Rajinikanth makes Bollywood's Rohit Shetty faint

While many top actors want to work with director Rohit Shetty, he says that he wishes to director Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth. "I had the fortune of meeting Rajini Sir in Hyderabad just recently. I went to visit him on his set and he was about to go for a shot. But when he heard I had come to see him, he walked across to me; greeted me and said, 'Rohit, I love your work. I'm a great fan.' I was about to faint. I kept telling myself, this is Rajinikanth Sir, who according to me, is the biggest star in the universe. Yet he was so humble. He had no hang-ups about walking across to me and paying me a compliment. I spent half an hour with him and it was such a fabulous experience. I kept marvelling about how grounded he is. I'm nothing in front of him, yet he made me feel so special," he gushes.

The Bollywood director reveals that he had also taken pictures with the Superstar but director KS Ravikumar requested him not to put them up online as they might reveal information on Rajinikanth's role in Lingaa.

Quiz him if he will consider making a bilingual film if he gets to work with Rajinikanth, and he laughs, "My films have already become bilingual. When everyone saw Chennai Express, they said it was a bilingual. But I am proud that Chennai Express is the highest grossing Hindi film down south. Likewise, the Singham films have a fair share of Marathi in them. My detractors are only accusing me of blowing up cars. What they have not realised is that my films have the potential to cross language barriers. New avenues have opened for Hindi films and I'm proud and happy about it. Coming back to the original question, I would love to do a bilingual film sometime soon.

source : toi

Kochadaiyaan to release on Rajinikanth's birthday 12.12.2013

The long-awaited Rajinikanth starrer Kochadaiyaan, his first release in 3 years following his illness and slow recovery, has finally found a release date. The long-anticipated spectacle is all set to be released on 12 December, the day Rajinikanth turns 63.

We've heard a lot of false release dates for Kochadaiyaan for the last one and a half years. But now finally the film's co-producer Dr. Murli Manohar confirms, "We are aiming at a 12 December, 2013 release for the film, finally. It's been a long struggle. But we wanted Rajiniji's fans to get the most perfect film after a 3-year wait. I think we've achieved what we set out to do."

The film's music by A R Rahman will be released in October.

The release of Kochadaiyaan in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and several other languages including Japanese makes it the most global Rajinikanth release ever.

It looks like Deepika Padukone who plays Rajinikanth's female lead in Kochadaiyaan would have 4 back-to-back blockbusters in 2013. While Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Chennai Express have already smashed box-office records, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ram Leela and Kochadaiyaan which Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya directs would consolidate Deepika's position as the no.1 Bollywood diva.

Interestingly, this special-effects laden action film Kochadaiyaan comes just a week ahead of Yash Raj'sDhoom 3 which releases on 20 December.




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'Kochadaiyan' Teaser To Be Released Sep 9th

Rajinikanth in Kochadaiyan

'Kochadaiyan', the Rajinikanth starrer Live action animation extravaganza directed by Soundarya R Ashwin, daughter of the Superstar has many firsts to its credit. Deepika Padukone, the Bollywood starlet will debut in Tamil, the film will be the first to be released in languages like English, Spanish, Italian etc., apart from Telugu (Titled 'Vikrama Simha')and other Indian languages Malayalam and Hindi. the first Indian film to be shot in the Motion Capture photography (Like Avatar) etc.

The director Soundarya tweeted saying the film's teaser will be released on the 9th September. It's sure going to take the web by storm taking the superstar's following coupled with the expectations the film has created by itself over the past couple of years. The film is being jointly produced by Eros International and Media One Global Entertainment. VFX work is done by Hollywood studios.

The film has a dream ensemble of cast and crew. Names like Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff, Sarath Kumar, Shobhana, Rukmini Vijay Kumar, Nassar etc in the casting and AR Rahman, Rajiv Menon, Anthony etc in the crew. The story is given by ace director KS Ravi Kumar.

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Rajinikanth likes 'naughty' lungi dance: SRK

                     Rajinikanth likes 'naughty' lungi dance: SRK

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan was elated when Rajinikanth called him up and praised the "naughty" number "Thalaiva tribute (Lungi dance)", a special track in honour of the legendary actor in "Chennai Express".

"He (Rajinikanth) called me three days back and he saw the video on YouTube. He said it's very good, very naughty, very sweet. He said, 'It's really nice that you have done this song'. I'm very happy that Rajini sir is happy with the song and the family is happy," Shah Rukh told reporters here at a press conference Wednesday.

The 47-year-old actor said that he called Rajinikanth and his daughter Soundarya, and took his permission for the song, sung by rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh.

"As gracious, humble and sweet he is, he said, 'Why are you doing it, sir? You are such a big star yourself'. He said it so sweetly. I told him, 'I am sending you the song and please let me know how do you like it'. We shot the song in a day-and-a-half," said SRK.

"I thought the timing is good. If you don't pay a tribute to Rajini sir in a film called 'Chennai Express', then it is incomplete," he added.
Directed by Rohit Shetty, "Chennai Express" also features Deepika Padukone. It will hit theatres Friday.

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