Ash has signed the film for 1.5 Crores and she has replaced Deepika Padukone who was considered earlier for the role. With this Rajnikanth has fulfilled his desire to work with Ash who couldn’t do Sivaji due to date problems. Meanwhile the official contract of the film has been approved by Amitabh Bachchan himself after altering few clauses and signed by Aishwarya.

It is a typical Shankar reaction, as he would like to keep his moves on Robot a closely guarded secret till the release day of the film. And Rajinikanth also loves keeping everybody guessing till he asks the producers to officially announce it with a press statement.