15 Years of Sivaji: Interesting Facts From the First Combo of Rajinikanth and Shankar

First Tamil movie to step into the UK on Top 10 charts in its first week. Sivaji was at 9 at the UK box office Euro 14000 per screen, the highest screen average in 2007 which was the first time for Indian cinema.

First-time simultaneous releases in India, Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, Middle East, Singapore, and Malaysia. In Sri Lanka, the film debuted across 70 screens with all 700 shows. 

Sivaji is the first film to be color graded in 4K resolution. It also became the first Indian film to use Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.

The movie was in theatres for 175 days, breaking barriers worldwide as one of the movie revered classic of all time.

Sivaji the boss was converted into 3D and released on 12 December 2012 as Sivaji 3D. The runtime of the 3D version was shorter than the original, cut to 155 minutes.

The fair look of Rajinikanth's character in the segment was created using computer-generated imagery, which was performed by V. Srinivas Mohan, K. V. Anand re-shot every single movement of Rajinikanth with a British woman named Jacky. All the shots featuring Rajinikanth in the song and those featuring Jacky were scanned in 4K resolution to enhance their clarity after which Jacky's skin color was digitally implemented onto Rajinikanth's skin. 

Over 800 Prints in Tamil and Telugu, in Tamil Nadu 300 theatres, and Andra Pradhesh 340 theatres.