MUMBAI: Soundarya R. Ashwin’s Ocher Picture Productions and Eros Entertainment’s Rajnikant-starrer Kochadaiyaan will be the first Indian film to use the technology developed for Avatar and Tintin.

The period film in Tamil, which will be shot with motion capture in 3D, is described as India‘s first performance capture photorealistic project. Two earlier Indian films to use this technology lightly were Enthiran (Robot) and Maatraan.

The Soundarya-directed production also features Deepika Padukone and Jackie Shroff while earlier Vidya Balan and Katrina Kaif were considered for the female lead.

The film, also featuring R Sarathkumar, Vijayakumar and Deepika Padukone, will be released in Telugu, English, Hindi and Japanese languages.

Kochadaiyaan is expected to hit the theatres this year in Diwali.