The muhurat of Sivaji Productions Rajnikanth starrer Chandramukhi took place at Annai Illam, the residence of late Sivaji Ganesan. It was a simple function in which Rajnikanth, Kamalhassan, Manorama and a few others were present. A small pooja was performed and Sivaji’s wife Kamalamma put ‘kungumam’ on Rajni’s forehead.

Said Ramkumar, eldest son of the late thespian and producer of the film: It is a simple muhurat as we decided to launch the film on an auspicious day. Shooting will start in a few days time at the Ramoji Rao Studio in Hyderabad and later in Bangalore, Mysore and Thiruvananthapuram. Actor Prabhu added that all technicians are finalised with camera by Sekhar Joseph, art by Thotta Tharini, music by Vidyasagar and Stunts by ‘Thalapathi’ Dinesh.

Director Vasu who was seen all excited said that he is waiting to see Rajnikanth’s final make-up and added that his character name is likely to be Saravanan in the film. Ramkumar also said that Chandramukhi would be start - to - finish project wrapped up by February 15 giving them two months to complete the post production work. A lot of graphics and special effects are also planned and Vidyasagar has already composed two tunes for the film. Simran and Nayanthara are the two heroines in the film.

Chandramukhi` starts rolling! Tuesday, 26 October , 2004

Lights, camera, start, action! Rajnikanth is back in front of the arc lights, nearly two years after Baba, at the Sivaji Gardens, Ramavaram in Chennai.

And our superstar looked dashing and trim with his hair neatly dyed; clean shaven except for a prominent mustache, and fit to fight a dozen stuntmen on the sets. He was wearing a blue T-Shirt, tight jeans and Ray-Ban sunglasses.

Stunt Master ‘Thalapathi’ Dinesh was choreographing a fight scene in which Rajni beats about 30 stunt artists to pulp, who arrive in 25 Toyota Qualis cars. The fight scenes will be shot for two more days before the unit moves to Hyderabad.

The press was kept away from the shooting spot and no one was willing to speak about the film. Rajnikanth’s mentor and ace director K.Balachandar inaugurated the shoot and did the first clap and producer Ramkumar switched the camera on.