from the us after having made money as an engineer . he sets out on his mission to build hospitals and colleges providing free treatment and education and making india progress . desperate to achieve his goals of making india progress he is presented with trials and his enemies plot his downfall . what follows is the fight of a man who is determined to prove that goodness always wins . the success of sivaji sivaji 2007 starring superstar rajinikanth has seen spectacular success not only in the traditional markets for tamil films but also in the overseas centres . it was the first tamil film to have broken into the uk top 10 charts . it was also released in telugu and later in hindi . it released in over 600 theatres in india and 150 theatres abroad recording a run of over 175 days . release date sivaji 3d releases in tamil nadu kerala karnataka australia singapore and canada on 12.12.12 release in other areas will follow . directed by shankar produced by m. saravanan m.s. guhan aruna guhan aparna guhan cast rajinikanth shriya saran vivek raghuvaran suman manivannan cinematography k.v. anand music a.r. rahman editing anthony dialogues sujatha lyrics valee vairamuthu pa . vijay na . muthukumar choreographers prabhu deva raju sundaram lawrence brindha stunts peter hein art direction thotta tharani 3d conversion prasad efx