EROS Intl. to produce Rajnikanth’s next film

Eros International and Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Ocher Studios have joined hands to co-produce Rajinikanth’s next film ‘RANA’ to be directed by K. S. Ravikumar’. Rajini’s international star value has gone up phenomenally after the magnificent success of ‘Robot’. Scheduled to go on floor in March this year, ‘Rana’ will be a live action magnum opus with Rajini playing triple role and will be released in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. On the technical side the ‘Robot’ team is almost retained in full. Music would by A R Rahman, Cinematography by Ratnavelu, Editing by Antony and Art direction by Rajeevan. The technical & special effects director will be Soundarya Rajnikanth and Charles Darby of Eyeqube Studios, renowned visual effects luminary and an Emmy award winner will be the visual effects supervisor on the film.  The film is scheduled to release in first half of 2012. Speaking on the development, Sunil Lulla, MD-Eros International said, “We are extremely excited to join hands with Tamil industry’s most popular super star Rajinikanth for Rana and this time audiences will be treated with their favourite actor donning a triple role in the film. 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 Rajinikanth, Director of Ocher Studios Private Limited added, “We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Eros International for Rana. We hope to make a film together that will live up to the huge expectations of the movie-goers and reach out to maximum audiences across the globe”. Rajnikanth’s last film Robot was a spectacular hit that released in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and grossed more than Rs. 300 crores worldwide.  With the announcement of Rana, Eros International continues to further consolidate its position in the Indian film industry with an impressive line-up for the year including highly anticipated films like Game, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Rockstar, Mausam, Ra.One, Desi Boyz, Agent Vinod and Chalo Dilli.