It seems Shankar himself is shaken with rumours about 'Robot.' He is now come out with an announcement.
The title is 'Iyandhiram – the Robot.' This the first time a whole Indian film is being shot in Hollywood . Mary Ivokt, who did the costume design for 'Men in Black' and 'Batman Returns,' will design the costumes for 'Iyandhiran' along with Manish Malhotra.
Stan Winston Studio Animation, plus ILM, KEFX, Hong Kong 's Centro, Menboard have been signed on to do the animation graphics. Director is Shankar, actors are Rajini and Aishwarya Rai and other Indian stars, cameraman is Ratnavelu, music is by AR Rehman, but everything else including technology and rest of the cast are from Hollywood .
This all out effort, is to set out a challenge to Hollywood itself!