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Amazing, extravagant, intelligent, beautifully conceived- executed treat for all fans of Rajni and people who understand and enjoy the Indian masala movie!!!! Shankar has hit the jackpot, the mother lode this time with this stunning film which is going to open huge vistas for Indian cinema. Rajni is the soul of the film and my god he delivers and HOW!!! The last 45 minutes are simply cracking for his enactment of the anti hero as only he can and does.

My only regret in the film was that they seemed to have required not 200 but 400 crores to really deliver in the stunt sequences in the 2nd half! But even still, magnificent achievement with an absorbing story line which keeps you engaged and rollicking in your seats till the last frame. Aishwarya seems to get more attractive with each passing year! This is the only event (Rajni) apart from cricket in India where absolute strangers on the road, in the theatre ask each other questions on how the movie was and talk like long lost friends on any subject under the sun.

It's worth a mind blowing spectacle for Tamil Audiences especially Rajni Fans , But for the world audiences who witnessed the World of Cyborg Stuffs in Terminator Series ,IRobot ,Surrogates etc ; it'll just be an another effort from Sci'Fi Side .

It is entertaining watching Rajnikanth between screaming Rajni fans on First day. Rajnikanth performs with his usual charm & essence to give Indian Cinema a real Hero & a legendary Villain in this Movie .The Visual effects in the First Half was Pathetic ,But as a remedy we will watch spectacular visual effects spilling in front of eyes in the Second Half .

Script is Concentrated in a Cyborg with Programmed Emotions falling in Love with his Scientist's Niece & Gradually trapped in Wrong hands yet Re Programmed as a Destruction Tool .

The Enthiran is a Total Commercial Entertainer for Rajni Fans & Just a Time pass Movie for World Viewers .

This will be the Downfall of Bollywood in Indian Movie Industry . Tamil Industry is gaining some Levels & Standards .

Ps :- There is only one Superstar in Entire World , Rajnikanth

You have to be prepared though. This is a movie of extremes. There is no room for subtle. And strangely it works in the movie. What I know from South Indian cinema is that they love the fantastic genre. And Endhiran has taken it to the next level. While the cgi scenes in itself can be perceived as cheesy for the most times it was used very creatively. Simply said it was fun to look at. Rajnikant shows why he is perceived as the superstar he is.He is quite amazing in his double role although he also could be very off at times. I think that is the directions fault. Overall this movie isn't meant to make you think but to to entertain. Even when some serious subjects are getting discussed here. Of course some scenes look like they are copied from movies like Terminator or I,Robot! Still,it did not bother me at all since most scenes did gave another spin to it. Thumbs up for this production!

Enthiran will keep u by your seats till the end.The movie plot is decent and the superb directing by Shankar along with our superstar Rajini's acting makes this a masterpiece.....

I saw this movie on first day at pondicherry and i never seen a crowd like this before.

The film's story revolves around a scientist's struggle to control his creation, an android robot whose processor was upgraded to give it the ability to comprehend and generate human emotions, from further sociological mishaps. After setting its eyes upon a beautiful woman, the robot develops love for her, who also happens to be the love interest of the scientist, which creates a conflict between the two. It released worldwide on 1 October 2010...........

A must see film...............

Enthiran movie is going to make history in the Indian Cinema. The south Indian superstar once again gonna rock in the Indian theaters as well as in the foreign theaters where superstars fans assemble to witness his extraordinary acting with his attractive style. The ace director Shankar has did his best to make his wild imaginations to come into reality by using his technicians and the Stan Winston studio in US which no other Indian film has made its entry into it. Superstar Rajinikanth is in the negative role again after decades which is going to entertain and fulfill the hype and expectation to all his die hard fans around the globe Aish, Oscar winner AR Rahman have given the best to ensure this movie to make history. The action sequence in the movie is going to keep the audience at the tip of their seats till the end of the movie. Sit relaxed and enjoy the movie!!! Wishing the Superstar and his unit a grand success by making the first Indian Sci-fi movie to compete with the Hollywood blockbusters.

