At last the long wait is over and the Rajinikanth fans
across the globe will get to see his much-awaited and anticipated Tamil
film "Kochadaiiyaan", a directorial debut of the matinee idol's younger
daughter Soundarya. When it unravels on the silver screen Friday, the
film will introduce moviegoers to a new technology - first motion
capture photo-realistic 3D animation.
A labour of love, Soundarya's Rs.125-crore directorial venture, which
has been cleared with U-certificate, will have a wider release - it
will release in 10 countries on approximately 6,000 screens and dubbed
in six languages, including Telugu, Hindi and more likely in Bhojpuri
too.
Jointly produced by Media One Global Entertainment and Eros International, the film has been dubbed in Spanish and Japanese too.
It took Soundarya two years, over 200 technicians in India and abroad
to make the film, which was tagged as a "delayed project" by many. But
the 29-year-old tech-savvy director, who keeps herself abreast with the
latest technology, said there wasn't any delay, "it is the process that
takes such a long time to make a film like this".
It's Soundarya's tribute to her father's illustrious career.
Braving all "technological" odds, Soundarya completed the film and
hopes that "Kochadaiiyaan" breaks the myth that animation film is
cartoon, and is accepted as an alternate filmmaking medium.
Comparisons with Hollywood films "Avatar", made with the same
technology, are inevitable, but the makers are unperturbed because they
feel looking at the budget and time, comparing "Kochadaiiyaan" with
these films is not practical.
The makers explained that " Avatar" was made on a budget of Rs.3,000
crore and was completed in five years, while "Tin Tin" cost about
Rs.4,000 crore and also took about five years.
In the film, Rajinikanth, 63, has been paired with 28-year-old
Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone, who also has elaborate stunts in the
film.
According to Soundarya, her father felt awkward to shoot romantic scenes with Deepika.
"I guess it was because I was around and calling action and cut, dad
felt very awkward to shoot some romantic scenes," said Soundarya.
Deepika's stunts are described as never-before-seen action by a
female star from any part of the world and said to be on par with Uma
Thurman's "Kill Bill" and Angelina Jolie's "Lara Croft".
There is a ten-minute stunt in the film, which has been choreographed
by Peter Hein, the man behind Rajinikanth's stunts in "Robot".
Apparently, the superstar personally requested Hein to make Deepika's
action sequences "super-hero style".
Soundarya feels Deepika's stunts are one of the highlights of the movie.
One of the biggest Tamil stars, Rajinikanth, who is technologically
not as sound as his daughter, gives credit to god for being able to do
"Kochadaiiyaan".
He also marvelled at his daughter's passion and understanding for the
technology. "I am amazed... Soundarya, in her childhood, had this
obsession. She liked to read books with pictures and my wife identified
her talent and encouraged her. I am proud of her with all the legends
praising my daughter. I hope people like the film."
Even her mother Latha is proud of her.
Double Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman's music is another high
point of the film, but the maestro was not confident about working in
"Kochadaiiyaan".
Though the film is yet to release, Soundarya has already been
honoured with the NDTV Indian of the Year Technical Innovation in a Film
award.
All eyes are set at the box office and how the audience receives
"Kochadaiiyaan", especially Rajini fans, who in the past turned his "The
Boss" and "Robot" into humungous successes.
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