Shankars Robot Starring Rajnikanth has been renamed to Yantram. This was a big blow to shankar and they were forced to change the name as Shahrukh Khans Red chillies had registered the title Robot and nine other titles based on it.

The Nine titles are Robot, Mein Hoon Robot, Mera Robot, Pyara Robot, Robot a Hero, Robot Hoon Mein, Robot My Hero, Robotics, Robott. It also clearly indicates that Red Chillies will be making a film titled Robot.The titles were registered with the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) in Mumbai, by King Khan’s company.

The official reason given out is that as per Tamilnadu government rule only films with Tamil titles are eligible for entertainment tax exemption.