One of the best movies ever made by Indian film industry and Mr. Shankar proved it again that he is the best storyteller of the movie world who very intelligently sew the advanced technology of CG with the story.

The Best movie of the century and it deserves to go for the Oscars.

Everything was perfect

A.R.Rehman music and background score blended superbly with the movie

Rajnikant.Neither Kuma Nor Khan It's Kanth - RajniKanth.

Aishwarya as usual talent with beauty

If Hollywood have avatar then India has robot.

Review 5 out of 5

All is grand and great with 'Enthiran'. From frame one till the last, there is enough thrill, spill and chill that one would normally associate with Rajinikanth. Perhaps it is double here. The magic of Rajinikanth and the aura of Shankar have been combined well to weave a magic on screen.

Come to describe Rajinikanth in Enthiran, we may run short of adjectives and adverbs. As scientist Vaseegaran and as robot Chitti, the top actor sizzles. He is cool and suave as Vaseegaran. More intellectual and stylish, he charms one and all.

Sporting a stylish beard, Rajinikanth appears in trendy costumes in flashy colours. He has exemplary energy and enormous screen presence quite like any other films of him in the past.

Not far behind is beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who missed few chances before to act with Rajinikanth. In 'Enthiran', she is cool and casual. The beauty with brains lends dignity to her role.

Walking away with applause is Mozart of Madras A R Rahman. All his songs are catchy, foot-tapping and trendy. The songs like 'Kadhal Anukkal….', 'Robo Dance…', 'Boom Boom…' or 'Kilimanjaro…', all evoke thunderous applause. Rahman's mastery in blending orchestration, harmony and rhythm add pep to all the numbers. The lyrics too compliment the songs and the theme of the movie. The legend in Vairamuthu, his novice son Kargy and Pa Vijay deserve applause.

Come to master of the ship – Shankar. The man of many achievements, who brought grandeur to Tamil cinema, has lived up to his reputation. His dream project which eventually hit the screens is nothing short of fun, frolic and excitement. Known for handling mass themes with much ease, here he combines such elements with science. A theme never heard before in Indian cinema, Enthiran, is nothing but a milestone movie. Shankar has added one more jewel in his crown.

well after watching robot i was happy to see the use graphics has been brilliant in this film.I have never seen an Indian film with such a standard of graphics.i was satisfied with the first half of the film but the 2nd half of the film was not that good as the first half.As usually Shankar has shot the song scenes very beautifully and nicely directed.But i was little disappointed with the BM done by A.R.Rahman.The songs done by Rahman was not as good as he usually does.Both Rajnikanth and Aishwarya has done a good job .The main highlight of the film is the action scenes and the graphics.Looking forward to see Indian films with such good graphics. ALL i have 2 say it was quite fun to watch and refreshing for Indian cinema and i give 7.5/10.

Endhiran, The Robot is definitely going to be a Biggest Blockbuster of Indian Cinema.

1. Budget is $35m, most expensive movie in Asia.

2. 2250 prints, 3000 screens, largest worldwide screening after 'Spiderman'.1400 screens in Tamil Nadu alone including 48 out of 52 screens in Chennai.

3.In three language versions, Tamil,Telugu & Hindi.

4. The special effects are as good as Hollywood movies like Terminator, Matrix, Godzilla which is composed of 1500 graphical shots.

5. Double Academy Award Winner AR Rahman has scored the music.

This is a story of android based humanoid named Chitti.The first part in Endhiran movie has lot of surprises and rest half has actions and rides.

In Endhiran, Rajni plays double role. One is a scientist and another is a Robot. Scientist Rajni creates a Robot with artificial intelligence like that of sixth sense in humans to help human beings and to the development of the country.But its silicon heart falls in love with Aishwarya Rai. Writes romantic poems and the Robot behave just like a human being. Knowing about the extra ordinary intelligence of the Robot the villains try to get control of the Robot.

