Shankar goes bigger with SRK

By: Settu Shankar
Monday, July 30, 2007
Gossip that has been making its rounds has finally proved to be true. Mega director Shankar has announced that he and Shahrukh Khan will be joining hands for his next production Robot. The films shooting will start in a few weeks. The latter’s film Shivaji – The Boss is still making waves the world over.

The film Robot will be a gripping science fiction flick, a natural progression from Shivaji, which was one, the biggest that the Indian film industry has ever seen. None other than Shahrukh Khan will play the lead role in the film. The film will be in Hindi. Hum Se Hai Muqabla and Hindustani, his earlier Hindi production, Robot will add to his list of Hindi films.

Out of all his Hindi films so far, Hindustani bagged the most awards during the year of its release including a Best Actor award for Kamal Hassan. His last Hindi film Nayak was a flop. Red Chillies Entertainment, SRK production house, will produce the film. The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and other languages.

The films music will be dome by ace composer AR Rahman. The films music will be a combination of techno and jazz. The crew members are yet to be finalized upon.