Kochadaiiyaan’s release date announced

The long wait is over for Rajinikanth fans as the release date of his much-awaited Kochadaiiyaan has been announced finally. Soundarya R. Ashwin-directed Kochadaiiyaan will hit the big screens on April 11 worldwide.

The date has been announced by the director herself. She stated, "Following last year's celebrations of India's film making centenary we view the release of Kochadaiiyaan as part of the next steps of Indian cinema. For the first time a full length feature has been made using performance capture technology in India and I truly hope this creates a whole alternate film making avenue apart from live action films in our country." The Southern superstar will be playing dual roles in the film sharing the screen space with Deepika Padukone, Sarath Kumar, Nassar, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar and Aadhi. The music for the film has been composed by A.R. Rahman.