Flash Back: Director Shankar calls on Shah Rukh Khan and discusses about his idea of a Sci-Fi thriller to be made as a multi-crore multi-lingual film. Shah Rukh Khan goes awe about the project. Time passes and the project could not materialize, and when Shankar again takes up the matter with King Khan he was already busy with other projects.
Now, Shankar approaches another big superstar, this time it is none other than the one and only Rajinikanth! The script is given a lot of changes to suit the mass appeal of Rajinikanth and the title is also christened as ‘Endhiran’.
The Bollywood Badshah regretted for missing the opportunity of doing this Sci-Fi thriller, but he did not stop there. Mr. Khan took inspiration from Shankar’s idea and developed his concept of a Sci-Fi thriller, and it is ‘Ra.One’!
The title ‘Ra.One’ gives the meaning ‘Random Access: Version 1.0’. ‘Ra.One’ is a Sci-Fi superhero film made with a whopping budget of over 250 Crores, the most expensive film in Indian cinema history. Shah Rukh Khan plays the superhero.
The film has Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal in the lead roles. Superstar Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra do cameo appearances in the film. Rajini plays the Robot ‘Chitti’ that he played in ‘Endhiran’.
The movie is directed by Anubhav Sinha and is produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s home production company Red Chillies Entertainment and Eros International.
Music is by Vishal-Sekar and Akon. Cinematography is by Nicola Pecorini and Manikandan. Editing by Sanjay Sharma and Martin Walsh and the special and visual effects are done by the technicians from Hollywood who worked for James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ and other big blockbuster movies.
The film is released on Diwali day – October 26th – worldwide, around 3,200 screens and simultaneously released in Hindi and as dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu and German.
The Tamil version audio launch was held on 09.10.11 at Satyam Cinemas, Chennai with Shah Rukh Khan all the way coming from Mumbai and in the presence of Mani Ratnam.
src: filmics
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