We managed to get Soundarya Rajnikant, daughter of the Tamil supremo Rajnikant (and India’s highest paid actor with the largest fan base) to part with images of her first animated feature Sultan that is slated for a 2009 release. Incidentally this movie will release before the Rajni-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan flick The Robot.Rumours down South have it that Soundarya’s production house and the Hollywood giant who were to co-produce Sultan have parted ways. But it actually turned out that Sultan is being made in partnership with a film corporation.
In a statement to BT, Richard Fox, Executive Vice-President International of the foreign studio, said, “We have been and will continue to work with Soundarya Rajnikant. Together, our companies have a number of southern Indian language projects in various stages, from early negotiations to active development. We will announce these projects at the appropriate time. But, any rumour that suggests otherwise is simply not true.”
When contacted, Soundarya said, “Our multi-picture deal contract with the foreign studio is positively intact as plans are on to jointly produce films in all four South Indian Languages, contrary to the untoward rumours doing the rounds in the Industry.”
Soundarya is exalted because her ‘appa’ (father) was very excited during the shoot and was surprised when he saw the first look of the film that this paper is currently being unveiled by this newspaper. Oscar winner A R Rahman has recorded four songs and two are yet to be done, says the star-daughter; and of course, “Daddy is yet to dub for his movie. He will do it after he has seen the final output.’’
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