Aamir Khan in Shankar's sci-fi film, Robot

Apparently, Aamir Khan is all set to play the lead in South director Shankar's sci-fi film, Robot.

If sources are to be believed, Shankar met Aamir a few days ago.

Aamir is interested, and Shankar is busy with the film's pre-production. However, it is still not known if Aamir will produce the film as well, or Shankar will rope in some other producer.

There was a lot of talk about Shah Rukh Khan doing the film under his banner, Red Chillies Entertainment. However, due to creative differences between SRK and Shankar, the two decided to part ways amicably.

Aamir will play a scientist who creates a robot with whom his physically challenged child can play with. However, things turn bad when the robot begins to kill people. Aamir then has to terminate his state-of-the-art invention.

Stay tuned in!

Update: Rajnikant is doing the film now as Aamir turned down the offer.