Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran. Kochadaiyaan Hindi Film information

Deepika Padukone :- Kochadaiyaan
Pre-production poster
Directed by
Soundarya R. Ashwin
Produced by
Sunil Lulla
Written by
K. S. Ravikumar
Starring
Rajinikanth
R. Sarathkumar
Aadhi
Deepika Padukone
Shobana
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Jackie Shroff
Nassar
Music by
A. R. Rahman
Cinematography
Rajiv Menon
Editing by
Anthony[1]
Studio
Eros International
Media One Global
Entertainment
Distributed by
Eros International
Release date(s)
1 November 2013[2]
Country
India
Language
Tamil
Budget
125 crore (US$20 million)[3]
Kochadaiyaan is an upcoming
Tamil period film directed by
Soundarya R. Ashwin and
written by K. S. Ravikumar. The
film will feature Rajinikanth in a
dual role[4] alongside R.
Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Deepika
Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini
Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and
Nassar. The film, which is
expected to be shot with
motion capture in 3D, will have
cinematography handled by
Rajiv Menon whilst background
score and soundtrack will be
composed by A. R. Rahman. The
film will be dubbed and
simultaneously released in
Telugu as Vikrama Simha,
Malayalam[5] and English,[6][7]
and will also be released in Hindi
and Japanese.[8][9] As of 2012,
Italian and Spanish versions of
the film have also been
announced.[10] Shooting for the
film was finished by the end of
February 2013,[2] and post-
production works are currently
going on at London, Hong Kong
and Los Angeles.[11]
Cast
Rajnikanth as Kochadaiyaan
and Rana
R. Sarathkumar
Deepika Padukone
Shobana
Aadhi
Rukmini Vijayakumar
Jackie Shroff
Nassar
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Production
Development
Rajinikanth's next film, after his
prior venture with Shankar's
Enthiran (2010), was supposed
to be Rana, a historical drama
film to be directed by K. S.
Ravikumar and dually-produced
by Soundarya R. Ashwin's Ocher
Picture Productions and Eros
Entertainment.[12] However,
Rajinikanth became ill and was
treated for dehydration and
exhaustion at a hospital,
resulting in postponement of
Rana's filming.[13] On 23
November 2011, for her maiden
directorial project, Soundarya
tweeted through her Twitter
account, notifying followers to
watch out for an official
announcement.[14] The
following day, she announced
that her father's next film
would be titled Kochadaiyaan
and that she was "[grateful and]
excited to be directing [her]
father".[15] A tentatively
scheduled release period of
August 2012 was also
announced.[16] The film was
finalised to be a co-production
of Eros Entertainment and Media
One Global.[17] Soundarya
further stated that K. S.
Ravikumar had worked with her
father and herself on the script
of the film.[18] With regards to
the film's title, Ravikumar
claimed that it drew reference
to an alternate name of Hindu
deity Shiva, while also being
partly inspired by the name of
the Pandya Dynasty king
Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran, and
that the plot would be a
fictional account with small
references to Indian history.[19]
The director clarified that
Kochadaiyaan was not related
to the same-titled history series
being published by the Tamil
magazine Kumudam.[20][21]
Casting
For the female lead role,
Anushka Shetty was initially
approached,[22] but sources
confirmed later that she was
not part of the film.[23] It was
then rumoured that Asin
Thottumkal and Vidya Balan
were being considered for the
role, since producers preferred a
Bollywood actress.[24]
Soundarya R. Ashwin
approached Bollywood actress
Katrina Kaif in January 2012,[25]
who was not able to give her
dates and the team
reapproached Balan.[26] Despite
reports that Kaif was finalised,
[27]Deepika Padukone, who was
slated to pair with Rajinikanth in
Rana, took up the offer in
February 2012, marking her
debut in Tamil cinema.[28] The
film began to increase its
casting profile after Malayalam
actor Prithviraj was rumoured
to have been signed to play an
important role in the film.[29]
The rumour was falsified
following the inclusion of Aadhi,
who was known for his lead-
role performances in Mirugam
(2007) and Eeram (2009), in the
cast; when he confirmed his
presence in the project, he
remarked that working with
Rajinikanth was "a realisation of
a dream that he has had since
childhood".[30]Sneha was
reported to be finalised for a
supporting role,[31] with the
actress confirming her presence
in the film in December 2011.
[32] She, however, opted-out a
couple months later citing
conflicts in her schedule and
Rukmini Vijayakumar, who
made her debut in the film
Bommalattam (2008), was
signed in her place.[33]R.