The last 30 minutes of the film are literally the grandmaster of all make-believe and end up creating a whole new genre of cinema: the 'curry eastern' which stands up as a wholesome alternative to the curry western. For Rajnikanth fans, the climax is definitely a sure-fire way to lose your sanity.

For non-Rajnikanth fans, it's a sure-fire way to understand the mystique and magical allure of Rajni sir, a hero who enjoys a demi-god status in several parts of India. Why? Because there are almost a hundred Rajnikanths eating up helicopters, smashing cars, battering planet earth and creating havoc, like never before. If you thought Terminator, Matrix, Godzilla was fun, then we guarantee you'll fall off your chair with glee as our desi T2-meets-Blade Runner-meets Neo-meets-Godzilla sets the screen on fire in a crazy, vengeance bid. Spoofy, yes. But super fun too.

Robot is primarily designed as an unadulterated tribute to the charisma of Indian cinema's ageless superstar, Rajnikanth. And it's completely, wholeheartedly, joyously desi. Where else would you find a hero who literally shoots with his fingers! What's more important is the fact that you actually don't mind when the bullet whizzes out of his forefinger and hits the man in front in the head. Instant death! Ha Ha!

The high point of Robot are the super quality special effects. All the Spiderman, Batman and Superhero antics of Rajnikanth have been done with exquisite elan by the Stan Winston Studio which reportedly provided the animatrics for films like Jurassic Park and Avatar. And all the stunts have been choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping, the Hong Kong based action director who created the high-adrenalin stunts of classics like Kill Bill and Matrix. Almost 40 per cent of the film's colossal budget (Rs 160 crores) has been spent on special effects, which, at the end of the day, seems all worthwhile. For watching Rajnikanth running horizontal on a speeding train, clambering across burning buildings like Spiderman or mutating into gargantuan monsters does manage to shock and awe the viewer who's out there to have big time fun.

But Robot isn't effect alone. It has a plot too which, if you really pay attention, has a meaning and a message. The film carries forward the man-machine war through interesting twists and turns and creates a lively love triangle between scientist Rajnikanth, medico student Aishwarya Rai and robot Rajnikanth. Interestingly, the duo make an interesting pair, what with Rajni sir's sundry wigs and sideburns and Aishwarya's tribal 'Kilimanjaro-Mohenjodaro' attire. You might just overdose on the pungent masala fare. Have a blast.

For Tamil audience, this movie is a definite 10 out of 10!

I liked shankar more than maniratnam because of his brilliant script writing which enthralls the audience for 3 hrs with some brilliance, fantasy, larger than life persona and masala stuffs. But endhiran being his dream project has too much masala for a sci-fi film. This film would had been very good in 2001 even without the special effects.

1 st half is almost perfect for a 1st half with racy screenplay and acceptable storyline. I was at edge of the seat when chitti was delivering the baby, i was eager about chitti being approved for patent. 2nd half is pure cheese with chitti speaking to mosquito, three unnecessary songs and above all chitti doing all those magic stuffs only for aishwarya rai is so uninteresting. When the movie was over i was like "this is it", so is my friend beside me and so is my neighbour the other side.

the movie is very entertaining but it is masala film, DOT and the special effects isn't very good IMO. Black sheep mehnn mehnn mehnn... superstar forever.

I just came out from seeing the first day first show....Endhiran at Kasi theater in chennai. The movie started early morning at 4:30. Never seen a huge crowd like this ever before in chennai for a movie, that too early before even sunrise. The movie is 100% adrenalin rush action with Rajini's and Aiswarya's stunning performance. The graphic sequences are awesome. Its very difficult to distinguish graphics from reality. Last 1hr of the movie reminds us of 'the matrix'. The songs are picturised in a spectacular way. The movie is a super-hit in all possible angles. See it before others do. I mean to say watch it to believe my words.

