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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (35) is the highest paid Indian film heroine. Still, for her to land an eye watering Rs 6 crore for.

A single film  Shankar’s The Robot  is something. Bonus: she serenades Tamil superstar Rajnikanth. Shankar last directed Rajni in Sivaji.

The Robot is India’s most expensive film to date. It was reportedly budgeted at Rs 128.70 crore but after one schedule in Brazil, the budget was expanded to Rs 150 crore.

That’s when the original producers Ayngaran and Eros  upped and left, leaving the film to the loving care of the Brothers Maran (Sun TV) who were delighted to take over.

Reports have it that with a 27 per cent hike in crew remuneration (most of the technicians are American and have to be paid in dollars) the cost of The Robot or Endhiran, as it is called in Tamil, is set to skyrocket to Rs 165 crore. A new high for Indian cinema.

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (35) is the highest paid Indian film heroine. Still, for her to land an eye-watering Rs 6 crore for a single film — Shankar’s The Robot — is something. Bonus: she serenades Tamil superstar Rajnikanth. Shankar last directed Rajni in Sivaji.

The Robot is India’s most expensive film to date. It was reportedly budgeted at Rs 128.70 crore but after one schedule in Brazil, the budget was expanded to Rs 150 crore.

That’s when the original producers— Ayngaran and Eros — upped and left, leaving the film to the loving care of the Brothers Maran (Sun TV) who were delighted to take over.

Reports have it that with a 27 per cent hike in crew remuneration (most of the technicians are American and have to be paid in dollars), the cost of The Robot or Endhiran, as it is called in Tamil, is set to skyrocket to Rs 165 crore. A new high for Indian cinema.

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Big news is that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is making a third film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali called Guzaarish after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and
Devdas, and it stars Hrithik Roshan.

The actress, trapped in the dense forests of Kerala with husband Abhishek for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, took a call and spoke to BT about it. “We’ve evolved together, grown as individuals and artistes, we’re both similar — totally driven and passionate, the passion is mutually addictive, we don’t meet for months, but every time we meet — we pick up the threads effortlessly,” said Ash about her filmmaker friend.

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Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is elated over bagging the main leads in two mega south Indian projects - Mani Ratnam’s Ravan and Shankar’s Endhiran.

“Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but it never materialised. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are working together after 10 years,” said Aishwarya on the sets of Ravan.

Tamil superstar Rajinikant, who is playing the male lead in Endhiran, was also very keen to work with Aishwarya and had tried to sign her for his earlier ventures - Padaiyappa and Chandramukhi, but the actress could not spare the dates.

Speaking about Ratnam’s Ravan, in which she once again teams up with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya said: “I don’t want to reveal much about it. Working with Mani is always a delight. He is a man of perfection. I am lucky to act in his movies again and again.”

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Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is elated over bagging the main leads in two mega south Indian projects - Mani Ratnam’s Ravan and Shankar’s Endhiran.
“Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but it never materialised. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are working together after 10 years,” said Aishwarya on the sets of Ravan.

Tamil superstar Rajinikant, who is playing the male lead in Endhiran, was also very keen to work with Aishwarya and had tried to sign her for his earlier ventures - Padaiyappa and Chandramukhi, but the actress could not spare the dates.

Speaking about Ratnam’s Ravan, in which she once again teams up with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya said: “I don’t want to reveal much about it. Working with Mani is always a delight. He is a man of perfection. I am lucky to act in his movies again and again.”

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First, the song pictures were leaked and now the songs itself have been leaked.

Endhiran directed by Shankar, stars Aishwarya Rai and Rajnikanth. The music has been scored by A R Rahman and is supposed to be one of his best compositions so far.

The songs feature Rajni and Ash in fancy costumes and were shot in Machu Pichu in Peru. There is also a rehearsal video.

Expectedly, the producers are very upset with the leakage but they cannot do anything about it.

Rahman and Ash are popular across the globe and the video is getting innumerable hits. We wonder if it’s only a matter of time till we get to see some scenes from the movie too. It will only add to the hype surrounding the movie which releases in summer 2010.

Watch the video here.

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Director Shankar, who is making ‘Endhiran’('Robot’), with superstar Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, will be busy with the film for two years.

The budget of the most ambitious film of the director (and of India!) is said to be several hundred crores of rupees! Believe it or not but Shankar was finding it difficult to get a cinematographer for ‘Endhiran’('Robot’) because the chosen director of photography would be required to block his dates for two full years for this film.

And knowing the tough task master Shankar is, he would not allow the cameraman to take up other assignments during this time period.

Finally, Shankar opted for a cinema­tographer from the advertising world. Reportedly, Randy, the director of photography, has been paid a fee of Rs. 1 crore for his services.

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Though there are not enough visuals, the “Rama Rama…” song has been uploaded in full and is a rocking number from AR Rahman.

Rumourmills in Kollywood say director Shankar and Rajnikanth are angry and worried about the “leak” of songs. The film, being made at a cost of Rs 120 crore, has AR Rahman scoring the music. Aishwarya Rai plays the heroine.

The shooting for the film is going on at a brisk pace and may hit theatres this year itself. The science fiction thriller, in which Rajnikanth plays a double role — as a scientist and a robot he creates– may reach theatres this year itself.

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While Amar Singh’s closest friends from the industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt, couldn’t make it to Singapore their respective wives more than made up for their husbands’ absence. Bachchan had to cancel his trip at the last minute due to a health scare and Sanjay was denied a visa.

Jaya was with Amar Singh when he went in for the surgery and Sanjay’s wife, Maanyata, joined her later.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan too put her shooting schedule for Shankar’s Robot on hold to be with Bachchan’s closest family friend in his hour of crisis. Jaya Prada also dropped in to wish her mentor good luck.

One of the star wives said, “It had become an all-girls club in Singapore with Jaya Prada also dropping in to meet him (Singh). There was nothing to do there except be present by his side and enquire about his progress. One couldn’t go shopping or sightseeing at a time like this. It was a grim situation but yes, we wives bonded well.”