer Thalapathi weren’t considered box office hits initially.