In the film 2.0, Dr.

Vaseegaran has recently constructed a new android humanoid assistant

named Nila, whom he shows to a group of college students, and the film begins with an
unknown man walking up to a cell tower and hanging himself. Shortly after, all of the city's
cellphones began to fly into the sky, causing panic among the public. Vaseegaran proposes
rebooting the robot Chitti to a scientific council meeting to study the issue. A member of the
council, Dhirendra Bohra, whose father was assassinated by Chitti a few years ago, is
opposed to the plan. So why there a sudden requirement of reassembling of ROBOT was
proposed by Dr. Vaseegaran in the meeting as that was the only way to deal with Pakshi
Rajan. He created a revolutionary moment against the mobile phone, the towers, and mobile
service. Akshay Kumar's character Pakshi Rajan believed that the bands of the towers of the
network service provider were way much higher compared to the standard prescribed by the
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. And the same was complained by the Pakshi Rajan
to the authority but due to corruption, he got no resolution and took the initiative of doing
something for the betterment of the bird and human life. But the motive of Pakshi Rajan was
good but the way he approaches the situation was wrong in the eyes of law and the same can
be done by taking into consideration the law.

In the film, Pakshi Rajan has also used the word ‘Electromagnetic Field (EMF)’ and he also
claims that because of EMF emissions from the mobile phone for the death of animals and
birds.

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has filed a complaint against the
makers of Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar’s 2.0 for 'promoting anti-scientific attitudes towards
mobile phones and cellular networks'. 

In their complaint addressed to the I&B Ministry and the Central Board of Film
Certification (CBFC), the non-profit telecommunication association has slammed the film
for “falsely depicting mobile phones and mobile towers as harmful to living creatures and
the environment including birds and human beings."

In 2.0, Akshay plays the role of a crazed ornithologist who blames mobile phones for the
death of animals and birds resulting from electromagnetic field (EMF) emissions from
such devices. Protesting this premise, COAI said in its statement that there is “no
evidence” for such an impact of mobile services and towers and thus the film’s concept is
prejudicial to members of the association. As a result, they have accused the makers of
violating the guidelines of the Indian Cinematograph Act (1952) and has requested the
I&B Ministry and the CBFC to intervene in the matter.