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MUMBAI: Integrated film studio, Eros International Media and Ocher Studios co-produced Rajinikanth‘s ‘Rana‘ will commence shooting from 29 April.
The film is scheduled to release in first half of calendar year 2012.
The movie will be directed by K S Ravikumar, who has in the past directed two films of Rajinikanth - Muthu and Padayappa.
K.S. Ravikumar, the film‘s shoot will commence with a puja by Rajnikanth along with the cast and crew in Chennai to mark the auspicious occasion.
Announced earlier this year, Rana will be a live action movie with Rajini playing triple role. The film is scheduled to release in FY2012 in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. Along with Rajini, the film stars Deepika Padukone, Ileana D‘Cruz and Sonu Sood.
Ravikumar said, "Rana has a strong story, a very interesting ensemble cast of actors coupled with super star Rajinikanth in a triple role and promises to have some stunning visual effects that will surely take Indian cinema to the next level."
Eros International Media MD Sunil Lulla added, "It is indeed a proud moment for us and we are very excited to be a part of this ambitious project with Rajinikanth. We are expecting this to be a landmark film for all those associated with this project."
The music of the movie will be directed by AR Rahman, while the technical and special effects will be supervised by Soundarya Rajnikanth and Charles Darby of Eyeqube Studios.
Eros International along with Hara Picture Production, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ocher Studios, will produce the film through Rana Production UK.
Rajnikanth‘s last film Robot that was released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi had grossed nearly Rs 4 billion worldwide.
Eros‘ movie line-up for the year includes Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Rockstar, Mausam, Ra.One, Desi Boyz, Agent Vinod and Chalo Dilli.
