South Indian legendary actor Rajinikanth is all set to play the character of Chennai mafia don Kabaleeshwaran in his next Tamil movie ‘Kabali’.

The movie, which will possibly be directed by Pa Ranjith and will have Santhosh Narayanan’s music, is a tale of a don from Mylapore in Chennai.

Rajinikanth’s upcoming that also stars Radhika Apte, Dhansika and Kalaiarasan will be later set in Malaysia.

Kabali has been slated to go on floors from September 17.