This is the 3rd time Rajinikanth, K.S.Ravikumar and A.R.Rahman have collaborated together, following the blockbusters Muthu (1995) and Padayappa (1999) However, Kochadaiyaan, the motion-capture film starring Rajini, scored by Rahman but only written, and not really directed, by Ravikumar, technically makes it their 4th.