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Rajni's next? By Moviebuzz | Wednesday, 01 August , 2007, 12:33 [left] Everybody knows that the Rajnikanth is chilling out in Europe getting the feel of animation movies, as he is helping his daughter Soundarya on her pet project Sultan. After a brief holiday in US, the Superstar returns to Chennai by middle of August. Back home in Chennai, he has to take a call on who will produce his next film. He has more or less made up his mind, that he will have a release in the summer of 2008, much before the release of Sultan. At the national level Rajnikant is a rage, following the stupendous success of Sivaji. Now is the time to cash on it, as Mumbai based corporates are falling over each other to get the rights of the film. At the moment whatever Rajni does will sell, irrespective of who directs it. The buzz in Kollywood is that Rajnikant will be doing a film for his mentor K.Balachandar's production house Kavithalaya. He is also toying with the idea to rope in Panju Arunachalam as co-producer for the project. Remember Panju is the producer for whom Rajni has done the maximum number of films during 70's and 80's. The nitty gritty of how to go about it is being worked out. However one thing is almost certain that the film will be directed by K.S Ravi Kumar. Rajni has a soft corner for Ravi Kumar, who directed his blockbuster Padayappa, which still remains the superstar's favourite film. Added to that Rajni feels that Ravi Kumar got a raw deal in the whole Jaggu Bhai imbroglio. And Rajni knows that Ravi has already worked on the one-line of a family entertainer, keeping the superstar's image in mind. Meanwhile Ravi Kumar has almost completed 95 percent of the shoot of Dasavatharam, with only a song remaining to be canned Though he has a commitment with London Karuna of Ayangaran International, to start an Ajit film, it can wait if the Superstar gives the green signal. The biggest factor working in favour of Ravi is that, he can wrap up a superstar film really fast, and within the budget. Remember that Ravi completed the entire shoot, post production work and released Padayappa in 117 days, from the day of it's pooja ! The views expressed in the article are the author's and not of Sify.com.
