Trailer Review: Kochadaiiyaan - The Animation Disappoints

[tps_footer]The long and much-awaited trailer of Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone starrer Kochadaiiyaan released a few days ago.

As a forgone conclusion, the official Tamil trailer of Kochadaiiyaan has garnered more than 1 million views in two days of this launch showing the enormous love and respect Rajinikanth has earned over the years.

There is lots of curiosity amongst his fans as they were eagerly waiting to see their superstar as an animated character.

The 3D models of the characters of almost all the stars, be it Rajinikanth, Nasser, Deepika Padukone or Sarathkumar, don’t resemble them as much as they should and that’s a huge lead down.

Another thing that could attract you are the massive war scenes that were shown, the background music and the huge army fighting on the battle field but then one look at the close-up shots reveal that the whole army is made of just a few characters and duplicated. The background characters, who are at the left and right side of the main character, are actually the same people, in most shots.

Well the makers should have made efforts to make these characters look different, considering the time taken for the film to be completed. The Motion Capture technology, which makers have used for the film, would have done wonders only if character were well modeled and rigged.

Squash and stretch is by far the most important rule of animation techniques, be it any form of animation. The rule applies to all characters, objects and even the costume of the characters. The trailer gives an impression that this rule hasn’t been followed completely, as Rajinikanth‘s blue bottom’s wrinkles don’t change at all when he jumps up and lands on his knees.

Though these minute details might not be visible to an average viewer, aren’t such details important, considering the fact that Kochadaiiyaan is being released in almost twelve languages across the world?

TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAILER: