The government has been keen to popularise India as a film shooting destination, and since 2014, the information and broadcasting ministry has been setting up film facilitation offices as a single window for all clearances and approvals. Kumar's 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' will hit theatres in August and is inspired by the Swachh Bharat project, its makers said. This is being done for the first time in India,' he said.Īnimatronics technology and use of helicams to show action scenes between Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar will be among the visual high points of the movie, Mahalingam added.Ĭomposer AR Rahman, cinematographer Nirav Shah, VFX designer Srinivas Mohan, who had earlier worked in 'Baahubali', and sound designer Resul Pookutty, who won an Oscar for 'Slumdog Millionaire', are working on Robot 2.0.īollywood star Akshay Kumar, who plays the villain in Robot 2.0, also has a movie slated for release this year which is inspired by another high-profile scheme announced by the Prime Minister. Generally, movies are shot in 2D and then converted to 3D. The attempt to give a futuristic feel to the movie has resulted in high production costs, but the quality of filming will make many Indian cinemas shift to 3D screens. 'The climax was shot in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi and the rest in EVP film city in Chennai. This movie will be India's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', the internationally acclaimed Chinese movie,' he said. But we decided to shoot everything in India this time.

Raju Mahalingam, COO, Lyca Productions, makers of 'Robot 2.0,' told ET the film has been entirely shot in Delhi and Chennai.

BJP insiders who spoke off record said the PM had had a word with Rajinikanth a few months back when work on Robot had just begun and had suggested that the much-anticipated film can promote the Make in India theme. Make in India is one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's key policy initiatives that seeks to encourage manufacturing in India.

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