Aish Has Completed The "ROBOT" Photo Session

Aishwarya Rai cleared the speculations that she may opt out of Shanker’s dream project ROBOT and finally did a photo session for the promotion of the film. Rajnikanth and Aish has completed the third and final photo session for the film which were held in Chennai and Mumbai recently.

It is disclosed by Shanker that almost all the stills done by Aish have been registered to be used in Promotions. But still the dilemma is with Rajini’s costumes and get up.

Still the sci- fi director is not able to zero up on a specific get up for the superstar and is also thinking to re shot some stills with some different get ups. Already it is a known fact that bollywood’s Manish Malhotra is the costume designer for this film.

Some sources reveal that Shanker may opt for botox treatment on Rajikanth to get the look of a young scientist.

Mani Ratnam Next Project

Ace director Mani Ratnam will script the biggest ever deal in the history of South Indian Cinema, for a three version film in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.

According to source Mani Ratnam's production company Madras Talkies is in the final round of negotiation for huge Rs.120 Crore deal with the Anil Ambani run Reliance Entertainment Big Picture, for negative rights of all the three versions. According to close sources from the industry, if this deal happens, it will be the biggest ever for a South Indian Film.

Mani Sir as he is known in Kollywood, has been working on this script ever since the release of his super hit Guru in Jaunary, 2007.

Reportedly the Hindi version will have Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai in the lead and Govinda in a negative role. The Telugu and Tamil versions will have Vikram in the male lead, while Aishwarya will be the common heroine in all three languages.

He is teaming up with the photographer and friend-partner of his earlier ventures (Aalayam), PC Sreeram and his own discovery AR Rahman.

Rajini’s Looks In Robot As His Role Of A Young Scientist

Rajinikanth and director Shankar have been very busy over the past few weeks with the groundwork for Robot set rolling. The duo have completed about three photo sessions thus far - one in Mumbai and two in Chennai. It seems that Shankar is quite satisfied with the outcome but the final decision on Rajini’s get-up in Robot is yet to be decided.

Meanwhile,Rajini and Shankar will fly down to Mumbai in a few days time for the fourth photo session. Interestingly, this photo shoot session will have Aishwarya Rai also participating in it. Sources say that Shankar is taking extra care about Rajini’s looks in Robot as his role happens to be that of a young scientist.

Shanker Consultation With A Famous Astrologer

Though predictions come true or not, Tamil Cinema is well known for going by what astrologers predict. An interesting tidbit about the much hyped and highly anticipated film 'Robot' starring superstar Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai seems to be in consultation with a famous astrologer.

Sources have indicated that a top personality involved with the project had taken director Shankar's horoscope to the astrologer in a bid to find out about the film's prospects. The astrologer in turn had wanted to meet Shankar in person before going ahead with the predictions. Shankar had an audience with the astrologer and certain 'revelations' were made.

According to the astrologer, Shankar's 'time' is good at the moment and will continue to be so for a few years. However, with regards to 'Robot', the movie must be made immediately in order to have a dream run worldwide. A delay in its release might even doom the movie to failure.

This information has reportedly rattled the director. One will have to wait and see if the director takes the astrologer's prediction seriously and start filming at once.

It is not know if the astrologer is a fan of the Rajini – Shankar combination and is in haste to see the movie released quickly.

Aishwarya Got Rs 6 Crore in "Robot"

Aishwarya Rai is very much a part of Shankar’s Rajinikanth dream project Robot, being produced by Ayngaran International.

Sources close to the deal said that last week the actress finally signed on the dotted line.

She was reportedly paid a whopping advance amount for the film.

Aishwarya is rumoured to be getting Rs 6 Crore to be the heroine of Robot. This is said to be the highest ever salary paid to an actress for an Indian film.

She has agreed to give bulk dates for the film as and when required.

As per original plans, Shankar was supposed to start the film in the first week of June. Due to various hitches, the shooting of the film will start now only in the last week of August after a low key ‘pooja’ in Chennai.

The dates have now become very convenient for Ash. She had kept the entire month of July and August for the Bachchan’s “Unforgettable World Tour”, a series of shows across continents organised by Wizcraft and starring the Bachchans (Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya) along with a host of stars.

After Aishwarya finishes her world tour, it will be time to start Robot. As of now Shankar is said to be planning to start the shoot with a song to be picturised across the world. So Ash once again goes around the world with the one and only superstar!

Mani Ratnam’s Next - Sanjay Dutt pairs with Aishwarya Rai

Sanjay Dutt is replacing Vikram in Mani Ratnam’s Next movie, which features star couple Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.Mani’s film pairs Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya, interestingly not Abhishek and Aishwarya, as is widely assumed.

Ace director Maniratnam had first chosen Vikram, but he roped in Sanjay because he wanted a more popular face.