Triple role for Rajnikant in K S Ravikumar’s Rana!
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Eros International and Chennai based-Ocher Studios have joined hands to co-produce Rana, superstar Rajnikanth’s next movie in which he plays a triple role. Rana will be directed by K S Ravikumar who in the past has directed the southern superstar’s hits such as Muthu and Padayappa. Scheduled to go on floor in March this year, Rana will be a live action magnum opus with Rajni playing triple role and will be released in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu.
Music would be scored by A R Rahman, Director of Photography would be Ratnavelu, Editing would be done by Antony. The technical and special effects director will be Soundarya Rajnikanth; Charles Darby of Eyeqube Studios — renowned visual effects luminary and an Emmy award winner — will be the visual effects supervisor of the film. The film is scheduled to release in early 2012.
Speaking on the development, Sunil Lulla, Managing Director, Eros International Media Ltd said, “Rajni fans will be treated to a triple role essayed by their favourite actor. Rana is going to be far different from any of the recent Rajni films, a complete live action magnum opus with loads of entertainment for his fans.”
Soundarya Rajnikanth, Director of Ocher Studios Private Limited, and younger daughter of the filmstar, added, “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Eros International for Rana. We hope to make a film that will live up to the huge expectations of the movie-goers.”
Rajnikanth’s last film Robot was a superhit that released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, and grossed more than Rs 400 crore worldwide.
January 31, 2011 at 8:46 AM
And a major Rahman! Hooray!
January 31, 2011 at 9:52 AM
Re: grossed more than Rs 400 crore worldwide
This might gross 1200 crores.
February 1, 2011 at 1:25 AM
AB has already done a triple role in “Mahaan” which i think was produced by S Ramanthan.
I hope this piece of trivia does not start off a blog debate on Rajni vs AB as it is posted on Satyam’s blog!
February 1, 2011 at 1:45 PM
satyam, is deepika confirmed as female lead for this movie?
February 1, 2011 at 2:20 PM
no baba no confirmation on actress?
You want her to be?
Suddenly some fans aren’t making fun after Robot.
February 4, 2011 at 5:31 PM
Budget of the movie will be 100 crore. 33 crore for the make up to look rajni young. Triple role means triple Expense (11 crore each.)
February 8, 2011 at 3:04 AM
Great news: not just because it’s ARR but because it’s likely to be a solid. Tamil masala-kind of album. Padaiyappa is one of of the most enjoyable albums out there from the last 10-12 years…
February 8, 2011 at 12:06 PM
Qalandar,hv u seen rajni’s BABA ?
February 11, 2011 at 8:38 PM
Deepika Padukone in Rajnikanth’s world
VL
Posted On Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 05:52:30 AM
After Deepika Padukone’s debut alongside Shahrukh Khan, she went on to work with a lot of great actors in Bollywood.
It appears that she is out to conquer the South and what better way to do it – than to star opposite Rajnikanth!
On January 25, Mumbai Mirror, had broken the story that Padukone was considering doing a film with Rajni.
It seems as though Padukone took our humour seriously, when we advised her that refusing Rajnikanth would come with its consequences.
It has been confirmed that she has indeed signed on for the film, Rana, with Rajni.
Rana, directed by K.S.Ravikumar, will feature Rajni in a triple role. The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil and Telegu and the music will be the masterpiece of A.R.Rahman.
A source close to the film says, “Eros International will produce Rana, with Rajnikanth’s daughter Soundarya’s company, Ocher Studios.
The film will go on floors, in March. Rana will hit the theatres mid-2012.”
February 19, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Madhuri says no to Rajnikanth
TNN, Feb 20, 2011, 12.00am IST
This season everyone in Bollywood fell prey to the charms of the 44-year-old Madhuri Dixit who flew in from the US to judge a dance reality show on television.
Besides the Khans, Kapoors and Kumars who poured praises in Mads’ honour, the other man who was reportedly enamoured with her is the Tamil megastar Rajnikanth. Madhuri and Rajni have done Uttar Dakshin in 1987.
TOI announced just a few days ago that when Rajni came calling to Mumbai for one night he did attempt to meet a few Bollywood stars.
A distributor says, “Besides casting Deepika Padukone and Sonu Sood from Mumbai, Rajni Sir was also keen to have Madhuri Dixit in Rana. However she turned down the offer. She excused herself saying that she was missing her sons Arin and Raayan too much and wanted to fly back to the United States.” Rana as everyone knows has Rajni in a triple role. Madhuri naturally would be cast opposite one of the older characters that Rajni is playing; whereas the 25-year-old Deepika will romance the younger character.
