Coolie director Lokesh Kanagaraja.
One of the most awaited films of 2025, ‘Coolie’ is fully prepared for release on August 14, 2025. The film stars actors like Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna and Shruti Haasan on one side in the lead role and on the other side there is also a cameo of Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, due to which there is a huge ocean with this film. In the case of advance booking, this film is making new records. According to industry tracker Caikanilk, Coolie has recorded an advance booking sale of Rs 34.89 crore with block seats till 9 am on August 13, 2025 today and so far more than 1.2 million tickets of the porter have been sold across India, the highest sales have been recorded in Tamil language. But, do you know about the director who has made Rajinikanth a ‘coolie’? Otherwise, let us tell you about Lokesh Kanagaraja, the director of the Coolie.
Coolie director Lokesh Kanagaraja
The direction of ‘Coolie’ has been commanded by Lokesh Kanagaraja, who has given many blockbuster films so far. Lokesh has also given a 621 crore film to Kanagaraja industry. Apart from this, he has also groomed the sinking career of a superstar. Lokesh Kanagaraja is a director and script writer and is mainly active in Tamil cinema. He started his career in 2016, a short film ‘Aviel’ and has become one of the most successful directors in the industry today.
Claasibility looted from these films
Lokesh Kanagaraja has worked with many big stars of South Cinema in his career so far, including the names of superstars like Thalapati Vijay to Kamal Haasan. His directorial debut film was ‘Managaram’, in which Sandeep Kishan was in the lead role. He then directed Kathy in 2019, whose Hindi version is ‘Bhola’ and Ajay Devgan appeared in the lead role in this film. The ‘Master’, released in 2021 after Kathy, created a lot of panic at the box office. Thalapati Vijay and Vijay Sethupati starrer film had collected around 300 crores at the box office.
Lokesh Kanagaraja’s 621 crore film
After the master, Lokesh Kanagaraja directed the Kamal Haasan starrer ‘Vikram’, which collected around 500 crores at the box office. At the same time, ‘Leo’, released in 2023, became a storm at the box office. Thalapati Vijay starrer The film collected more than 621 crores at the box office. At the same time, Lokesh is bringing ‘Coolie’ with Rajinikanth, with which there is a tremendous craze among the fans of Thalaiva.
Advance Booking of Coolie
Talking about the advance booking of the first day of the porter, more than 1 million tickets have been sold in Tamil language. After this, more than 1 lakh in Telugu language, more than 26 thousand tickets were sold in Hindi language and more than 2 thousand tickets in the first day show in Kannada language. The film’s makers announced on the X handle that the Coolie has become the first Tamil-language film to cross US $ 2 million in Premier Pre-Sales in North America.