I have to admit that I haven't seen much of Superstar Rajnikanth's films in their entirety, other than the wonderful Annamalai many, many years back, and it firmly remains one of my favourites, so you can imagine the thrill of watching the Superstar on the big screen cementing his status as one of Kollywood's greatest again. He plays two roles here in a biblical take on creation, being the scientific creator Dr. Vaseegaran who's latest achievement after 10 years, is to develop a robot (christened Chetti by the Dr's mom) with an advanced neural networks, which is also played by the Superstar himself devoid of emotions, because feelings is something every computer scientist knows we're not quite there yet since programming more than not involves codes of logic, the rational and things explainable through maths, rather than the irrational based on emotion.

But being human is to have feelings and to express them, and that primarily separates machines from humans. In essence the story, besides being a romance, is an examination into the difference between man and machine, and the caution that should one day we get to such an advanced state of artificial intelligence that Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics have to be seriously looked into, and if one can truly program irrationality, then bear in mind that it comes with the negative traits associated with being human, Vaseegaran finds out that playing god and the proud acknowledgement of that ability comes with a degree of responsibility outside of hugging his creation each time it sings his praises, before the narrative turns in the second half into something darker, with betrayal and the severance of ties between Vaseegaran and Chetti.

And all this because of a woman too. The story before the interval dwells more on the romance or lack thereof between Vaseegaran and Sana (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), and takes on a rather playful nature in between the creation of the titular robot, and that of his abilities in assisting Sana through her studies, whipping up gastronomical meals, beating up thugs who disturb the peace, and provided for an entertaining fight sequence onboard a train involving the systematic destruction of the train cabin as thugs get slammed left, right and center by Chetti, which I'm sure in a packed house will have audiences applauding with approval. Bit by bit we see what Chetti is capable of, and highlights Vaseegaran's claim that it can dish out efficiencies and strengths of 100 men, before it starts to take on a new challenge in understanding feelings and emoting them, and with Love being as irrational as it is, proves to be a handful for a robot's comprehension as he starts to get romantically obsessed with Sana.

But Chetti, in disappointing terms, is created none other than as a weapon for the army, which I thought geared very much to the real world where anything that can be weaponized will, running contrary to the fantastical take of the narrative thus far, which provided a talking point for the filmmakers to preach about the virtues of love over war, and why man cannot for once abandon that thought for love, which we are equally capable of. Embarrassed by his creation, Vaseegaran destroys Chetti only for his rival (Danny Denzongpa) to pick up the pieces and provide his own little code to transform Chetti into a killing machine, which provided for almost all the action sequences in the second half of the film to the point of excessiveness, an opportunity to see the Superstar in hundreds of numbers creating an army of itself and a fortress in which to house the kidnapped Sana. And trust me when I say the final act of the film involves some very loud battles between robots and soldiers that made it seem like you're watching a disaster flick with Transformers.

Clocking in at 170 minutes, there were a few redundant scenes here that could have been done away as it didn't move the narrative forward, like the scene involving Chetti communicating with mosquitoes (yes you read that right). The action sequences in the film are unlike what I've seen in any Indian film to date, and puts them on par with what Hollywood does in terms of designing and executing them flawlessly between live action and computer animation, though at times it's easy to detect where the money shots were placed. A.R. Rahman's music provided the right touches in the film although I would think the song and dance numbers were a little long – especially those that came in to justify the love between Vaseegaran and Sana – that were made bearable only by the excellent dance choreography, which both Superstar and Aishwarya seem very comfortable in performing.

Like a typical Indian masala film, this one has the right mix of everything – song, dance, action, romance, and plenty of effects thrown in to make it look ahead of its time. for being an entertaining broad crowd pleaser. Superstar Rajnikanth is at his element here playing 3 different roles - the professor, the good Chetti and evil Chetti, and anyone who suspects Aishwarya's dance ability should be convinced without a doubt she has all the right moves here, because that's what actually shines through given her rather muted role as the medical undergraduate at awe with her boyfriend's ability to build a walking, talking and feeling robot protector. All in, Endhiran is a case in point in the maturing of the Indian film industry in terms of their technical knowhow, just like how the advanced Chetti got created as a labour of love.

