A still from the movie Kochadaiiyaan
Chennai:
Makers of superstar Rajinikanth'smuch-awaited Kochadaiiyaan today made it clear that thefilm's release was being delayed due to technical reasons onlyand assured that the multi-lingual film would hit the screenson May 23 as announced last week.(Also read: Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan Postponed Again, Will Release on May 23)
The reschedule was on account of delay in rendering of 3Dversions of the film which 'took longer than anticipated' evenas there was a spike in demand for screens, a release from thefilm unit said today.
Further, there was a demand for additional 2,000 screensall over the world, spurred by the surge in advance bookings,it said, adding that 1.25 lakh tickets were sold in two hours inChennai after bookings opened.
The decision to reschedule the film to May 23, 2014 asagainst May 9 was taken to ensure that the prints and contentof the film reached all designated theatres across the globeon time, it said.
"The film would be released with all its glamour on May23, 2014 as a summer bonanza," it added.The clarification from the film unit came in the wake ofreports in a section of the media that the film was facingfinancial hurdles and therefore the delay in release.
Kochadaiiyaan, shot using motion capture technology,also stars Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff and R Sarath Kumar,among others.
A R Rehman has scored the music and Rajinikanth's daughterSoundarya is the director of the film, which will be releasedin Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Marathi andEnglish.
The reschedule was on account of delay in rendering of 3Dversions of the film which 'took longer than anticipated' evenas there was a spike in demand for screens, a release from thefilm unit said today.
Further, there was a demand for additional 2,000 screensall over the world, spurred by the surge in advance bookings,it said, adding that 1.25 lakh tickets were sold in two hours inChennai after bookings opened.
The decision to reschedule the film to May 23, 2014 asagainst May 9 was taken to ensure that the prints and contentof the film reached all designated theatres across the globeon time, it said.
"The film would be released with all its glamour on May23, 2014 as a summer bonanza," it added.The clarification from the film unit came in the wake ofreports in a section of the media that the film was facingfinancial hurdles and therefore the delay in release.
Kochadaiiyaan, shot using motion capture technology,also stars Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff and R Sarath Kumar,among others.
A R Rehman has scored the music and Rajinikanth's daughterSoundarya is the director of the film, which will be releasedin Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Marathi andEnglish.
