It was earlier confirmed that Nana Patekar, the versatile actor of Bollywood will play the villain. Recent update has confirmed that he plays a politician in Kaala featuring Rajinikanth in the lead.

The actor is known for his brilliant performance in multiple Hindi movies but is quite new to Tamil audience. Photographs of Rajinikanth and Nana Patekar working together emerged online making Kaala more popular than it already is. Actress Nanditha also had the chance to meet Superstar and posted her first photo on Twitter.