Director Soundarya Rajinikanth Ashwin revealed on her social networking page, that due to some technical issues, the 3D version of the film could not be released as planned on May 9. Hence, the film was pushed to May 23.

Kochadaiiyaan, written by K S Ravikumar, was filmed using motion capture technology. The film has a huge star cast whih includes Aadhi, Nasser, Shobana, Deepika Padukone and Jackie Shroff in prominent roles. Several of Rajini's beloved fans became upset due the delay in release. Also several theaters had sold out the tickets for almost a week in prior.