Sooriyano Chandirano/Yaar ivano sattena sollu...
(Is he the moon, is he the sun/quickly tell me, who is this one?)
-- Song introducing Rajnikant in Sivaji
It is the first Tamil film to be released simultaneously in the US, Canada, Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia. With 270 prints in Tamil for the Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka markets, a record 140 for the overseas market, and as many as 300 prints of the dubbed Telugu version, Sivaji is the costliest Indian movie ever made-- at an estimated Rs 80 crore....

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