Everybody knows that Rajinikanth is Asia's biggest star and he has fans across the world so it has been decided that Kochadaiyaan should be a truly international film.
Rubbing off the rumors that were reported earlier, Soundarya Rajinikanth has confirmed that Deepika Padukone will be pairing up with her dad Rajinikanth in her directorial Kochadaiyaan.
Soundarya Rajini has said that it is true that the work on Kochadaiyaan has begun but the reports that the shooting has commenced is false.
It may come as a good news for all Rajnikanth fans that the actor had declared himself to be fit, fine and ready being all set to start his shot for Kochadaiyaan later next month.
The Superstar along with his spouse had recently attended a stage play by Y Gee Mahendra in Chennai. Rajinikanth had thoroughly enjoyed the show and heaped laurels on actor Y Gee Mahendra. After the play, Rajinikanth said "Thanks to the prayers of all my fans and well-wishers. I am back. Fully fit and I will resume shooting for Kochadaiyaan in a month."
Here is the latest update of Superstar Rajinikanth’s forthcoming film Kochadaiyaan.
Well there is some news making rounds in Kollywood regarding Superstar's period film 'Rana' being directed by KS Ravikumar. Superstar will be joining the filming team soon and the latest reports indicate that Goan babe Ileana has been roped in to play one of the Superstar's heroines.
So far only very close family members were allowed to meet Rajinikanth due to his frail health. The only exception to this list was director KS Ravi Kumar who gained access to discuss Rana.
Soon after his arrival, all Rajini fans are eager to know when Rana would take off.
Sources close to Rajinikanth say that Rana will commence in October and until then the Superstar will take rest at his Kelambakkam farm house.
Only very close friends and dignitiaries will be allowed to meet Rajini as he needs complete rest for the next couple of months in order to get ready for Rana. It is said that he will hold discussions with director KS Ravi Kumar at this farm house.
Rana is a historic flick and a major portion of it will be shot in foreign countries.
Superstar Rajinikanth's illness has thrown the schedule of Rana out of gear, but it looks as if the production plans will still proceed as per the availability of Deepika Padukone's dates.
The reason being that the southern superstar and director K S Ravikumar were so keen to sign the actress, that they assured her that the shooting of the movie would be planned keeping her dates in mind.
It was also agreed that busy Deepika would allot merely eight to 10 days a month for the movie.
"Never mind if the production time extended by a couple of months, to accommodate her," says a friend of the actress, adding that the superstar and director had flown to Bhopal (where she was shooting for Aarakshan) to finalise her dates for Rana.
Ravikumar maintains that Deepika will be the leading lady in Rana, even though she might have allotted the dates (now cancelled) to another filmmaker.
Currently, she's shooting with Saif Ali Khan for Homi Adajania's Cocktail and also has Abbas-Mustan's Race 2 in her kitty.
"The first and only name we had in mind was Deepika. We had a good experience of working with her in the first schedule in Chennai," the filmmaker stated.
However, the next schedule will be planned only after doctors assure that Rajinikanth is fit to shoot. "In fact, Rajini sir is ready to do the easier scenes now. But we don't want to stress him," says the director.
He also revealed Rajnikanth will be doing his own action sequences in the movie.
"Rajini sir is very particular about delivering what his fans expect from him. Of course, we'll take all the necessary precautions and care," concluded Ravikumar.
Rajini fans will be delighted to hear that he will be discharged from Mount Elizabeth Health Centre in Singapore tomorrow.
The doctors are happy with the progress he has made and have said that he is perfectly fine.
Rajni will be staying in a plush apartment rented by his family for the duration of his convalescence and will also continue to get regular check - ups. It is expected that he will return to India sometime in July, once the doctors have given him a clean bill of health.
Dedicated professional that he is, Rajini is keeping track of the progress made by Rana and is anxious to join the unit as quickly as possible. Director KS Ravikumar and the team have told him to simply focus on returning to full fitness. Looks like the prayers of the fans have been answered.
The film "Rana" has been in the news for not exactly the right resaons.
Initially there was speculation about the story, the female leads and finally the launch of the film happened in Chennai.
Just a few hours after the launch, came the big news that the Superstar had been hospitalised. Even as the election results were at their peak, the rumour mills were busy spreading news about the superstar’s health.
Now, amidst all the uncertainty, comes confirmed news that Rana may be dropped. It seems Rajini and his family were not prepared emotionally to go ahead with it and there were lots of obstacles to starting the film.
Reportedly Deepika Padukone has flown back to Mumbai from Rana’s sets.
After all the hype and promotional buzz, will Rana really be dropped? That’s a question that can only be answered within the coming weeks. We hope for Soundarya’s sake and for Rajini’s billions of fans, the film does see the light of day.
Looks like Rajini’s fans are not going to take the mockery made by Vadivelu on the film Rana lightly. It may be mentioned here that Vadivelu had replied “Ranavavadhu… Ganavavadhu…” when media persons asked him why he was not in the film.
This has irked Rajinikanth’s fans so much that they are exhibiting their displeasure on Vadivelu in various ways. Rajini’s fans in Sri Rangam have censured Vadivelu by pasting posters all over the town. Several other fans from various districts are also planning to show displeasure in their own way, sources say.
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi visited Rajinikanth at the St Isabel’s Hospital in Chennai in which the star was admitted. The Superstar was admitted to the hospital after he complained of queasiness while on the sets of Rana. He was rushed to the hospital where the doctors diagnosed him of being dehydrated and advised him complete rest.
The CM, on hearing Rajini’s health condition, rushed immediately to the hospital to enquire about his health. Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi was also present during this visit.
It may be recalled that Rajini suffered a bout of vomiting when he was shooting for Rana at the AVM Studios and the shooting had to be stalled to rush Rajini to the hospital.
While earlier rumor mills were doing the rounds that megastar Rajinikanth’s upcoming flick ‘Rana’ will be having three heroines, now reports are trickling in that the forthcoming Rajini starrer will be having seven leading ladies.
Well, just like inflation, the number of female leads in Rajinikanth’s future film has also increased all of a sudden, and the unanticipated augmentation of female protagonists in the film was reported by the ‘Rana’ director K. S. Ravikumar.
Recently, in an exclusive one to one with the media, filmmaker K.S. Ravikumar uttered that the much talked about upcoming film ‘Rana’ will be having not three, but seven bombshells.
But at the same time, Ravikumar also said that only three out of those seven leading ladies will be playing Rajini’s love interest in the film.
The gripping female casting of ‘Rana’
Initially, it was learnt that Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan and Rekha will be the three leading actresses in ‘Rana', but then eventually because of some unknown reasons Vidya and Rekha didn’t sign the dotted line.
After this, scuttlebutts had it that that superstar Rajinikanth, who is playing a triple role in 'Rana', will be seen romancing Deepika Padukone, Asin and South hottie Anushka Shetty in the flick.
However, moviemaker Ravikumar denied all gossips and said that only Deepika has been zeroed in for 'Rana' so far, whereas the other six actresses are yet to be finalized.
Deepika turns action heroine in ‘Rana’
After showing her tough side in 'Chandni Chowk to China', Deepika is once again gearing up for some action sequences for the Rajinikanth starrer ‘Rana'.
Apparently, the ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ sizzler is getting herself trained in martial arts for performing the stunts in ‘Rana'.
With Deepika turning an action heroine, and Rajini sharing screen space with 7 hotties, the forthcoming flick ‘Rana’ has become a much awaited one for the moviegoers.
