

But things didn't work out as he wanted fees of Rs.120 crores, which the makers declined to pay.ĩ.The sequel comes 8 years after its original in 2010.ġ0.The first time Rajnikanth and Akshay Kumar will be working together.ġ1.About 1,00,000 smartphones and many more dummy phones were used for the film.ġ2.The film's title, '2.0', refers to to the upgraded antagonist version of the eponymous super-robot Chitti, who designates himself in the second half of this film's prequel, 'Enthiran'. Akshay Kumar will make his Tamil debut with this film.Ĩ.Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is a good friend of Shankar and attended the trailer launch event of his film "I" was approached to play the villain. However, many other elements seemed to have changed, including the designs and to some extent, the tone of the film.Ħ.Amy Jackson the lead actress of the film was the one to recommend Akshay Kumar's name to the makers with whom she had worked in the film "Singh Is Bling" (2015).ħ. Bohra (the antagonist from the previous film, 'Enthiran'), who serves as one of the main antagonists here. Vaseegaran and Chitti, and there is the son of Dr. In this film, Rajinikanth does continue with playing Dr.

This is different from the term it has been designated by others, a "spiritual successor", where the themes and plot structure are the only things retained, while everything else including the characters is completely changed. This film is a standalone sequel, meaning that while it does take characters from the previous film, it does not completely serve as a continuation of its plot, sometimes to the point that it completely establishes a new plotline for these characters.

Amy Jackson who plays the lead in the film opposite Rajnikanth is 43 years younger than him and 25 years younger than Akshay Kumar.ĥ. Amitabh Bachchan was also considered for the negative part of the film but Rajnikanth himself refuses it as he believed that people won't accept him in a negative character.ģ.This is the 10th film of AR Rahman and S Shankar together.Ĥ. Various Hollywood stalwarts including Sean Foot (Avatar), Kenny Bates (Transformers), Aaron Crippen (Batman v Superman), and Steve Griffin worked in the film.Ģ.
