St. Thomas came to India to spread God’s message after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his tomb is located at the Santhome Basilica in Chennai. Plans were made to make a spectacular film along the lines of ‘Benhur’ and ‘The Ten Commandments’ showcasing the life and times of St. Thomas.

It has been confirmed that Ajith and wife Shalini will be part of the project. According to unconfirmed sources, superstar Rajinikanth will be playing the role of legendary Tamil littérateur Thiruvalluvar in the film. The sources also add that Kamal Haasan will play a prominent role and actors Vijay and Vikram will also feature in the film.

Funded by the Government of Canada and the Vatican, the film will be made at a whopping cost in various locations in India and abroad. Shooting is slated to happen in January 2009 and the film will grace movie screens in 2010.

If the unconfirmed sources are to be believed, Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan will share screen presence after a very long time….well over twenty five years.

The film was recently launched at the Santhome Basilica compound by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

Now going a step further, he has zeroed in on Telugu hero J D Chakravarthy as the villain for his magnum opus ‘Robot’. The movie to be produced by Ayngaran
International features Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles.

J D Chakravarthy has acted in the ward-winning masterpiece Kannathil Muthamittal. He appeared as a Tamil fighter in Sri Lanka called Dhileepan, who is the father of the little girl Amutha. He will be seen again in Tamil, this time along with superstar Rajinikanth in the forthcomming Robot.

The name of Chakravarthy has been suggested by none other than Rajinikanth himself. Chakravarthy had acted in several Telugu movies and had worked with Ramgopal Verma.