Director Shankar's ambitious project Robo 2 is going to be launched today. The film marks the return of Superstar Rajinikanth and the filmmaker combination after a brief gap of five years. The film is tipped to be a sequel to the duo's sci-fi thriller Robo.

Shankar is currently busy finalising the special vehicles for the film. Reportedly, he has pumped in Rs 1 crore each for about 10 vehicles for the film. Likely to be made on a staggering budget of Rs 250 crore, the film would showcase Amy Jackson as a Robo.

Shankar, known for making films with grandeur is leaving no stone unturned to make Robo 2 a visual spectacle. Rajinikanth would be seen in a new avatar and recently the Superstar had undergone a make-up test for his role in US.

Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is expected to play the baddie in this film which has music by AR Rahman.