Lokesh Kanagaraj took referral from The Dark Knight’s Joker for Coolie! Nagarjuna exposes, ‘He desired that insanity’

RELEASED: 13 Aug 2025, 10:45 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 13 Aug 2025, 10:45 PM IST

On August 14, Indian movie theater is set for a significant ticket office face-off as 2 extremely expected movies struck theatres on the exact same day. Super Star Rajinikanth and Tollywood King Nagarjuna are coming together in Coolie, assuring their hallmark epic action and charm. Sharing the spotlight, War 2 unites Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR in a high-octane follow up to the blockbuster spy thriller.

With both movies boasting huge star power, grand scale, and across the country fan followings, this Independence Day weekend might witness among the fiercest and most amazing clashes in Indian movie history. Do you understand that Coolie’s director, Lokesh Kangaraj, took motivation from Christopher Nolan’s Joker from The Dark Knight?

Nagarjuna Reveals Loki Taking Inspiration From Joker

Significantly, Tamil filmmaker Lokesh Kanagaraj is a terrific fan of DC motion pictures, and he typically takes motivation from numerous Hollywood movies to please his youth fanboy. And for his upcoming flick Coolie, he took recommendation from Christopher Nolan’s Joker from The Dark Knight for his outfits.

Throughout an honest discussion with Shruti Haasan, Tollywood King Nagarjuna, who is playing the bad guy in Coolie, is seen in outfits of a ‘purple & & cream’ colour mix. Discussing his outfits, Nagarjuna stated, “I believe Loki had Heath Ledger’s Joker in his mind, and he desired that insanity. He most likely saw the insanity in the colour also.”

The Bangarraju star even more pointed out that he had actually never ever used such colours before, making the experience really rejuvenating.

“Loki informed the gown designers. They got 2 or 3 choices. He saw and stated, ‘This is it. This is the one I desire.’ I likewise had a coat. Purple coat. It was actually great. I never ever used those colours,” he stated.

Nagarjuna To Be Seen in Strange Dress!

Discussing his outfit, the Siva star included, “It is an extremely unusual gown. I imply, even for me, it’s saggy trousers.”

Shruti consented to this and stated, “It’s type of a mix of Heath Ledger and old Joker, as we understand from the character.”

Well, Nagarjuna joked, “I’m thankful he didn’t placed on that smile.”