India, Aug. 14 -- For almost four decades, Aamir Khan has been one of the foremost actors in Hindi cinema. But he has almost never crossed language boundaries, appearing in films from other Indian cinema industries. It took Rajinikanth to change that. The actor has a cameo in Rajini's latest release - Coolie - which hit the screens today (August 14). But Aamir's much-publicised cameo in the Lokesh Kanagaraj film has evoked mixed responses from the fans.

Aamir appears towards the end of Coolie as Daaha, the head of a global criminal syndicate, of which the film's villain (Simon, played by Nagarjuna) is a part. Daaha faces off against Rajinikanth's Deva in an undisclosed location, with Deva's man Friday - Kalishaa (Upendra) - also present ...