We Are Confident That Kochadaiiyaan Will Be A Landmark Film: Soundarya
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After
months
of
delay,
superstar
Rajinikanth's
Tamil
period-drama
Kochadaiiyaan
is
slated
to
release
worldwide
on
April
11,
and
its
director
Soundarya
Rajinikanth
Ashwin
views
the
film
as
the
next
step
in
Indian
cinema.
"Following
last
year's
celebrations
of
India's
film
making
centenary,
we
view
the
release
of
Kochadaiiyaan
as
part
of
the
next
step
of
Indian
cinema.
For
the
first
time
a
full
length
feature
has
been
made
using
performance
capture
technology
in
India
and
I
truly
hope
this
creates
a
whole
alternate
film
making
avenue
apart
from
live
action
films," Soundarya
said
in
a
statement.
Kochadaiiyaan
features
the
unique
visual
mastery
of
photo-realistic
performance
capture
technology
for
the
very
first
time
in
the
history
of
an
Indian
film.
It
is
releasing
worldwide
in
cinemas
on
April
11,
2014,
added
the
statement.
The
film
is
an
epic
dramatisation
of
good
versus
evil
starring
Rajinikanth
in
a
double
role
in
a
larger
than
life
depiction.
Also
starring
in
the
grand
production
is
Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone
with
South
India's
leading
stars
such
as
R
Sarath
kumar,
Nasser,
Aadi
Pinisetty,
Shobana
and
Rukmini.
Kochadaiiyaan
is
jointly
produced
by
Eros
International
Media
Ltd
and
Mediaone
Global
Entertainment
Ltd.
"We
are
confident
that
this
will
be
a
landmark
film
in
world
cinema
as
a
result
of
the
ground
breaking
technology
used.
The
film
will
be
released
in
Tamil,
Hindi,
Telugu,
Marathi,
Bhojpuri,
Bengali
and
Punjabi
in
India
and
overseas
in
more
than
6,000
screens.
We
will
be
releasing
an
English
version
internationally
as
well,"
said
Sunil
Lulla,
Managing
Director,
Eros
International
Media
Ltd.
Oscar-winning
composer
AR
Rahman
has
composed
the
music
for
the
film,
which
has
been
along
the
lines
of
Hollywood
films
such
as
Tin
Tin
and
Avatar.
Eros
International
and
Mediaone
have
also
tied
up
with
Karbonn
Mobile
to
launch
1
million
Kochadaiiyaan
branded
mobile
phones
to
celebrate
the
release
of
the
film.
The
exclusive
Karbonn
Kochadaiiyaan
mobile
phones,
which
will
be
unveiled
during
the
audio
launch
in
February,
will
have
screen
savers
and
must-have
images
from
the
film
along
with
the
trailer
and
the
signature
tune
of
the
film.