Sarathkumar accepted
Soundarya's offer for an
important role in the film while
veteran actor Nassar was
recruited in the film as well for a
supporting role.[27][34]
Furthermore, Shobana and
Lakshmi Manchu were said to be
considered for a role in the film.
[35] Soundarya confirmed that
the former was added to the
cast saying that she was the
"only choice for the role" as the
character was written keeping
her in mind.[36][37] Soundarya
disclaimed the rumour that
Aishwarya Rai was chosen to do
a guest appearance in the film.
[38] Bollywood actor Jackie
Shroff, who was last seen in
Tamil cinema playing a crucial
role in the critically acclaimed
Aaranya Kaandam (2011), was
also signed up for an
antagonistic role.[39] Shroff
immediately gave his consent,
when the cast and the technical
scope of Kochadaiyaan were
revealed to him.[40] Later
reports confirmed that the film
will feature late actors like
Nagesh, P. S. Veerappa, M. N.
Nambiar, S. A. Ashokan, and R. S.
Manohar recreated through
sophisticated animation
techniques.[41]Peter Hein was
chosen as the film's action
choreographer,[42] while A. R.
Rahman agreed to compose the
film's background score and
soundtrack.[43][44]Rajiv Menon
was recruited as the film's
cinematographer.[45] Soundarya
invited art professionals to send
their work as she was forming
an art department for
Kochadaiyaan.[46] She
handpicked 42 students from
Government College of Fine Arts,
Chennai
for the task, besides 50
experienced persons from the
Jacob College of Fine Arts. 60
concept artistes were already
reportedly working for the film.
[47]
Filming
The film posters claimed filming
to utilise performance capturing
technology, same as that used in
films such as Avatar (2009) and
The Adventures of Tintin (2011),
making Kochadaiyaan the first
Indian film to involve so.[48][49]
K. S. Ravikumar, story writer of
the film, announced that the
filming would commence from
15 January 2012.[50] The first
schedule of indoor shooting
started with Rajinikanth's base
actions being filmed as per the
motion capturing norms.[23]
The film was launched with a
formal puja on 19 January 2012
at the Ganesha temple located
inside AVM Studios in
Vadapalani, Chennai.[51] First-
look posters of the film were
released on 5 February 2012.
[52] The first schedule of the
film shooting began on in
Chennai on 15 March 2012, post
this, the team was off to
London along with the lead
actor Rajinikanth to continue
the first schedule.[53] In course
of the schedule for 20 days in
London shooting along with
Soundarya and Ravikumar,
Rajinikanth claimed the film may
release on Diwali 2012.[54] After
completing the first schedule of
the film in London, Rajinikanth
returned to Chennai on 2 April
2012 and the next schedule of
the film shooting was planned
in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[55]
Soundarya roped in Saroj Khan,
Raju Sundaram, Chinni Prakash
and his wife, and Shobi to
choreograph the songs.[56]
Rajinikanth's hairstyle in the
film is said to be inspired from
his earlier look in Thalapathi
(1991).[57]
The second schedule of the film
was shot in
Thiruvananthapuram at
Chitranjali studio and Vismayas
Max studio.[58][59] The second
schedule was completed on 30
April 2012.[60] A sizzling
romantic number
choreographed by Saroj Khan
featuring the leading duo was
filmed in early May 2012 as a
part of second schedule.[61] It
was said that the entire film
shooting would be completed in
the second schedule itself and
the post-production work
would begin.[62] However, the
team was off with the lead
actor to Hong Kong for the third
schedule of the film on 12 May
2012 where some crucial scenes
and combat scenes featuring
the lead actor and the
antagonist were shot at the
State of the Arts Gallery studio.
[63][64][65] Since the film was
shot using performance capture
technology, 48 cameras were
used to shoot each and every
scene. The 48 cameras captured
performance of artistes' at 48
angles.[66]Kochadaiyaan was
equipped with Auro 3D sound
technology, becoming the third
Indian film to do so.[67][68] As
per reports, due to involvement
of extensive graphics, four
separate teams from Chennai to
London were also working on
the film.[69] On 20 February
2013 the director announced
through Twitter that
Kochadaiyaan was in the
process of being finalized.[70]
On 28 February 2013 the final
edited version of the film was
viewed by the director, writer
and the lead actor along with
handful crew members.[71]
Although reports of November
2012 suggested that lead
actress Deepika Padukone would
dub her own voice for the Tamil
version,[72] it was later
announced that she would dub
only for the Hindi version as the
makers of the film felt that the
film's "chaste Tamil" would be a
"tad difficult for her".[73] In
June 2013, Soundarya
announced that the film would
feature a fight sequence "in the
middle of the ocean", where
Rajinikanth's character would be
fighting dolphins.