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There is no doubt that Superstar Rajinikanth's Kochadaiyaan directed by his daughter Soundarya is one of the most anticipated movies of the year.

The film’s two schedules in London and Trivandrum has been successfully completed and the postproduction is in full swing.

Superstar Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone shot for a dance number recently in which they both had performed bharathanatyam, boasts the team.

The film is scheduled to hit the screens only in September but the team is already done with most of the shooting parts and have announced of releasing the teaser of the film very soon.

Looks like director Soundarya R. Ashwin knows her job pretty well.

Deepika Padukone was last seen performing a classical dance in her debut film Om Shanthi Om. After that, the gorgeous dame has performed a classical dance along with Superstar Rajinikanth for Soundarya Rajinikanth's directorial debut 'Kochadaiyaan'.

The pretty Bollywood girl, who could not attend the London schedule did her part for 'Kochadaiyaan' in the recently held Trivandrum schedule. A complete profession that Deepika Padukone is, impressed the film's crew by completing the song shoot in just two days.

“Yes, the song shoot was for a beautiful classical song composed by A.R Rahman. Deepika and Rajinikanth rehearsed for three days before shooting the dance sequence and it has come out extremely well,” said dance choreographer Saroj Khan when quizzed about the dance sequence.

The second schedule for Kochadaiyaan has been successfully wrapped up and Soundarya Rajinikanth, the director is very happy with the way the film is progressing. 

Deepika Padukone, the reigning Queen of Bollywood who plays the lead opposite Superstar Rajinikanth had joined the team in Kerala for the first time as she was not present for the first schedule that took place in London.

Soundarya praised Deepika Padukone to the skies and said that she is a darling and went on praising the actor of her professionalism and said that it was great working with her.

It may be recalled that the actor was in news for all the wrong reasons of having abandoned the filming of Abbas Mustan's Race 2. Although the actress has excused herself from Race 2 due to unavailability of dates, it is believed that she was just proactive in accommodating to star opposite Superstar Rajinikanth. 

The Superstar is known more for his style than his dance. However this time, he is all set to display his ability as a versatile dancer in Kochadaiyaan.

Word is that there is a 3 minute song sequence that will see him perform the Rudra Thandavam or Lord Siva's dance of destruction.

For those who have forgotten their Hindu Mythology, Siva performed the Rudra Thandavam when his  consort, Sati immolated herself at her father Daksha's yagna. The fury of his dance would have destroyed the world if the other Gods had not intervened.

Rajini will be recapturing the magic of this fabled dance in Kochadaiyaan. Needless to say there are some intricate moves involved, and Rajini has pulled them off with aplomb.

According to insiders, this particular sequence is simply amazing and fans are going to love it.

Early in the morning at 4 a.m. might not be a time when the airport is abuzz with reporters trying to get a few bytes. But, it was so on Saturday morning as the principal team of Kochadaiyaan arrived to board their flight to London.

Rajinikanth was in high spirits and said a few words. He said that the team was off on a 20-25 day long schedule during which they will be shooting a couple of songs and some talkie portions. The next schedule would be in Chennai itself, he added.


Rajini expressed confidence that Kochadaiyaan would come out as a good product and said that the film should hit theatres sometime after Diwali. Finally, he said that after Kochadaiyaan’s completion, Rana would definitely take off.

Superstar saying that Rana is sure to happen after Kochadaiyaan lays to rest many rumors that Kochadaiyaaan is in fact a reworked version of the original Rana script. Also, with Rajinikanth saying that Kochadiayaan will release only after Diwali, the nearest possible date is Pongal 2013 because of the new Producer’s Council regulation which allows major releases only on 5 occasions in a calendar year.

The team that took the flight to London today consisted of Rajinikanth, Soundarya and K.S. Ravikumar. Another part of the team consisting of Sarath Kumar and a few others is set to take a flight to London on the 21st.

K.V Anand and Suriya have stolen a march on Rajinikanth's daughter Soundarya Ashwin.

