Controversial: Why Superstar Rajinikanth's 'Kochadaiiyaan' Was A Bad Idea
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oi-Avinash
By Avinash
First
things
first;
Kudos
to
Soundarya
R
Ashwin
for
fabricating
India's
first
full
length
motion
capture
movie.
Yes,
the
output
was
not
great,
but
then,
it's
not
fair
to
expect
someone
to
hit
the
bull's-eye
straightaway,
is
it?
Having
said
that,
Kochadaiiyaan,
starring
superstar
Rajinikanth
and
Deepika
Padukone
in
the
lead,
was
a
bad
idea,
for
the
director
was
overambitious
in
handling
the
technology.
Taking
into
consideration
some
of
the
best
motion
capture
movies
made
so
far,
it
can
be
deduced
that
the
technology,
which
is
available
today,
should
be
used
in
a
formulaic
manner.
Movies
like
Avatar
and
Rise
of
the
Planet
of
the
Apes
(2011)
used
the
same
motion
capture
technology,
not
to
portray
the
actors
as
they
are,
but
to
showcase
fictional
characters
with
the
help
of
artists'
facial
expressions
and
movements.
In
Kochadaiiyaan,
Rajinikanth
and
other
lead
actors
were
portrayed
as
they
are.
Though
their
expressions
and
movements
were
captured
in
a
decent
manner,
the
entire
movie
looked
like
a
video
game
with
poor
graphics
because
with
today's
motion
capture
technology
it
is
almost
impossible
to
make
actors
look
like
how
they
are
in
real
life,
on
the
big
screen.