Prolific director Ram Gopal Varma praised Shankar and his film ‘I’. It seems that he has impressed with the trailer of ‘I’ which was released few days back.

RGV tweeted “After seeing ‘I’ trailer purely as a general common outsider I feel Shankar is bigger than Jayalalithaa and Rajinikanth in Tamil Nadu. “I” in terms of its sheer originality, audacity, imaginativity and in every other vity is going to be a groundbreaker. I was a super huge fan of Rajnikant but now I shifted my loyalty to Shanker.

My prediction Is that “I” collections on first day will be bigger than “Lingaa” nd that’s why I say Shanker is bigger than Rajnikanth. If at all Indian films ever will be taken seriously by Hollywood I think it will be because of Shanker’s “I”.

‘I’ is slated for the release on Pongal 2015. ‘I’ Telugu audio will be launched on December 30th in Hyderabad and Hindi audio will be launched on December 29th in Mumbai.