Can you always get the best results with the best ingredients? The answer is YES, YOU CAN. Provided you have an actor/superstar who listens to his director, an actress/global celebrity who just glows on screen throughout the movie and if the big budget is totally justified.

All the credit for this extravagant movie goes to Shankar Shanmugam. The man is an absolute genius. His creativity reaches great heights with this movie and elevates the Indian movie standard to an all time high. With every movie of his, the scale of movie-making grows tremendously. He got the best technology money can buy. Looks like the majority of the budget is spent on Animatronics and this movie has got plenty of that.

Rajinikanth is magnificent in this movie. In fact, he is the movie. He adds life to every single frame created by Shankar. Aishwarya does what she does best, look GORGEOUS.She has some pretty slick dance moves in the songs.

The Animatronics are the best you could find in any movie so far and not just an Indian movie. The songs are spectacular. Shankar shows the audience some of the best places in the world all for a few bucks. The locations are mind-blowing and totally unique to this movie. Shankar handpicked the locations for the songs and they are shot on a grand scale. The music is haunting and highly entertaining.

This movie will surely become one of the biggest movies ever made in India and without a doubt bring in a lot of moolah to the producers, distributors and the exhibitors all around the world.

Rajinikanth redefines super stardom. Truly, a legend of a man.

This movie has once again shown that Tamil industry is going nowhere. I mean come on, I expected a lot from this movie. But once again lot of marketing strategy marred the movie. I have been a fan of Kamal and Rajini (almost all of Balachander's) for a long time. Rajini has sure got talent but I cant stand it anymore of it being completely misused.

Aishwarya Rai in this movie is just being used to show up and for songs(the glamor factor). Of late almost all of tamil movies does it. They have no roles for Heroine. They base their movies solely on Hero and what more they add more spicy stuff to the movie.

As famous Vivek Dialogue goes "We even make Jackie Chan to speak Madras Tamil". Now we made, what should be a serious, breathtaking, feverish movie into a masala mix. Unless we stop bringing stuff into a movie just because of the external pressure to do so, Tamil Industry is gonna struggle. Probably most people would understand it's about the songs. This movie doesn't warrant the kind of songs it has.

Neither Shivaji nor Endhiran were Shankar-isque or Rajini-isque movies. Just like Kamal did in Dasavatharam, these two have made a mistake of allowing the character to compensate the plot. Hope my two greats Rajini and Legendary Kamal come back to their own.

Rajini Kanth

Magic: Whats Magic? Its a Power to make you sit and watch a Person is doing and here it is... Its Sheer magic of Rajini. He had given us a Completely new Indian film. This Movie will prove in all ways, who is the super star of India.

Endhrian Movie Review

You would have heard about Western Style, Western Movie etc.. Now, here after there is one more, That is Eastern, its Eastern Style, the RAJINI Style. Rajini and Shankar will always be remembered as the Persons responsible for making a movie that will literally reduce the gap between Hollywood and Indian Movies. They are responsible for the Giant Step Tamil Film Industry had taken.

Endhiran is Indian and is Desi meets western and let we call the new genre of film making as Eastern.

The Highlight of the Endhrian is its Special Effects, that you can match this movie with any Hollywood movies. Yes this movie is - perhaps the first Indian Science Fiction movie which is successful and high in Special EFX. Here all Spidar Man, Hancock, Hulk, Superman become one man and its amazing that for the first time we are going to accept an Indian Desi Hancock. Its hard to identify Special Efx used in most of the Scenes. The Special Efx in the last 45 Minutes is breath taking and very creative, not taken or inspired from any Hollywood movies like Blade or I Robot or Spider Man or Hancock. He had introduced a new Genre and which is going to be repeated in the future, this movie is going to inspire many and many Future Indian film Directors.

The Movie is Big, Grand and Explosive. Final 15 or 20 Minutes will keep you at the edge of your seat. You will witness the greatest ever SP EFX Indian Movie or even Asian movie.

