Rajinikanth who is shooting for 'Kabali' in Malaysia for the past one month takes a short break in December first week to be Chennai for the make-up test of 'Robo 2'.
Shankar roped Sean Foot of Weta Workshop which is behind Vikram's different avatars in 'I' for working on Rajinikanth's different looks in 'Robo 2'. The Team have already performed make-up test for Rajini's body double which will be used extensively in all the risky stunts.
'Robo 2' pre-production is in full swing since six months. Hollywood star Arnold is likely to play the Antagonist. AR Rahman composes Music. Visual Effects is by Srinivas Mohan. Anthony will be the Editor. Lyca International allotted Rs 250 crore for the project and the budget might cross Rs 300 crore-mark by the time the film is ready for release. In all possibility, 'Robo 2' releases only in the second half of 2017.