Chennai: Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be part of the Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil project Enthiran 2 directed by Shankar.

Shankar’s dream project ‘Enthiran’ became a reality in 2010. It is one of the big budget flicks in history of Tamil Cinema. However the movie reaped profits and it became a milestone. Recently ‘Baahubali’ shattered the records and everyone were eager for the sequel.

Shankar who has been quiet has confirmed the project and the movie will go on floors from February 2016. Shankar right now has started the pre-production work and at first he is finalizing his technical team. Madhan Karky is the first person to step inside.

The hunt for female lead is on and Deepika Padukone confirmed that she is not a part of the project. From bankable sources we hear that Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be part of the project. It has to be noted that Arnold already expressed his desire to act with Shankar.

The inside source also revealed that Arnold is not doing role of villain. He will be doing a crucial role. Shankar is still hoping for some Bollywood biggie to do role of antagonist. Watch out this space for more updates.