In order to bear the costs of this big-budget production, two upcoming companies are going to unite and produce it. Meanwhile, his next film will be with director P Vasu. The film is going to be made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu.
The Tamil part of the film will be produced by Rajinikanth's mentor, director K Balachander's film production company. The Telugu version is going to be produced by Ashwini Dutt.
AR Rehman is going to compose the music for Shankar film. It is not clear who would compose music for the P Vasu film.
