Akshay Kumar on Sunday unveiled the first-look poster of his character from superstar Rajinikanths '2.o'. In the film, he's believed to be playing a character called Crow Man, the result of an experiment gone wrong.

Akshay Kumar plays the prime antagonist in the film. Introducing his character as the new face of evil, Akshay shared the poster on his Twitter page.

Evil has a new face! #2Point0 #3Diwali2017 #2Point0FLLaunch pic.twitter.com/k33uwU6eg2

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) November 20, 2016

According to Lyca Productions, the make up for Akshay's character would take six hours. "Every day he has to get up six hours early, so that he can be on the sets on time," read a slide released by the makers.

The first look of the film will be unveiled here on Sunday.

A sequel to 2010 Tamil blockbuster 'Enthiran', the film is being made on a lavish budget of Rs 350 crore.

While Rajinikanth returns as scientist Vaseegaran, Akshay will be seen playing an eccentric scientist called Richard. The film, which is directed by S Shankar, also stars Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey and Adil Hussain in important roles.