It was the time when Rana team met the press for the first at a five star hotel in Chennai on April 29 evening. The press conference was held to give some brief details about the film and also to introduce Deepika Padukone.
On speaking about the film Director KS Ravikumar said: The very thing I want to convey is Rana is an all new film and it has nothing to do with Sultan. When Rajini described the script of Rana, I got stucked to it and understood that it has all ingredients in a perfect ratio for a mass movie."
He added that “Rana is a absolutely a periodic film set in the 17th century. The shoot of Rana will start with a duet song on the lead pair on the huge set erected at AVM Studios”. The duet song sung by Chinmayi and Sreenivas has the music by AR Rahman.
Gorgeous Deepika Padukone said “I am really happy to be a part of Rana and it is a dream come true for me to pair opposite Rajini sir. Opportunities like this come only once in a lifetime."
Meanwhile, director Ravi Kumar is canning few scenes on Deepika Padukone as Rajini was advised to take rest for a week days as he is not doing well.