Know the hands behind the transformation of Superstar into a Robot!!

As said by Arun in comments at an earlier post, the cost of make-up styles itself in Robot likely to shoot up to crores of rupees matching half of any ordinary movie's budget. So, the news about 60 crores budget would turn false it seems. For me the total cost would touch one billion rupees(100 crores). If that turns true, then Robot will be the costliest movie in Indian Film history. Wishing and praying so as the collections too.

The following news item from DNA India throws some light on the expert who will handle Superstar's Robot look. A good informative piece. - Sundar
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Looking like a million bucks
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 23:59 IST DNA - After Hrs

Tamil superstar Rajnikanth is to don a series of new looks for his forthcoming mega sci-fi thriller Robot.

Reportedly, he will be going to Hollywood to try out novel prosthetic make-up styles, estimated to cost over three crores, for the Shankar-directed film.

According to sources Rajnikanth will be meeting veteran US make-up artist Michael R Jones. Incidentally, Michael did the make-up for Shankar’s film Indian that had Kamal Haasan in the lead. He has also done several Hollywood films like Tales from the Crypt, the Dolph Lundgren starrer Dark Angel and Ghost Busters. He was also the head make-up artist for the hit television show Star Trek.

“Shankar was very pleased with Michael’s work in Indian. He wants Robot to look extravagant Making a robot out of a man has never been attempted in any Indian film before and Shankar does not want anything to go wrong.”

Sources say Shankar will be accompanying the actor to finalise the series of ‘new looks’ for the multi-billion-rupee project.

Shankar’s earlier release Shivaji—The Boss had set the cash registers ringing.

A joint venture by Ayngaran International and Eros, Robot will be the second film in which Aishwarya Rai will be collaborating with Shankar, and her third in Tamil. Her first Jeans (1998), a Shankar directorial resulted in Hollywood noticing the actress after the film was nominated as India’s entry for the Academy Awards. Shankar’s movies have rewritten movie history twice on the issue of cost and number of prints. While Jeans was released in 1998 with a record 240 prints, Shivaji—The Boss (2007) is the most expensive release till date with around 400 prints shown on over 900 screens simultaneously.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1165734