<div><div><span>Actress Deepika Padukone, who will be seen in Rajinikanth starrer 'Kochadaiiyaan', admires the southern superstar's simplicity, humbleness and enthusiasm for his work.<br /><br /></span></div><div>"We were shooting without any co-stars, so I couldn't spend a lot of time with him. But we got a day-and-half together and I loved the whole experience of being with him. I take back with me Rajini sir's simplicity and humbleness," Deepika told PTI.</div><div> </div><div>"He is more excited on the sets, he comes on set with full energy, greets everyone and treats his daughter Soundarya like a director," he added.</div><div> </div><div>The actress said she was surprised to see that the veteran actor's passion towards his work.</div><div> </div><div>"After working for so many years, his enthusiasm towards work hasn't changed. I admire him. He and Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) are excited about their work and you can see the passion in their eyes," she said.</div><div> </div><div>'Kochadaiiyaan' is a hi-tech 3D film with photorealistic motion capture technology, also called as performance capturing technology. It has been used in Hollywood films like 'Avatar' and 'The Adventures of Tintin'.</div><div> </div><div>The movie is likely to take 3D films a step further in India.</div><div> </div><div>Earlier at an event, Rajinikanth mentioned that it was difficult for him to understand the technology. Deepika too agrees with him.</div><div> </div><div>"It wasn't easy to work in this film. For this film we had a camera that was right in my face. I am playing a princess but while I was shooting I was just wearing track pants and a T-shirt. We have no sets or no co-stars, so it is a very bland process," the actress said.</div><div> </div><div>"The film pushed me to use my imagination. If I had to climb the staircase I had to imagine it as it is not physically present. If I had to hold something or touch something, I had to imagine what it would be like...those were the challenges," she said.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Recently, the Hindi trailer of 'Kochadaiiyaan' was launched in Mumbai in the presence of superstar Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan and other cast and crew of the film. <br /></div><div><br />But Deepika was missing at the event.</div><div> </div><div>"The trailer launch in Mumbai was a last minute plan. I believe there weren't any plans to hold an event here, so Soundarya messaged me that same evening if I could join them," she said.<br /><br /></div><div>"For the last two weeks I have been shooting for 'Happy New Year' and we are having night shoots, so unfortunately I couldn't make it," Deepika added.<br /></div></div>
<div><div><span>Actress Deepika Padukone, who will be seen in Rajinikanth starrer 'Kochadaiiyaan', admires the southern superstar's simplicity, humbleness and enthusiasm for his work.<br /><br /></span></div><div>"We were shooting without any co-stars, so I couldn't spend a lot of time with him. But we got a day-and-half together and I loved the whole experience of being with him. I take back with me Rajini sir's simplicity and humbleness," Deepika told PTI.</div><div> </div><div>"He is more excited on the sets, he comes on set with full energy, greets everyone and treats his daughter Soundarya like a director," he added.</div><div> </div><div>The actress said she was surprised to see that the veteran actor's passion towards his work.</div><div> </div><div>"After working for so many years, his enthusiasm towards work hasn't changed. I admire him. He and Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) are excited about their work and you can see the passion in their eyes," she said.</div><div> </div><div>'Kochadaiiyaan' is a hi-tech 3D film with photorealistic motion capture technology, also called as performance capturing technology. It has been used in Hollywood films like 'Avatar' and 'The Adventures of Tintin'.</div><div> </div><div>The movie is likely to take 3D films a step further in India.</div><div> </div><div>Earlier at an event, Rajinikanth mentioned that it was difficult for him to understand the technology. Deepika too agrees with him.</div><div> </div><div>"It wasn't easy to work in this film. For this film we had a camera that was right in my face. I am playing a princess but while I was shooting I was just wearing track pants and a T-shirt. We have no sets or no co-stars, so it is a very bland process," the actress said.</div><div> </div><div>"The film pushed me to use my imagination. If I had to climb the staircase I had to imagine it as it is not physically present. If I had to hold something or touch something, I had to imagine what it would be like...those were the challenges," she said.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Recently, the Hindi trailer of 'Kochadaiiyaan' was launched in Mumbai in the presence of superstar Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan and other cast and crew of the film. <br /></div><div><br />But Deepika was missing at the event.</div><div> </div><div>"The trailer launch in Mumbai was a last minute plan. I believe there weren't any plans to hold an event here, so Soundarya messaged me that same evening if I could join them," she said.<br /><br /></div><div>"For the last two weeks I have been shooting for 'Happy New Year' and we are having night shoots, so unfortunately I couldn't make it," Deepika added.<br /></div></div>