Shankar Is Bigger Than Rajinikanth: Ram Gopal Varma

Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is all impressed with upcoming Tamil romantic-thriller I and said the film's director Shankar is bigger than superstar Rajinikanth and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa.

The much-awaited trailer of Shankar's I, starring Vikram and Amy Jackson in the lead, has been released last week.

After seeing " I " trailer purely as a general common outsider I feel Shanker is bigger than Jayalalitha and Rajnikanth in Tamilnadu

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 26, 2014

He also tweeted:

I was a super huge fan of Rajnikant but now I shifted my loyalty to Shanker

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 26, 2014

The Satya director said that the film, which releases early next year, will earn more than Rajinikanth's latest release Lingaa.

My prediction Is that "I" collections on first day will be bigger than "Lingaa" nd that's why I say Shanker is bigger than Rajnikant

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 26, 2014

RGV's last directorial stint in Bollywood was Satya 2.