Okay, bet you don’t know the answer to this. What’s the name of Akshay Kumar’s character in Shankar’s sci-fi thriller 2.0 that releases on Thursday? You know the Bollywood superstar plays the baddie in this film opposite Rajnikanth, right? And that the Thalaiva has two roles to play, robotics scientist Dr. Vaseegaran, and the fictional character Chitti who produces all the fireworks? But do you know what our Khiladi’s character is known as in 2.0?
The buzz all along has been that Akshay’s dark superhero is called Dr. Richard. Also, The Crowman because his character does resemble a ferocious crow. But PeepingMoon.com has exclusively learned that the evil-looking character with feathery eyebrows, claw-like fingers, topaz eyeballs and grey brushed back hair seen in the 2.0 posters is called Pakshiraja. Which means, King of Birds. It is no coincidence that several birds are seen in the background.
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Pakshiraja is created to make viewers sit up and take notice. And Akshay, who had to undergo hours of prosthetics every day to resemble the menacing character that looks a combination of man, beast and bird, described Pakshiraja as his most powerful character and one which will probably stay with him for the longest time. But who or what exactly is Pakshiraja? Akshay himself says he’s a dark superhero. While Rajnikanth said it was Akshay who was the real hero of 2.0. Guess we’ll just have to wait and find out.
