Superstar Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya R Ashwin won an award for technical innovation at the NDTV Indian of the year Awards. Soundarya won the award for the technical brilliance used in her upcoming directorial debut flick Kochadaiiyaan.

The awards ceremony was held at Delhi and Bollywood top hero Ranbir Kapoor handed over the award to Soundarya. Kochadaiiyan has Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, Sarath Kumar and Jackie Shroff in the lead roles.