Dialogues: Dialoges are very good and easy to understand for anybody. Its simple and convey the message easily. Eg:

Person 1: Do God Exist? Chitti: What you mean by GOD? Person 1: Our Creator. Chitti: Then, Yes, (Pointing Vaseegaran) he is my God, my Creator.

On the whole: The Movie is going to break all kind of Indian Box Office records. The movie has everything, whatever the Team had promised before. Great achievement by SUN Pictures and S Shankar.

Look out for the Final 20 Minutes, the Magnetic EFX, the Giant ROBO, The Snake, Rajini's Dialoges and his Face expressions in the last quarter.

This movie is not a Masterpiece but is Path Breaking with its breath Taking Visuals. The film is a Visual Treat and technically way ahead of any Indian Movies.

A movie made with graphics. Can see glimpses of Transformers, Crank, Ironman, Terminator and Hulk. The first half can entertain you with a few comedy scenes and songs. As compared to first half, second half won't entertain you much. You can witness the usual Rajini stunts and styles. The music and BG score by ARR and sound mixing by Resul Pookkutty is not that interesting. Just a usual one. To be precise, I was not able to see the ARR/Resul magic in it. But still, overall, its a nice watch. Even if you're not a Rajini fan, watch it for the brilliant graphics and technical perfection. Will rate 7/10.

P.S:- When the movie head towards its climax, there is a scene in which Rajini and his clones form a huge snake. Amazing. A must watch in theater.

I happened to see Robot (Hindi Version) a few days back. Believe me, I am ashamed to even commit to my friends that I saw this crap. The Movie is silly from the beginning and never delivers anything intelligent, which is expected from a science fiction. I feel sorry for Rajnikanth who has compromised so much, just to please his fan base. It is difficult to believe that he is the same person who stared in the movie-Thalpathi (Mani Ratnam).

Coming back to Robot. My question for Mr.Shankar is when he is going to give us an intelligent and a smart film. I have no complains with the special effects, they were very well executed and were of Hollywood standards. Specially the final ten minutes.

However, there was nothing like a story in the movie. It was predictable from the first scene and was longer than required and top of it, there were just too much songs. Songs were poor and lyrics were just pathetic. The twists were stupid and did not fit in with theme of the movie.

In terms of acting, Rajni is acceptable as the scientist and unbearable as the Robot. Mrs.Bachaan, it seems is signing everything coming at her hand these days, so no complains from her, because we all know what she is capable off. Mr.Danny, I understand you have no work these days, so you are pardoned for being a part of this foolish, dramatic and shameless movie.

It is these movies which draws the Indian Film industry backwards. I pity the people who consider this as entertainment and spend thousand of rupees in watching this crap. Stay away, support good films.

I was listening to the audio of this movie from the day it got released, AR.Rahman has done a good job in doing the music part, he scores 9/10, when i first went to this movie with a lot of expectations it turned out pretty well but i was expecting like the ones Shankar made such as Anniyan, Mudhalvan etc., as far in this movie, the first half really rocked that it went interesting and funny and keeps you occupied with the moving story, the songs in film were totally unique, mostly other than 2 songs in the film other songs were staged which it did not surprise me but i totally loved Aishwariya rai's dancing, she was incredible and looked stunning throughout the movie, The fights scenes were incredible that appeared in the train which i loved it because it gave the awe the superstar feeling :),comedians Santhanam and the other were not that useful in the film but though they played their parts quite well, the story is unique but somewhat not a powerful one, where in the movie the characters are the powers than the story and the main thing is that rajni kanth has been given importance to the character than his punch dialogues and his style, the second half is where the film quite slowed down a bit due to the songs and too much of visual graphics, it is a tremendous effort on using such effects for the first time in a tamil film but i think it could have been used wisely but it was terrific anyway, there are many good scenes in the film, there is a scene in the movie where Rajnikanth says "Happy Diwali Folks" that gets you a smile on your face or make you say it to yourself, well i would say overall it is a Good movie, watch it for your favorite stars and for the high budget and for Shankar. 7/10 Verdict: Recommended