Apparently, Aamir Khan is all set to play the lead in South director Shankar's sci-fi, Robot.
If sources are to be believed, Shankar met Aamir a few days ago. Aamir is interested, and Shankar is busy with the film's pre- production. However, it is still not known if Aamir will produce the film as well, or Shankar will rope in some other producer. There was a lot of talk about Shah Rukh Khan doing the film under his banner, Red Chillies Entertainment. However, due to creative differences between SRK and Shankar, the two decided to part ways amicably. SRK had admitted, "Shankar and I were not happy with a few things; his take on the film was completely different from mine. We had worked very hard on the film and it is sad that we had to call it off." Aamir will play a scientist who creates a robot with whom his physically challenged child can play with. However, things turn bad when the robot begins to kill people. Aamir then has to terminate his state-of-the-art invention. When Shankar was doing the film with SRK, the latter was said to be in favour of Hrithik Roshan essaying the robot's role. But as Hrithik is busy with his other commitments and now Aamir being a part of the film, things may not fall in the same place. Who will play the robot in the film is yet to be finalised. Incidentally, John Abraham and Upen Patel had also been considered to play the robot when SRK was in talks with Shankar. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx? page=article§id=30&contentid=200712112007121102352751513ce4130
