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Rajni’s robot finds its body in LA studio

For his Rajnikant-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sci-fi trilingual, Robot (Hindi)/ Enthiran (Tamil and Telugu), director Shankar has collaborated with Hollywood’s Stan Winston Studio for visual effects and make-up.

Updated on: Aug 01, 2010 12:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By , Mumbai
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For his Rajnikant-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan sci-fi trilingual, Robot (Hindi)/ Enthiran (Tamil and Telugu), director Shankar has collaborated with Hollywood’s Stan Winston Studio for visual effects and make-up.

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About 40 per cent of the Rs 150 crore budget was spent on the SFX. Shankar has used animatronics technology, seen in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park trilogy, for Rajnikant’s Robot. The southern superstar and the director spent over two weeks at the Los Angeles studio, preparing the body mould for the Robot.

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First, Rajnikant’s body was scanned to make a prototype that served as the basis for the Hollywood technicians. Shankar confirmed the news: "When we have A-listers like Rajnikant and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in a futuristic movie like this, you need to give your audience something more." Currently, a team from the studio is putting the finishing touches to the movie at Shankar’s office in Chennai.

 
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