In a shocking last-minute about-turn the eagerly-awaited new Rajinikanth starrer, his first in four years, Kochadaiiyaan which was to open this Friday has been postponed again. This is the fifth time that the release has been put off. This time the film has been postponed just 48 hours prior to schedule, after huge publicity and marketing events. When asked to explain the unexpected turn of events the film’s co-producer Dr Murli Manohar said, “Yes, unfortunately we are not ready to release this Friday. We were racing against time.” The news, though a big blow to eager Rajinikanth fans comes as welcome respite to the six other Hindi releases this week namely Hawaa Hawaai, Khwabb, Mastram, Koyelaanchal , Manjunath and Yeh Hai Bakrapur. The movie will now release on 23 May 2014.