The trailer of South Superstar Rajinikanth’s much anticipated action packed, performance capture photorealistic film ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ was revealed by Amitabh Bachchan recently. The curtain raiser also saw the presence of the renowned Director Shekhar Kapur who was called on the podium. He spoke about how impressed he was with the trailer and also praised the supreme efforts of Debutant Director Soundarya.

Amongst great applause, Director Shekhar Kapur said, "I was telling your father, Soundarya, that he should be very proud of you. After I saw a little bit...I first saw it when I was doing music with Rahman in his studio and I was stunned with what I saw. I told your father how wonderful it was and how proud he should be of you and then, having seen what I saw just now, I think we should all be very proud of you. We are all very, very proud of what you have achieved."

The remarkable director concluded his speech with these words, "Congratulations, it’s wonderful, its game changing, you are a fellow adventurer and I welcome you to the club".

The renowned personalities gracing the event included Aishwarya Rai, Jaya Bachchan, Kajol, Subhash Ghai, R. Balki, Anupam Kher and Ramesh Sippy, among others, who appreciated the work of the debutant director. The film stars Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone. Produced by Media One Entertainment & Eros International, Kochadaiiyaan will be in theatres, soon.