17 BULLETS ON ENDHIRAN

Will be the first tamil movie to be distributed by HBO films. *Aishwarya Rai's 5th tamil film, ironically all of them had A.R. Rahman's music. *Shankar's dream project for 10 years. *Hollywood special fx studio Stan Winston will do the robotic special fx. *Peter Hayne, the film's stunt director, almost lost his life on the set, with Shankar nicknaming him "Peter Pain" at the Endhiran audio launch. *The 8th A.R. Rahman-Shankar film. *The second consecutive Rajini-Shankar film. *The most expensive tamil and indian film ever made. *The soundtrack was the first ever tamil soundtrack to top itunes for world albums. *The film set a record for highest foreign prints sold. *The first film with double acting Rajini's since Muthu. *Ironically the two films Shankar has directed with the lead actor in double roles: Jeans and Endhiran, both featured Aishwarya Rai as the lead actress!

*Originally was to be made with Kamal Hassan and Preity Zinta in the leads. *The audio launch was the biggest in tamil history. *Some scenes of the film were shot in Machu Pichu, a historical site not usualy allowed to be used for shooting. *Endhiran will be the last film that Rajini will play a youthful character, as his films after will feature him in roles closer to his age. *The final song Arima Arima will feature a reported 100 Rajinis. By, Gautham Ratnam tamilmovieman@live.ca