Akshay Kumar to play villain in 'Robot 2'

Akshay Kumar has been roped in to play the antagonist in superstar Rajinikanth's 'Enthiran 2.0', which went on the floors on Wednesday

Akshay Kumar has been roped in to play the antagonist in superstar Rajinikanth's 'Enthiran 2.0' ('Robot 2'), which went on the floors on Wednesday.

Ending the year on a high note! Super excited to be a part of Robot 2 with the one & only @superstarrajini sir! pic.twitter.com/mC7AINo3JR

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) December 16, 2015

"Akshay is all set to make his Tamil debut with the film in which he will be playing the villain," a source from the film's unit told IANS.

'Robot 2' makers had initially planned to rope in 'The Terminator' star Arnold Schwarzenegger, but the deal did not happen.

Also read: Arnold Schwarzenegger offered Rs 100 crore to star in 'Robot 2'?

Akshay Kumar

The film -- a sequel to 'Enthiran' -- will be helmed by Shankar.

Also starring Amy Jackson, who will reportedly be playing a robot, the film is being produced by Lyca Productions.

Also read: Rajinikanth's 'Robot 2' finally starts rolling

While A.R Rahman will compose the tunes, Nirav Shah will crank the camera.

'Baahubali' fame Srinivas Mohan will take care of the visual effects work in the film, which will hit the screens next year.

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