Soundarya Pins High Hopes On Rajinikanth's Kochadaiiyaan
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Megastar
Rajnikanth's
daughter
Soundarya
hopes
her
directorial
debut
vehicle
Kochadaiiyaan
to
be
a
game-changer
for
Indian
cinema
at
the
international
level.
The
veteran
actor's
most
talked
about
film,
set
to
be
released
in
six
languages,
is
being
touted
as
the
country's
first
to
be
made
using
motion
capture
technology.
"I
have
been
passionately
involved
in
film
animation
techniques
and
production
for
the
last
six
years
and
for
Kochadaiiyaan
we
wanted
to
do
something
unique
and
decided
to
do
this
with
the
use
of
Motion
Capture
technology
which
was
never
attempted
in
its
full
bandwidth
in
India
before," Soundarya
said
in
a
statement.
"The
technology
captures
the
essence
of
actor's
performance
and
also
allows
unlimited
creativity
on
all
grounds
from
creating
character's
looks,
building
lavish
sets,
directing
expansive
fight
sequences
and
creating
elaborate
costumes.
I
do
hope
Kochadaiiyaan
will
be
a
game-changer
for
Indian
cinema
on
a
global
level,"
she
said.
Referred
to
as
India's
answer
to
James
Cameron's
Avatar,
the
director
has
explored
the
use
of
full
performance
capture
in
the
film
in
its
full
magnitude.
Apparently,
this
technology
has
been
used
so
far
in
big-budget
Hollywood
films
such
as
Avatar
(2009),
The
Adventures
of
Tintin
(2011)
and
Beowulf
(2007).
The
film's
uniqueness
also
stems
from
the
fact
this
project
combines
many
modern-era
technologies
to
aid
in
visual
storytelling
and
bring
to
life
mythological
India.
The
Tamil
superstar
is
cast
as
the
archetypal
superhero
in
the
epic
dramatisation
of
good
versus
evil.
He
performs
a
dual
role
with
Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone
being
paired
opposite
the
younger
character.
They
are
joined
by
current
and
yesteryear
stars
of
North
and
South
Indian
Cinema
such
as
Jackie
Shroff
and
R
Sarathkumar
for
a
global,
pan-Indian
cinematic
treat.
Kochadaiiyaan
is
set
to
release
on
April
11.