Soundarya says that she felt blessed to work with her father, Rajinikanth in her debut film.
Filmmaker Soundarya, who is making her directorial debut with
Rajnikanth-starrer ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ says her father agreed to be part of
this mega project for the script and not because she was his daughter.
“Once he was convinced about the script and that it requires a
certain kind of technology then only he said yes. Because the kind of
action sequences you will see in ’Kochadaiiyaan’, it is not possible in
live action or in visual effects to get this kind of impact.
“Only after he was convinced about this technology he agreed to do
the film and not because I was his daughter. That did not even make a
difference. I was confident of handling the project and my father said
ok go ahead,” Soundarya said in an interview here.
The director says that she felt blessed to work with Rajinikanth, 63,
in her debut film. Soundarya added that when the project happened he
agreed to do the film not like a doting father but took a professional
approach.
“This is a performance capture photo realistic film. It is a first
attempt here (in India) but it is very famous abroad (Hollywood).
Usually, films like this take approximately five to six years but we
have been over ambitious and god has been kind and it took less than
two years to make this film.
“It is a commercial film and the technology is new but the story is
what a Rajinikanth story should be like. It is commercially packed film
with technology that is used for the first time in our films,” Soundarya
said.
She says it was not deliberate on her part to cast her father in her
debut film. ”We started ‘Rana’ and my father unfortunately fell ill and
then he got better. And when he came back (to do films) we did not want
him to do undergo much physical strain because ‘Rana’ is a period film
and ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ is a prequel to ‘Rana’.. Kochadaiiyaan is Rana’s
father. We wrote the story as Rana’s story was already there. We wanted
to make it less stressful for my father and decided to use
this technology… it is easier compared to live action,” Soundarya said.
Although Soundarya focused on technology, she says she did not
compromise on the script. ”I did not change the script. It was a new
script. ’Rana’ was a live action script… we decided to do a film that
was prequel to the script of ‘Rana’ and we wanted to do it in a
technology-oriented manner. I don’t think my father will like
compromise,” Soundarya said.
