At Chennai airport Rajinikanth spoke about his upcoming film 'Kochadaiyaan' to the press before he boarded his flight to London.

Superstar's flight to London departed from Chennai at 4am this morning. But before entering into the airport for check-in the legendary actor spoke to the reporters who had assembled and waiting for his arrival outside the airport last night.

When the reporters asked him how long he was going to be in London he said it was a 20-day shoot and he would return by April 7th. He also said that 40% of the movie will be filmed in this schedule and they try to finish the film as early as possible.

When it was asked when the film would be released Rajini said, "Before this year end. May be, for Diwali!"

Rajinikanth flew to London along with his daughter Soundarya, who is also the director of the film, and other crew members. Today some more unit members are expected to fly.