Rajinikanth’s 2.0 movie release date is out

Superstar Rajinikanth’s 2.0 movie will be released all over the world on 25th January 2017. 2.0 movie is a sequel to his previous movie Enthiran which was released in 2010.  Both the movies are directed by Shankar, who is one of the prominent directors of Kollywood. The release date of the movie was announced by the producers. 2.0 is produced by Lyca Productions. The movie is written by Shankar and co-written by B. Jeyamohan. The movie features Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. 2.0 made with a budget of 450 crores will be shot in Tamil and Hindi. A dubbed Telugu version will also be released on the first day. The film is expected to be released in 15 languages. The movie will hit around 1000 screens all over the world. The makers also said that there will not be any changes in the release date since there were rumors that the movie’s release was postponed to April.
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar will be playing a negative character in the movie. Shankar held initial discussions with Kamal Haasan, Aamir Khan, and then Vikram about portraying a further role, though none of the three actors signed on to appear in the film. Subsequently, the team held talks with Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the role, who agreed to work on the film for a record remuneration. But the makers then opted against signing Schwarzenegger, though there have been conflicting reasons regarding this decision. After further negotiations with actors including Hrithik Roshan and Neil Nitin Mukesh, the makers signed on Akshay Kumar to portray the role for which Schwarzenegger was initially considered. Amy Jackson is playing the female lead of the movie.  Aishwarya Rai was the heroine of the first part. Music Maestro A. R. Rahman composed the music for the film. While the soundtrack in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi version includes 2 songs, only one song will be played in the film. Rasool Pookkutty is handling the Sound design of the movie. And the cinematography of the movie is by Neerav Shah.