Rajinikanth ready to start Kochadaiyaan

The superstar is ready to don the grease paint again! Yes, Rajinikanth himself has confirmed that he is gearing up to start his next magnum opus, which is expected to take off in February.

Rajinikanth says that he is fit and fine now and he will be kick-starting Kochadaiyaan in February. The forthcoming movie is a prequel to Rana, which was launched last April before dropping the movie due to the superstar"s ill health.

Kochadaiyaan will mark the directorial debut of the superstar"s daughter, Soundarya Rajinikanth. Acclaimed filmmaker KS Ravikumar, who will be directing the prequel of the upcoming movie, will supervise her in the forthcoming movie.

The multilingual project has AR Rahman"s music and it is high-tech 3D animation film. Kochadaiyaan also features Sneha and the hunt for the other cast is on.