SRK decided to opt out of Shankar's sci-fi thriller 'Robot'

Shah Rukh Khan has pulled the plug on South director Shanker's sci-fi thriller Robot. Shah Rukh was to produce the film through his Red Chillies Entertainment and also play the lead in it as a super hero.

After having worked hard on the film for four months, Shah Rukh decided to opt out of it due to creative differences with Shankar who recently directed the blockbuster hit Sivaji starring Rajnikanth.

"We were not happy with few things, among them being the fact that his take on the film was completely different from mine. It was amicably done and there is no bad blood," Shah Rukh says

Shah Rukh who had set aside 7 months for the production of Robot, which was to start filming in November, now has a lot of time on his hands.

He will next star in Farhan Akhtar's Don 2 which will go on the floors in 2008.

Shah Rukh appears to be making good use of the time he has on hand. He recently played host to one of the world's richest men, steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal. The two met at a party in Mumbai over the weekend during which Shah Rukh invited him over to his residence Mannat.

"I met Mr Mittal at a party and just invited him home, so on the way to the airport he just dropped in for a cup of tea," Shah Rukh says.

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