ROBO 2 prestigious film for Indian cinema: Rajinikanth

Mumbai, Nov 21: Superstar Rajinikanth believes his upcoming Tamil science-fiction actioner "2.o" is not a prestigious film just for its makers but for the entire Indian cinema."I enjoyed working on this film. This subject is very unique. This is not just a prestigious picture for the producers, director Shankar or the unit but it s one for the whole Indian cinema," Rajinikanth said here at the first look launch event.He s confident the Rs.350 crore mega budget film will match Hollywood standards."Despite our (Indian cinema s) technical excellence and the financial strength, we could not reach Hollywood standard yet. But I m confident this film will reach Hollywood level. It ll be a film our entire Indian film fraternity will be proud of," he said.Rajinikanth plays doctor-scientist Vaseegaran in the film, which is a sequel to his own 2010 blockbuster, "Enthiran".Akshay Kumar is being introduced as the antagonist and he plays a scientist called Richard, who turns into a Crow Man after an experiment goes wrong.Also starring Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey and Adil Hussain, the film is being completely shot in 3D, and is slated for Diwali 2017 release.