The only Superstar, Rajinikanth’s much anticipated flip, ‘Kaala’ is all set for a universal release on June 7th, 2018. As per latest updates, the teaser of his sci-fi movie, 2.0, is likely to be released during the 0finals of Indian Premier League-2018, which is on May 27. It is interesting to note that, the makers of 2.0 have already used the IPL venue to endorse the film once. Reportedly, an unedited version of the teaser was spread on social media.
2.0 is an upcoming Indian science fiction film written and directed by S. Shankar, co-written by B. Jeyamohan, and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah. The film serves as a spiritual successor to the 2010 Tamil film Enthiran and features Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. With an estimated budget of ₹450 crore, it is the most expensive Indian film made to date. The film is being shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi, with a release date yet to be confirmed and additional dubbed releases in fifteen other languages including the Telugu Language.
In November 2016, it was revealed that 2.0 was scheduled for release during Diwali on 18 October 2017. In April 2017, one of the producers, Raju Mahalingam, announced that the film’s release had been postponed to 25 January 2018 citing better incorporation of visual effects. The release date was later moved to 14 April 2018. The release date was once again moved to 27 April 2018 but instead, Kaala took that spot resulting in another delay of the film. The making video of the film was revealed on 25 August 2017. Besides Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu, the film will be released in 12 other languages too. It is now expected to release on August 15, 2018, but confirmation is awaited. The film was delayed numerous times due to the extensive CGI work that has taken longer than expected, with CGI work split among a variety of special effect studios to avoid a leak of the film.
Rajinikanth will be appearing in the double role in the movie which is directed by Shankar. He plays the most admired characters, Chitti and his creator Vaseegaran in the science fiction thriller, which is a consequence of the actor’s 2010 blockbuster, Robot aka Enthiran. The film has leading Bollywood actor, Akshay Kumar playing the chief opponent. 2.0 also stars Amy Jackson and Adil Hussain. The film may hit the screens in this year 2018.