Maatran will feature the much vaunted Performance Capture Technology (PCT) introduced by Steven Spielberg with The Adventures of Tin Tin - The Secret of the Unicorn.

Srinivas Mohan, a three time national award winner for special effects who has worked on the visual effects for Maatran implemented Spielberg's PCT (Peformance Capture Technology) in some of Maatran's super slick action scenes.

Shooting for Maatran is almost complete whereas Kochadaiyaan recently started rolling. So ultimately Maatran would hit the screens first becoming India's first film to feature the much hyped Performance Capture Technology.

Everybody knows that Rajinikanth is Asia's biggest star and he has fans across the world so it has been decided that Kochadaiyaan should be a truly international film.

After months of pre-production and groundwork Kochadaiyaan went on floors recently. It is touted that the film is going to be released in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Japanese and other international languages meeting the demand that has aroused for the Superstar towards International Filmdom.

Although filming was being carried out, Rajini was not part of the crew until today to shoot his part at the AVM studios, Chennai. Rajini sought the blessings of Ganesha located inside the AVM Studios before attending the shoots. Accompanying him was the film's writer K.S Ravikumar. This was a hush hush affair and was rather kept under the wraps.

Kochadaiyaan is written by K.S Ravikumar and directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth is touted to be India's 1st film to be entirely shot using the 3D Performance Capture Technology (PCT).

Good News for the fans is that, Kochadaiyaan is the prequel of K.S. Ravikumar's much anticipated project Rana (shelved for now!, wonder if it is to be revived) and would likely be released in the month of August.

Katrina Kaif was the initial choice to play Rajinikanth’s pair in Kochadaiyaan.

The film’s director Soundarya had said that she was in talks with Katrina Kaif to get her onboard. Eventually, the offer fell on the hands of Deepika Padukone.

Talking about missing the opportunity to share the screen space with Rajinikanth, Katrina said that she has agreed to star in a film alongside Shah Rukh Khan and had given a 10-month call sheet for this film. Therefore, she was not in a position to allot the call sheet that Soundarya had asked.

Rubbing off the rumors that were reported earlier, Soundarya Rajinikanth has confirmed that Deepika Padukone will be pairing up with her dad Rajinikanth in her directorial Kochadaiyaan.

There were rumors that Katrina Kaif would play the female lead in this film along with an ensemble cast but now now Deepika has been roped in to play the lead opposite the Superstar.

Interestingly, Deepika Padukone was roped in to pair with Rajinikanth for Rana last year that was halted after Rajini's health conditions deteriorated.

It is worth mentioning here that Superstar Rajinikanth was later hospitalized and regained his health.

Soundarya Rajinikanth, who has decided to direct Kochadaiyaan before filming Rana with her Superstar dad is now making progressing quickly under the supervision of K.S Ravi Kumar, the director of Rana who is penning the story, screenplay and dialogues for this film.

Kochadaiyaan, Soundarya Rajinikanth’s mega budget film has been the talk of the town since its initiation. Beginning with the long line of prominent actors in its cast followed by the rift between the two sisters Soundarya and Aishwarya over release dates, Rajinikanth’s health and finally now the poster.

The poster shows Rajinikanth portraying one of Lord Shiva’s poses. He sports long hair and a beard along with accessories on his hair, neck and leg. While the physique looks like the work of a ‘mouse’ we are sure Rajini’s fans will be over-thrilled to see the actor in the new avatar.

In the film however, Rajini plays an eighth century Pandya king who is known for his legendary valour. Soundarya released the first look of the film on Twitter. The music of the film is by A.R Rahman while K.S Ravikumar will wield the megaphone.

Rajinikanth alongside an ensemble cast including R.Sarathkumar, Katrina Kaif, Sneha, Aadhi, Shobana, Nasser and Jackie Shroff will be featured in Kochaidaiyaan, the first of its kind in Tamil cinema in terms of using motion capture technology. With cinematography handled by Rajiv Menon and background score and soundtrack .composed by Maestro A.R Rahman, the film is being directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth under K.S. Ravikumar's supervision who has penned the screenplay and dialogues.

