Riding on the waves of her success in her debut film ‘Om Shanti Om', Deepika Padukone is now being considered to play the female lead in Shankar's ‘Robot' opposite Tamil superstar. Rajnikanth.

Eros Multimedia and Ayngaran Films Internation will produce ‘Robot'.

Sources said that an official announcement in this regard will be made on January 11 to coincide with the silver jubilee of ‘Sivaji'.