[Innocent Kid]

Aishwarya Rai has reportedly signed the prestigious Shankar film with Rajinikanth, tentatively called Robot.

Our sources insist, the deal was officially signed yesterday afternoon, around 3.30 pm. "The contract was sent to Janak (the Bachchan bungalow in suburban Mumbai) for the Bachchans' approval, and it was duly signed," says our source. But that's not all. Aishwarya Rai is allegedly charging a whopping
Rs 1.5 cr for the film, which was initially meant to be a SRK and Deepika Padukone starrer. The amount, needless to say, will be some sort of a landmark, considering no Rajini heroine has ever commanded such an astronomical fee so far. Shriya Saran was allegedly paid Rs 30 lakh for Sivaji.

Meanwhile, there seems to be some controversy around the title of this film.

Well, we all know the deal with tax exemption on movies with Tamil titles. So if you were wondering if Shankar was going to stick with Robot and incur the extra expense, you were wrong. The director has announced that Robot will soon be given a different name – a Tamil name at that. Since the movie is budgeted at Rs 120 crores, it makes absolute sense to cut these extra costs.

Shankar has also mentioned that this movie of his, being a sci-fi adventure, will depend largely on the visual effects, which may require a lot of time. But for Rajini fans, time won’t be an issue because Kuselan will be out later this year to keep them well entertained.

Shooting for Kuselan will start in February and the movie will hit screens post-June. Shooting for Robot will commence in July and the movie will hit the theatres, Well, let's wait and watch.

With inputs from galatta.com.

[Faizan]

I bet that they're gonna end up calling it Robbbot. :lol:

[sshinde]

oh no no..ash and special efforts reminds me of that disastrous `jeans'. ash, opt out please!

[Innocent Kid]

LOLLL well we will hear official announcement from Ash's manager soon i guess.

Iam only worried about Ash-Rajnikanth pairing.

as for movie ranji's last film "sivaji" was blockbuster soo this will be not less then that.

[Aly]

Am I the only one who finds it weird that Rajnikanth is 59 years old but he's always paired with such young heroines LOL?

This post has been edited by Joru Ka Ghulam: 24 January 2008 - 03:22 PM

[Innocent Kid]

Is he 59? :surrender:

[Aly]

Yupppp an d this is actually how he looks even though they make him look younger in movies

[Innocent Kid]

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :o

me dont like Ash say nooo..

or i hope she is not pair opposite this dude.

Aly thanks for pic :lol:

[BANANA]

maybe he will play her dad and maybe it's a father-daughter action film :)

[Innocent Kid]

Wow great imagination why dont u make films? :P

:lol:

Jk

[*Farrah*]

wow, why rajnikant mann if they're paired opposite each other, it will be messed up LOL he looks like her grandpa not a 'love hero'

[*Aarzoo*]

EWWWWWWWWWWWW I CAN'T IMAGINE ASH DOING A ROLE OPPOSITE HIM

[Innocent Kid]

Samee here Ash say NO! if he is opposite u. :yuk:

[Aly]

Yeah LOL thats why I'm a bit iffy about this...he was just paired with Shreya Saran in Sivaji and she's only 28!

This is how he looks in movies:



In real life (Spotted by a fan, posted on Rediff.com):




I mean I know he's a superstar and all, but I don't really wanna see Ash or ANY young actress opposite him LOL

This post has been edited by Joru Ka Ghulam: 24 January 2008 - 08:30 PM

[Innocent Kid]

Damnnn look at him in that pic Goshhh

Pukeeeeeeeee