2.0 (film)
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2.0
2.0 First Look.jpg
First look poster
Directed by S. Shankar
Produced by Allirajah Subaskaran
Written by S. Shankar
B. Jeyamohan
Starring Rajinikanth
Akshay Kumar
Amy Jackson
Narrated by Rajinikanth
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Nirav Shah
Edited by Anthony
Production
company
Lyca Productions
Distributed by AA FILMS (Hindi)[1]
Global Cinemas (Telugu)[2]
Release date
April 2018[3]
Country India
Language Tamil
Hindi
Budget ₹450 crore[4] [5]

2.0 is an upcoming Indian science fiction film written and directed by S. Shankar, co-written by B. Jeyamohan, and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah, founder of Lyca Productions.[6] This is first Indian film that is directly shot in 3D. The movie serves as a sequel to the 2010 Tamil film Enthiran, and features Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Dr. Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson.[7] The film will be shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.[8][9][10][11] With an estimated budget of ₹450 crore (US$70 million), it is the most expensive Indian film made to date.[12] A dubbed version in Telugu will release alongside the original Tamil and Hindi versions.[13] The film's worldwide premiere is scheduled for April, 2018, and the film is expected to be released in 15 languages.[14]

Contents [hide]
1 Cast
2 Production
2.1 Development
2.2 Casting
2.3 Filming
3 Music
3.1 Tamil soundtrack
3.2 Hindi soundtrack
3.3 Telugu soundtrack
4 Release
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Cast[edit]
Rajinikanth as Doctor Vaseegaran and Chitti
Akshay Kumar as Doctor Richard / Crow Man[15][16][17]
Amy Jackson
Sudhanshu Pandey as Bohra Junior[18]
Adil Hussain[19]
Kalabhavan Shajohn[20]
Riyaz Khan[21]
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
The commercial success of Enthiran (2010) prompted the makers of the film to immediately consider making a sequel. By March 2011, the original film's cinematographer, Rathnavelu, revealed that initial pre-production work on a sequel had begun with the same technical team.[22][23] S. Shankar, the director of Enthiran, moved on to work on Nanban (2012) and I (2015) and planned to reunite with the same producers as the original was released, with Shankar revealing that he was unsure if the film "will happen at all" during an interview in 2014.[24] While finishing the production of I, Shankar drafted the scripts of three more feature films, including that of a sequel to Enthiran.[24]

Pre-production work for the film was reported to have started in June 2015 with Lyca Productions deciding to finance the project. Along with Shankar and Rajinikanth, composer A. R. Rahman and editor Anthony remained on the development team for the sequel, while Jeyamohan was added to help write dialogues. Shankar also began briefing the film's art director T. Muthuraj and visual effects supervisor V. Srinivas Mohan about their involvement in the film.[25][26] Shankar had initially inquired about K. V. Anand's availability. This was before Nir