Rajinikanth
The trailer of superstar Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar starrer multilingual science-fiction action drama 2.0 dropped online on Saturday. At the trailer launch event, Rajinikanth said the movie has been made with a whopping budget of nearly Rs. 600 crore. 2.0 is a sequel to Shankar's 2010 blockbuster Enthiran.
"Mark my words, the film will be a super hit. Advance wishes to Shankar and Lyca Productions. Nearly Rs. 600 crore has been spent on the film. The film wouldn't have been possible without the support of Lyca," Rajinikanth said.
He said that the makers spent lavishly on the film for the vision of Shankar. "This is not a Rajinikanth film. The money has been spent on one man Shankar, who has never failed to entertain audiences. This is his vision and I laud Lyca Productions for backing him," he added.
In the film, Rajinikanth plays a scientist and a robot. Speaking on the occasion, Shankar said audience will see Rajinikanth in multiple avatars and it'll be a treat to watch.
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"Audiences will see him as scientist Vaseegaran, robot Chitti and 2.0 version of Chitti. There will also be a giant version of Chitti in the climax. We also have another version but we'd like to keep that as a surprise," he said.
Shankar raved about Rajinikanth's commitment. "When we were all set to shoot the climax in a stadium in Delhi, Rajini sir fell ill. Six months of planning had gone into the preparation of the climax which was supposed to be shot in 40 days. Despite his bad health, Rajini sir insisted that we go ahead with the shoot," Shankar said.
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"We shot in extremely hot temperature. Rajini sir had to shoot wearing 12 kilo robotic suit. We were stunned by his commitment," he added.
2.0, which will release in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, has music by AR Rahman. Akshay Kumar, Amy Jackson, Adil Hussain and Sudhanshu Pandey have important roles in the flick. The film has been produced by Lyca Productions and is gearing for release on November 29.
(With IANS inputs)
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