Kochadaiiyaan (2014)

Wonderful character development!

Touches You

Pretty Good

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Years ago, we, as Indian Animators, used to either depend on other countries like Japan, America or other such superpowers to make an animated movie, to entertain the audience. And while we used to make tacky movies, which have no mechanical/dynamical/aesthetical values. No wonder they were just dismissed and discarded.But after years of experimenting by Indian Animators, we just can say this, "Though not at par with Hollywood, but still a commendable effort by us as Indians." KOCHADAIIYAAN is one such effort. I do not wish to spoil the story by writing it down, on this website, because it is not just a movie... It is an effort put up by Indians, with a Hollywood studio backing it up. It's one of those movies, for which you should not depend on the critic's reviews to analyse it... It is a movie, which should be seen either in the nearest theatre/on your TV screens, to cherish the efforts we have put up.Though, posting this review quite late, but it is worth it, as I saw it on my TV, because I couldn't get the chance to see it in the nearest theatre, due to other commitments. But go ahead, enjoy the effort made by us as Indians. JAI HIND!!!

My son, who was 8 when this came out, loved this movie. He had been excited to see it as soon as the trailers started appearing in 2013. We saw it in 3D in Hindi which was not our preference, but it was all that was available in our area.This is a good story, it's well told and yes, the animation is a bit stilted, which is odd considering it's motion capture.However, the highly stylized look of the film works because it is a myth/fantasy/saga.It was also really wonderful to see Rajnikanth in this sort of role again, which he can't play anymore in live action due to his age. Rajnikanth is great in this as is Deepika. The story is solid. The fight sequences wonderful. The look and feel of the entire piece is fantastical. And my son loved it. He thought it was one of the better movies he saw this past year. I really enjoyed it too.

Kochadaiyan was packaged as India's answer to Avatar, but it is nowhere near Avatar.The film is a very amateurish attempt at animation. All the characters are cardboard characters. Surely, rajini deserves better.We come to know now that the rudrathaandavam & even some scenes were done by other artists since rajini's health did not permit him to strain himself.The animation in "Chota Bheem" is much better that kochadaiyaan.Music by ARR is OK.KSR tries to salvage the film with his screenplay but he is let down by poor direction by Soundarya rajini.A huge disappointment for everyone. No wonder, it bombed big time.

Saw this in 3d at the theater today, I was really curious to see how well the animation would turn out as this has been hyped as a big budget production for a while now. First of all let me say that if your going to watch this movie purely for the animation or 3d effect then you would be well advised to give this a miss as the quality of animation is really poor. Especially compared to the high standards of animated/3d movies being set the world over already. The story offers nothing really exciting aside from a few predictable twists every now and then. Personally I feel there was far too much time wasted on item numbers and the sight of soldiers joining in the song/dance randomly was quite irritating. This was a golden opportunity for the writers to break away form the typical kollywood story lines we see in almost every tamil movie now a days and do something different but alas it was not to be. Overall there is very little to enjoy in Kochadaiiyaan especially if your looking for a interesting storyline or beautiful visuals. The animation looks like something that was produced back in 2004 or 2005 and the story leaves a lot to be desired. However if you are a ardent fan of Rajnikanth then this might be worth watching. Everyone else who isn't particularly interested in Rajnikanth or kollywood movies would be well advised to stay away from this movie.