February 26, 2011 at 7:00 AM
Rekha in the film:
http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/feb/260211-Robot-Rajnikanth-Rekha-Rana-Deepika-Padukone.htm
March 3, 2011 at 6:43 AM
Vidya Balan in the film:
http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2011/mar/030311-Vidya-Balan-Rajnikanth-leading-lady-bollywood.htm
March 17, 2011 at 3:29 PM
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Rahman confirms working with mani’s Ponniyan Selvan
March 17, 2011 at 4:25 PM
yes he looks to be doing this massive Tamil epic.. still looking for final confirmation on this but some of the starcast seems less than inspiring. Mahesh Babu is fine but Arya?! A few other names being thrown around as well.
March 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM
As per recent reports Vijay, Mahesh , Arya and Anushka are in the cast.
March 17, 2011 at 5:22 PM
yeah Vijay is also very odd for a Rathnam film. Earlier on there were talks about Surya and Vijay and so on.
March 17, 2011 at 5:27 PM
My knowledge of South indian films is quite below par.
But in my v limited experience, I am yet to find a more complete performer than Kamal Hassan.Just ONE film of his—Hey raam—As actor and director was enuf to make me know his worth.
Ditto with MOhan lal whose performance in Company bowled me over,
Sometimes you need to see a handful of rice to assess the whole produce
Somehow Im still to Deecode the Rajini mystery though—whats the fuss about???lol
Obviously numbers dont lie—there HAS to be somethign there!!
March 17, 2011 at 5:32 PM
No one else has been able to find anyone better than Mohanlal or Kamal either! I consider the former considerably superior but that’s another matter. On Rajni his gesturality is addictive but one has to watch a few films to get this. He was quite the scene-stealer though even when paired with Kamal in his early days. At that point he hadn’t of course developed into a megastar but he was always arresting on screen. But again sometimes one has to be more ‘housed’ within a culture to start getting some of this stuff. So yes there ‘is’ something there but not that everything is equally translatable.
March 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Amitabh Bachchan to do cameo in Rajinikanth’s Rana
March 21, 2011 13:12 IST
Superstars Rajnikanth [ Images ] and Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ] will be finally sharing the screen space after 20 years, as Amitabh will be appearing in Rajinikanth’s Rana for a cameo role.
The latest buzz is that Amitabh will be seen in a few scenes in the second half of the film. But other details about his character have been kept under wraps.
Following the phenomenal success of Robot, Superstar Rajnikanth is slated to begin work on K S Ravikumar’s Tamil action epic, Rana where he will be seen doing a triple role.
It is rumoured that the Deepika will be cast opposite a young Rajni, Vidya will be opposite a middle-aged Rajni and Rekha [ Images ] opposite an old Rajni.
Rajnikanth and Amitabh have been good friends for long time and in the past they have done Bollywood films like Andha Kanoon and Giraftar. The last time the two legends shared the screen space was in Late Director Mukul Anand’s Hum in 1991.
Charles Darby will be the technical director of the film while Ratnavelu who had also worked on Robot will be the Director of Photography. Oscar award winner A R Rahman [ Images ] will render the music for the movie. Rajnikanth’s daughter Soundarya [ Images ] is jointly producing the movie with Eros International
March 21, 2011 at 12:29 PM
OT
LOL, satyam!!
Are you really watching Jaani Dushman?
March 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Absolutely! It’s the guiltiest of pleasures! I’m also a great fan of all the Ramsay films!
March 21, 2011 at 1:01 PM
Navin Nischol has been in the news recently. He too did a great Ramsay film along with Rakesh Roshan called Hotel.
March 27, 2011 at 8:07 AM
Rajinikanth’s Rana clarifications
2011-03-27 16:01:14
Finally, producer Soundarya Rajinikanth and director KS Ravikumar were forced to hold a press conference, to make clarifications about their Rana.
Daily rumours were making the rounds about Rekha demanding Rs 4 Crore, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit and so many others approached for the film.
At a joint press conference attended by Soundarya and Ravikumar, things were made clear.
Said Ravikumar: ” First and foremost, I would like to make it clear that Rana is not a new avatar of Sultan The Warrior. Both are different films, Rana is set in the 17th century, and the story plot is Rajinikanth’s.”
Ravikumar also made it clear that Rekha, Hema Malini, Vidya Balan, Madhuri Dixit, Ileana, Trisha and Asin, who were touted to be part of the project have never been approached. Said Ravikumar: “ “I just don’t understand how these rumours start.
As of now, only Deepika Padukone has been signed. Rajinikanth has three get up’s and there are many other characters in the film. We are fine tuning the script and will start shoot only April end.”
Rana is a big budget movie that will cost Rs 100 Crore plus and is produced by Eros International, AR Rahman is the music director with Ratnavel as the cameraman.