Tamil superstar Rajnikant is to don a series of new looks for his forthcoming mega sci-fi thriller Robot. He is going to Hollywood to try out novel prosthetic make-up styles, estimated to cost over Rs.30 million, for the Shankar-directed film.

Sources close to the film unit said that Shankar would accompany the actor to finalise the series of ‘new looks’ for the multi-billion-rupee project.

Shankar’s earlier release Shivaji the Boss had set the cash registers ringing. Rajnikant, who finished work in his forthcoming release Kuselan, has already begun work on Robot in right earnest. The movie, featuring Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, will be made in the next two years, the publicists said.

A joint venture by Ayngaran International and Eros, Robot will be the second film in which Aishwarya will be collaborating with Shankar, and her third in Tamil. Music director A R Rahman is set to score an encore in Robot.
Shankar’s movies have rewritten movie history twice on the issue of cost and number of prints, according to film historian Anandan.