Sivaji is still the boss in South

Sivaji: The Boss (Tamil: சிவாஜி) is a 2007 Tamil language film, directed by S. Shankar and stars Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth, Shriya, Vivek and Suman in the lead roles. Nayantara, Manivannan, Raghuvaran and Shankar himself are some of the other actors credited with appearance in the movie. The film's score and soundtrack was written and composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics from four lyricists. The movie was announced in October 2005 with release initially planned for 2007 Tamil New Year release. After it was delayed atleast a couple of times, the release was postponed one more time due to post-production delays and was released world-wide on June 15, 2007. the movie was released in 2 langauges (Tamil as well as the dubbed version in Telugu) on June 15, 2007 in an estimated 850 to 1000 theatres worldwide.

The movie is estimated to be the costliest Indian production to date; with budget estimates ranging from costing about Rs. 70 to 96 Crores (including Rajinikanth's salary of 16 crores. Translating into USD, the budget of the movie is estimated between $17.5 million to $24 million with $4 million being the salary of Rajinikanth. The movie is Rajinikanth's 100th Tamil movie and has opened to tremendous box-office reception across the globe.