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Wednesday, May 07, 2014 08:12 PM IST
Chennai:
The much-awaited Rajinikanth-starrer Kochadaiiyaan release has been put off yet again. With the film set to hit the screens on May 9, fans of the Superstar had turned up in large numbers at advance booking counters and tickets were sold out for a fortnight, it was reported. However, the release has been put off to May 23, due to technical reasons, it has now been announced.
As over 6,000 prints had to be made in both 2D and 3D formats, the process is said to be taking more time than anticipated. One Global, co-producers of the movie, have announced that the the release is scheduled for May 23.
Soundarya Rajinikanth, director of the movie, in a tweet, said that ‘thalaivar’ Rajinikanth had dubbed for the Hindi version.
The movie has Deepika Padukone, Sath Kumar, Nasser, Adhi, Shobana and Rukmini among others in the cast. It has been co-produced by Eros Now and MediaOne Global.
Eros International Media Ltd (Eros International), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, will release the eagerly awaited futuristic fantasy event of the year
‘KOCHADAIIYAAN’ – The Legend, a Mediaone Global Entertainment Limited production, directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin, worldwide in cinemas on May 23.
Kochadaiiyaan features the unique visual mastery of Photorealistic Performance Capture technology for the first time in the history of an Indian film. This technology has been previously seen in Hollywood masterpieces like Avatar, Tin in and Beowulf.
Kochadaiiyaan is an epic dramatisation of good versus evil starring South Indian megastar Rajinikanth in a double role in a larger than life depiction. Also starring in the grand production are Deepika Padukone together with South India’s leading stars Sharath kumar, Nasser, Aadi, Shobana and Rukmini.
Providing the musical score is Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman, whose list of credits includes a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and two Academy Awards for his outstanding musical contribution for the multi-Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Announcing the release of the film, Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin, the director of the film said, “Following last year’s celebrations of India's film making centenary, we view the release of Kochadaiiyaan as part of the next steps of Indian cinema. For the first time, a full length feature has been made using performance capture technology in India and I truly hope this creates a whole alternate film making avenue apart from live action films in our country”.
Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd added, “Eros is proud to present this magnum opus with Rajinikanth, which will take the Indian film industry to the next level. We are confident that this will be a landmark film in world cinema as a result of the ground breaking technology used. The film will be released in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Bengali and Punjabi in India and overseas in more than 6,000 screens. We will be releasing an English version internationally as well”.
