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While the industry is taken aback by the news of Rajinikanth giving his nod to Pa. Ranjith for his next film ahead of Shankar, Sundar C and Raghava Lawrence news has surfaced that it was the superstar`s younger daughter Soundarya R Ashwin who was instrumental in bring about this exciting new combo.

Pa. Ranjith is an erstwhile assistant of Venkat Prabhu and he became acquainted with Soundarya while working for the film Goa` for which she was the producer. When Rajinikanth felt that he wanted to try out something new that too by directors like Karthik Subbaraj and Pa. Ranji, Soundarya immediately got in touch with Ranjith and the young director narrated a one line which greatly impressed Rajini who asked him to work on the full script. But Ranjith already had the full script ready and Kalaipuli Thanu was immediately entrusted with the production and Rajini has given forty five days call sheet. The story has a tinge of politics in it and needs about forty five days of shoot without Rajini.

Director Ranjith has planned to begin shooting in June and release the film for Pongal 2016.