2.0 turns out to be a nightmare for Shankar

With VFX effects playing a major role in big budget action films, directors like Shankar and Rajamouli had to wait for the arrival of VFX file after wrapping up the final shoot. Rajamouli several times revealed that he spent sleepless nights during Eega and Baahubali as the films had huge dose of VFX work and he had not control on the output of the VFX effects. Now Shankar is facing the same situation currently with his next film 2.0. He wrapped up the shoot of 2.0 last year but the film is yet to hit the screens due to the delay in the VFX work.

Shankar is not new to graphics and VFX as he did wonders during his initial days for films like Jeans and Premikudu. Robo is a visual feast and Shankar received wide applause for his work. But things have been completely tough for 2.0. Shankar allotted the work to a US based VFX company which ended bankrupt after which he approached another company. There has been delay in the VFX work and Shankar recently imposed a deadline to wrap up the entire work by October 15th.

With lot of pressure from the makers and lot of stake involved, Shankar is left sleepless. Over Rs 540 crores have been spent on 2.0 which is named as the costliest Indian film till date. The makers recently announced that the film will release on November 29th. Shankar and his team can release the film as per the plan only if they receive the final VFX output by October 15th. With nothing much to do, Shankar is just waiting for the arrival of the final draft of the VFX work.

Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson and Akshay Kumar are the lead actors in 2.0 which has been produced by Lyca Productions. The film will release in multiple languages in 3D.