Who Was S.Shankar’s Pick For Robot Before Rajinikanth?(Photo Credit –Instagram/Sun NXT)

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S. Shankar’s big-budget sci-fi action film Robot, aka Enthiran, starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, was released in theatres in 2010. Eventually, it became a massive hit and got a big thumbs up from critics and audiences. Robot garnered immense praise for Rajinikanth’s performance, Shankar’s direction, and its top-grade visual effects.

Moreover, the film has an IMDb rating of 7.2/10. But did you know that neither Rajinikanth nor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were the first choices for Robot? Read on to find out which actor and actress were initially supposed to be in the film.

This Legendary Actor Was The First Choice For Robot

According to a Times Now report, Robot was in the works since the 1990s, and the National Film Award-winning actor Kamal Haasan was the first choice to play the titular role in Robot. Not just that, the female lead was supposed to be played by Preity Zinta. However, that version of Robot was reportedly shelved long before the production kicked off. The massively mounted project was revived many years later, and Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were cast. And the rest, as they say, is history.

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