Akshay Kumar’s evil look in Rajinikanth’s 2.0 wows celebrities

Mumbai: Amazing, awesome and fabulous are some of the words used by a few Bollywood celebrities to praise actor Akshay Kumar's evil look in the upcoming Tamil science-fiction actioner 2.0.

A sequel to the 2010 Tamil blockbuster Enthiran, the film is being made on a lavish budget of Rs 350 crore. Akshay will be essaying the prime antagonist in the film as an eccentric scientist called Richard, while megastar Rajinikanth returns as scientist Vaseegaran.

Here is what some of the celebrities tweeted about Akshay's look in the film:

Prakash Jha: Eyes on everything! No escape from the Devil.

Riteish Deshmukh: What an amazing first look Sundi.

Sidharth Malhotra: What an Awesome! Evil look brother.

Ritesh Sidhwani: What a fabulous first look. Can't wait to watch this one.

Sajid Khan: Outstanding Sundi! This is going to be epic entertainment. Two superstars versus each other. Rajnikanth and you. Shankar's biggest yet.

Bhumi Pednekar: Oh my God, Akshay Kumar this right away gave me the creeps. Evil definitely has a new face and it's brilliant. Super excited.

Maniesh Paul: This is next level boss! Akshay Kumar sir! Wish you all the luck.

The film, which is directed by S Shankar, also features Amy Jackson, Sudhanshu Pandey and Adil Hussain.

2.0 is scheduled to release on Diwali next year.