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Soundarya Rajinikanth: Kochadaiiyaan is not a cartoon film

Mumbai: Superstar Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya, who is making her directorial debut with the much-talked about film Kochadaiiyaan, says it is an animated film but not a cartoon movie. “I bring my dream to you all. We have used technology that is mostly used in Hollywood films. It is a photo-realistic motion capture technology. Unfortunately, animation is not […]

Sony acquires music rights of Rajini’s “Kochadaiyaan”

Sony Music Entertainment has acquired the music rights of superstar Rajinikanth starrer “Kochadaiyaan”, an upcoming Tamil period film. Directed by Soundarya R Ashwin, the films also stars Deepika Padukone, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff among others. “We are extremely excited to be associated with one of the biggest projects that not only appeals to the […]

Rajinikanth’s ‘Kochadaiyaan’: Making of the film

The making of Rajinikanth’s ambitious film Kochadaiyaan, directed by his younger daughter Soundarya R Ashwin, was unveiled at a press conference in London. AR Rahman, music composer of the film, was also present. Kochadaiyaan has been shot in Pinewood Studios in the UK. It incorporates motion capture and photoreleastic technology, used by Hollywood films such as Avatar and Tin Tin. The Superstar […]

Robot opens to full house at 4am

CHENNAI/MUMBAI: Why would someone go to a theatre at 5am to watch a Rajinikanth movie? Because tickets were not available for the 4am show. Chennai shut shop early on Thursday over worries on which way the Ayodhya verdict would swing, but now it seems it was only to queue up before daybreak for the first […]