Shankar’s Rajinikanth starrer Enthiran (Robot in Hindi, Robo in Telugu) ranked the first among the India’s most expensive film until SS Rajamouli’s two-part fantasy drama, Baahubali broke the record. The director is now gearing up to raise the stakes with Enthiran 2 with Rajini reprising his role in the sci-fi drama.
The actor of Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger to make his Indian film debut with the sequel. He will be flying for the first schedule in January to play a rogue robot.
Arnold and I discuss a lot of Indian movies. He attended the audio launch of my Vikram starrer, “I and told me that he wanted to work in Tamil films. He was impressed with the story line of Enthiran 2 and agreed to be a part of the film” Shankar confirmed.
The Hollywood actor will be in India for 25 days, his final dates are reportedly being done in concern with the free dates of the South- Indian actor, who is presently shooting Kabali, in which he plays an ageing don, in Chennai.
Enthiran, which bagged two National Awards, one for Best Special Effects and the other for Best Production Design, was the story of a scientist and his robot Chitti who turns against him. Shankar reveals that the sequel is very different, “Enthiran 2 is a superhero film, a sci-fi adventure, a triangular love story with bits inspired from the Ramayana.”
