Super Star Rajinikanth Kochadaiyaan Shooting Starts from January 2012

Super Star Rajinikanth Kochadaiyaan from January 2012 | Kochadaiyaan Movie Shooting

The most expected movie of the year 2012 is Super Star Rajinikanth Kochadaiyaan, which getting ready to start shooting in January after the Pongal holidays. Rajini’s Daughter Soundarya Ashwin is directing the film and Director KS Ravikumar will be handling the story, screenplay and dialogues. The ace director said that Rajini loved his script and is excited about the film which is expected to be completed in March.

The Director KS Ravikumar also said that they are attempting something that has never been done before in India and the final product is going to be awesome. He promised Rajini fans that Kochadaiyaan will be something special.

Peter Hein Is Stunt master For Kochadaiyaan

Lady luck seems to be smiling on stunt master Peter Hein! Yes, this talented stunt master has been signed up for Kochadaiyaan.  The film’s director Soundarya Rajinikanth revealed this information through the social networking site Twitter.

She has said that it is the third time Peter Hein is working with Rajinikanth and the two have built a very strong rapport.  Since Kochadaiyaan is a 3D film, Peter Hein is under immense pressure to choreograph some gravity-defying stunts.

KS Ravi Kumar is taking charge of the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kochadaiyaan.  Soundarya has said that she will update on the rest of the cast and crew as and when she signs them up.

Rahman's music for Kochadaiyaan

Kochadaiyaan' is going up, up and away. First the film is an animation venture featuring Superstar Rajinikanth in a super avatar. The scripting and screenplay is being taken care of by KS Ravikumar. Soundarya Rajinikanth will be directing this venture which is touted to be a precursor to his 'Rana.'

Now for all movie buffs, there is confirmed news that double Oscar award winner AR Rahman will be in charge of the tunes in the film. All past films with Rahman-Rajinikanth association have broken records at the box office. 'Kochadaiyaan' too will be no exception.

This film, while it is based on some historical aspects, is also based on the life of a pompous Pandya king. Like many films of the superstar with lord Shiva names (Arunachalam, Annamalai) that have turned out to be huge hits, 'Kochadaiyaan' too will be a bringer of the moolah, feel many Superstar fans associated with the industry.

Anushka in 'Kochadaiyaan'?

Southern actress Anushka Shetty is as busy in Tamil films as she is in Telugu. The buzz is that she may team up with superstar Rajinikanth in his upcoming 3D film ‘Kochadaiyyan’.

‘Kochadaiyyan’ will be a hi-tech 3D film and will be the first with performance- capturing technology to be produced in India. James Cameron's mega hit ‘Avatar’ and Steven Spielberg's ‘The Adventures of Tin Tin’ were made with the same technology.

If Anushka signs on the dotted line, she will be doing her part in a sophisticated studio equipped with cameras that will capture her body language and later transfer them to animation.

Though there are no confirmed reports from those involved in the project, the team might soon come out with an official confirmation, says sources.

The project is the directorial debut of Rajinikanth's daughter, Soundarya, while K.S. Ravikumar, who has written the story, screenplay and dialogue, will be the directorial supervisor for ‘Kochadaiyyan’.

Right now, Anushka is busy with director Vijay's Tamil action movie ‘Thaandavam’, which will see her sharing screen space with Vikram. She is also doing a film with director Suraj and in this Karthi is her co-star. They are shooting for the film in Kerala right now.

Kochadaiyaan (கோச்சடையான்) Movie Cast and Crew

Cast 

• Rajinikanth
• Sneha

Kochadaiyaan
Directed by	Soundarya Rajinikanth
Produced by	Sunil Lulla
Written by	K. S. Ravikumar
Story by	K. S. Ravikumar
Starring	Rajinikanth Sneha
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Studio	Eros Entertainment Media One Global
Release date(s)	August 2012
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kochadaiyaan Movie Preview

This article is about the upcoming Indian film. For the emperor during the 8th century, Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran.

Kochadaiyaan (Tamil: கோச்சடையான்) is an upcoming 3D Tamil film to be directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and written by K. S. Ravikumar. The film will feature Rajinikanth in the lead role with background score and soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman.

Development

In January 2011, reports had emerged that Rajinikanth's next film, following his prior successful venture with S. Shankar's Enthiran (2010), would be Rana, a historical drama film to be directed by K. S. Ravikumar and dually-produced by Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Picture Productions and Eros Entertainment. A few months following the announcement, principal photography was set to begin on 29 April 2011 at AVM Studios in Chennai. However, in a turn of events, Rajinikanth became ill and was treated for dehydration and exhaustion at a hospital, after being diagnosed with a mild foodborne illness, resulting in postponment of filming. Following this, Rajinikanth went through subsequent hospital visits, afterwhich he was eventually obliged to be admitted for treating an undisclosed form of nephropathy, extensively delaying the commencement of Rana. Upon Rajinikanth's return from treatment, he was advised to not begin working for a few more months, making all attempts of starting Rana again unsuccessful. After a period of no word about the project, Soundarya Rajinikanth posted a message on her Twitter account on 23 November 2011, notifying followers to "look out for an official announcement very soon". The following day, Soundarya tweeted the announcement was that her father's next film was Kochadaiyaan and that she was "[grateful and] excited to be directing [her] father", In the media, a tentatively scheduled release period of August 2012 was also announced. The film was finalized to be the co-production of Eros Entertainment and Media One Global. In the following days, Soundarya tweeted that K. S. Ravikumar had worked with her father and herself on finalizing the script of the film. With regards to the film's title, K. S. Ravikumar claimed that while it was partly inspired by the name of the Pandya Dynasty king Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran, the title draws reference to an alternate name of Hindu deity Shiva and that the plot would be "a fictional account with small references to history".

Casting

Following the film's initial announcement, Anushka Shetty was approached to play the female lead role in the film, though her commitment to the film is not yet confirmed. It was also rumoured that producers preferred a Bollywood actress for the lead role instead.Later, Snehawas reported to be finalized for a lead actress role in the film, making it her first time working with Rajinikanth. Peter Hein was chosen as the film's action choreographer, officially marking Kochadaiyaan his debut in a 3D film. A. R. Rahman accepted a request to compose the film's background score and soundtrack.

Filming

The film is expected to be the first Indian 3D film shot with the kind of performance capturing technology used in films such as Avatar (2009) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011).