Sultan: The Warrior

Dheera is an upcoming Indian computer animated historical drama film being written, produced, directed, and designed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. The film began preproduction in 2007 and filming took place intermittently until 2010. The film is expected to be released in English, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. The film's lead character will be voiced by Soundarya's father Rajinikanth, whose character is designed based on his likeness, while Vijayalakshmi and Prakash Raj will also render voices for pivotal characters. The film will be jointly distributed by Adlabs and Soundarya's Ocher Picture... Productions. The film was previously titled as Sultan the Warrior and was renamed to Dheera in August 2011. During mid-2007, an animated film featuring Rajinikanth as the animated character was under discussion. Several media claimed that the actor would star in animated television advertisements about HIV and AIDs in India. Later that year it was reported that his daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth would direct her maiden venture with her father in the lead, also stating that it would be an animated film. She rose to fame after working in the 2004 film Anbe Aaruyire as the film's graphic designer.
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