Developments in Robot

Aishwarya has confirmed her place in Robo. I was wondering how it will work out when she also agreed to the latest flick with Mani Ratnam because both Mani and Shankar demand bulk shooting dates and the answer seems to be here.

Writer S. Rangarajan passed away.

Cast selection process of robot is going through a topsy-turvy change with rumor mills running 24/7.

First robot started with Shahrukh Khan accepting the lead role and then backing out. Rajini came in to help his troubled director Shankar and took the lead role. I suspect the reason for this could be because of Soundarya, Rajini’s daughter, who will be involved in the movie’s next generation graphics. Heroine and villain are yet to be confirmed with Aishwarya Rai confirming that she is considering the role. Also the gossip goes on to say Arjun might take on the villain role. Personally I feel that would be detrimental to Arjun’s image. Shankar’s villains are bad at core (behavioral level not lookwise). So that kind of characterisation generally leaves a lasting image with the audience.

Nirav Shah has withdrawn from the project due to personal reason and Thiru is taking over the project as cameraman. Thiru, as you might remember worked for Aalavandhaan and Lesa Lesa. A. R. Rahman the only constant in Shankar’s movie is scoring music while Antony is wearing the editor’s hat.

That’s the news as of today and these are early days.