Lokesh Kanagaraj talks LCU roadmap, ‘AA23’ origin and lessons from ‘Coolie’ backlash

A lot has been spoken about ace filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj over the last year. Despite collecting more than 500 crore at the box office his previous film the Rajnikanth-starrer Coolie drew a lot of flak from audiences and critics and was also subjected to online trolling. Further there were speculations that the post release criticism led to Lokesh being dropped from the much awaited Rajnikanth-Kamal Hassan reunion film. It didn’t stop there netizens came across reports stating that even Aamir Khan backed out of the previously announced superhero film helmed by Lokesh a rumor that’s Aamir team soon clarified to be false.