It was earlier announced that the motion poster of Rajinikanth's next, Darbar, directed by AR Murugadoss, will be released on Thursday at 6 pm. The announcement was made on Darbar composer Anirudh Ravichander's birthday.  

This motion poster, along with the theme music, will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam by big names from each of these cinema industries.  

Darbar also stars Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Yogi Babu, Prateik Babbar, Dalip Tahil, and Sunil Shetty in important roles. The shooting of the film has been wrapped up and post-production is currently underway.

The Mumbai-set film, featuring Rajini in the role of a cop after 25 years, has cinematography by Santosh Sivan and editing by Sreekar Prasad. 

Darbar, bankrolled by Lyca Productions, is scheduled for a Pongal release.