Raana is the title of the new film which Rajnikanth will be doing the lead role. The film Raana is being produced by Ocher Studios in association with Eros International. K S Ravikumar who directed Rajnikanth in the films Muthu and Padaiyappa is directing this film. Rajnikanth is donning three different kinds of roles in this film. He had earlier donned three roles in the film Moondru Mugam.
This film is being made in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu languages. A R Rahman is composing the music for this film while Rathinavelu is in charge of cinematography. Anthony is editing this film. Soundarya Rajnikanth will be taking care of technical special effects matter. There are three pairs for Rajnikanth. Deepika Padukone and Asin are the two heroines. Madhuri Dixit was supposed to do another heroine role. But since she is going to America with her family on vacation, she has missed the chance of pairing with Rajnikanth. Sonu Sood who rocked as villain in the film Dabaang which had Salman Khan in the lead role is donning the villain role in Raana.