Akshay Kumar: Bollywood has to learn a lot from the South industry

Film 2.0 is lavish in all senses, the budget, the star cast, the expectations all included. Starring Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson in the lead roles, 2.0 will be a 3D sci-fic entertainer.

At the grand audio launch of 2.0 in Dubai, Akshay said, "There's a lot that we have to learn from South because the way they work, we have to understand a lot now. They work in unity and respect each other's talent, we have to learn that".

Akshay along with his co-stars Rajinikanth, Amy Jackson, the film's director S. Shankar and composer A.R. Rahman were in attendance of the audio launch at Burj Khalifa on Friday.

On working with Rajinikanth, Akshay expressed his excitement, "Rajini sir is the real superstar. I would like to thank Shankar sir for giving me the opportunity of working with a legend like Rajinikanth. I could've never imagined that I will get a chance to work in such a big and costly film like '2.0".

"I have done 130 films (in Bollywood). '2.0 was my 131st film. I can only say that during the making of those 130 films, I got to learn little from every film, but I was learning throughout the shooting of this film", Akshay added.

The event was hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar, Rana Daggubati and Balaji. Here's a picture of the trio:

With an estimated budget of approximately 450 crore, 2.0 is slated to release on 25^th January, 2018. Also to know that this film is the most expensive Indian film made to date. 2.0 is shot simultaneously in both Tamil and Hindi.