Shankar may remake '3 Idiots' in Tamil

Filmmaker Shankar, whose eagerly awaited film Robot is being touted as the costliest movie ever made, is planning to make the superhit Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots in Tamil.

When asked about it, Shankar said he was in talks for the project.

"I am too busy with the release of Rajinikant-Aishwarya starrer Endhiran and only after that is done, I can speak about this project," the director said.

The Aamir Khan-starrer, which garnered over Rs300 crore at the Box Office, is being remade in Tamil and Telugu.

Speaking about Endhiran, which is also being released in Hindi and Telugu as Robot, Shankar said the idea of the film came to him when he decided to make a film on non-living objects.

"This Robot is close to humans," he said adding the film dwells on human relationships. "It is about seeing ourselves in the mirror," he added.

Shankar, who last directed Rajinikanth in Sivaji - The Boss,  admitted his first choice was Kamal Hassan. "I wanted to start the film in 2000, but things could not be put in place," he added.

Lauding Aishwarya's efforts, Shankar who directed her in Jeans earlier, said Ash would write all her Tamil dialogues in English a day before and come to the sets next morning well prepared.

"She is a thorough professional. Ash knows the whole film, what scenes we have to shot in a particular day, costumes as well as the lines of her co-star," the director said fondly.

When asked about Robot being the costliest movie of the Indian film industry, Shankar said the movie was priceless in terms of hard work put in by the team and not in terms of budget.