Rajini's request was denied by AVM Saravanan

Sources say that Rajinikanth had wanted AVM Saravanan to produce Kochadaiyaan but the producer had denied it.
When Rajini put forth the request, AVM Saravanan pointed out that situation is not conducive for him to produce Kochadaiyaan. It may be mentioned here that AVM Films have stayed away from producing films for some years now. Looks like even the Superstar could not get them back into production.
Kochadaiyaan is directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth, who will be making her directorial debut with the film. The credit for penning the story, screenplay and dialogues of Kochadaiyaan goes to director KS Ravikumar. AR Rahman is scoring the music for this Rajinikanth starrer.
Source: Cinefundas.com