Soundarya R Ashwin tweeted a picture of her superstar father Rajinikanth, who has a double role in her directorial debut, Kochadaiyaan.

The two roles are of a loyal commander of an emperor and his son, Rana.

Kochadaiyaan also stars Deepika Padukone, Jackie Shroff, Shobhana, Aadi Pinisetty, R Sarath Kumar and Nassar.

The music has been scored by A R Rahman.

The film will simultaneously release in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English.

It is slated for release in July.

Photograph: Soundarya R Ashwin/ Twitter