Deepika prevails over Katrina Kaif :Cinejwala:

With Deepika Padukone finally slated to play the heroine in Kochadaiyaan opposite Rajinikanth, the rumours that  Katrina Kaif might be roped in for the movie has come to rest.

Kat was apparently aggressively campaigning to bag Soundarya Rajinikanth’s Kochadaiyaan. However, Deepika has bagged the coveted role opposite the legend-Rajinikanth.

Deepika was already assigned for Rajini's Rana. Since Rana has been put on the backburner, Soundarya decided to go ahead with Kochadaiyaan. And very soon, all the big Bollywood beauties were sending out feelers.

Since Katrina could not assign dates, the baton has been passed back to Deepika.