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After a dream debut with Bollywood Badshaah Shah Rukh Khan in Om
Shanti Om, Deepika Padukone appears set to take the Southern film
industry by storm by possibly grabbing a role opposite Tamil superstar
Rajinikanth in the big-budget film Robot.
Padukone’s name is “on the top of the list of contenders for
heroine” in the Rs 100-crore venture by director Shankar, sources in
the film production unit here said.
Shankar, who directed last year’s runaway hit Sivaji - The Boss also
starring Rajinikanth, has already teamed up with the renowned music
composer AR Rehman for the film.
The 22-year-old model-turned-actress has received the Star Screen
award for “most promising newcomer” and Stardust “Superstar of
Tomorrow”" award.
Going by the mantra that actresses make a dent in Kollywood(Tamil
film industry) after starring opposite Rajinikanth or Kamal Hassan, the
media began the buzz about Deepika acting in Robot.
The speculation earlier was that Shah Rukh Khan would play the lead
in the the film, to be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, before Shankar
succeeded in getting the Tamil matinee idol to agree.
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