While we eagerly wait for the film to hit the screens, tell us what you think about the poster.

Soundarya Rajini has said that it is true that the work on Kochadaiyaan has begun but the reports that the shooting has commenced is false.

The newbie director says that it is a pleasure to work with her dad and the work has started already. She made it clear that the shooting of Kochadaiyaan has not yet begun as some groundwork needs to be completed before beginning the first schedule.

The star cast in Kochadaiyaan includes Rajinikanth, Katrina Kaif, Sarath Kumar, Prithviraj, Aadhi, Sneha and Nasser. The music of the film would be by Oscar winner A.R Rahman and KS Ravi Kumar is penning the story, screenplay and dialogues for Kochadaiyaan.

It may come as a good news for all Rajnikanth fans that the actor had declared himself to be fit, fine and ready being all set to start his shot for Kochadaiyaan later next month.

The Superstar along with his spouse had recently attended a stage play by Y Gee Mahendra in Chennai. Rajinikanth had thoroughly enjoyed the show and heaped laurels on actor Y Gee Mahendra. After the play, Rajinikanth said "Thanks to the prayers of all my fans and well-wishers. I am back. Fully fit and I will resume shooting for Kochadaiyaan in a month."

Kochadaiyaan is an upcoming 3D Tamil film to be shot with the kind of performance capturing technology used in films such as Avatar (2009) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and written by K.S Ravikumar, the film will feature Rajinikanth in the lead role whilst background score and soundtrack will be composed by A.R Rahman.

Initially, Anushka Shetty was approached to play the female lead role for Kochadaiyaan. However, it was later officially announced that Anushka Shetty was not part of the film. It was then rumoured that Asin and Vidya Balan were being considered for the female lead role, since producers preferred a Bollywood actress.

Soundarya Rajinikanth disclaimed all rumours that Aishwarya Rai was chosen to do a guest appearance in the film. In January 2012, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif was approached for the lead role along with Rajinikanth, with Soundarya confirming the same.

In an exciting development, Soundarya Ashwin has said that they have offered Katrina Kaif the female lead in Kochadaiyaan.

Katrina is one of the reigning Queens in Bollywood and she is also considered a lucky mascot. Her sizzling performances in Sheila Ki Jawani and the recent Chikni Chameli from Agneepath have cemented her reputation for pure star power.

Katrina is thrilled with the opportunity to work with Rajnikanth. However, she is very busy and has already committed to many Hindi films.

Katrina is now acting very swift and is doing everything possible to somehow accomodate Kochadaiyaan reports sources from Bollywood.

Here is the latest update of Superstar Rajinikanth’s forthcoming film Kochadaiyaan.

The Director of the film Soundarya Rajinikanth has informed that Peter Heins has been zeroed in to be the Stunt Choreographer of the film, making it his third time to associate with Rajinikanth after Sivaji and Endhiran.

However, Kochadaiyaan will be Peter Heins first 3D movie and he is striving hard for the film to get the best stunt scenes.

Kochadaiyaan will be shot using the performance-capture technology (PCT) in 3D technology for the first time ever in India. PCT is that technology that was used in the making of Steven Spielberg's recent release The Adventures of Tin Tin - The Secret of the Unicorn.

It’s a good news for Rajnikanth fans.

Though their wait to witness the resumption of the shoot for Rajnikanth’s Raana continue, Soundarya Rajnikanth’s latest tweet has brought them joy.

Superstar’s daughter who recently joined the micro-blogging site has tweeted:



Fans can now watch Rajnikanth in animated avatar soon.

Meanwhile she has also thanked all who have been making anxious enquiries about Rajni’s health.

‘People are very warm and eager to know about my projects and about appa. All is well with appa’, she tweeted.