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Indian Cinema Icon Rajinikanth made it big with cinema among the International circles all across the globe. He is currently shooting for his upcoming movie Kabali in the direction of PA Ranjith in Malaysia. Rajini has signed his next movie in the direction of Shankar which is said to be the sequel of their super hit movie Robo. The film has been titled as Robo 2 and the movie has been launched officially on December 12th in Chennai on the occasion of Rajinikanth’s birthday. The regular shoot of the film will start from January next year.

Touted to be the costliest Indian movie made till date, several big names were considered for the antagonist and the list included Aamir Khan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vikram and Hrithik Roshan. But surprisingly Akshay Kumar has been roped for the destructive role in the movie. Akshay flew to Chennai in a private charter yesterday to meet the team of Robo 2 after which things have been made official. Amy Jackson will play the female lead in the movie and AR Rahman will compose the music. Robo 2 will be shot simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi languages and is produced by Lyca Productions banner