Plot
An human-android constructed by a scientist falls in love with the to-be bride of his creator.
Release Year: 2010
Rating: 6.6/10 (9,222 voted)
Director:
S. Shankar
Stars: Rajnikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa
Storyline Dr. Vasi (Rajnikanth) invents a super-powered robot, Chitti, in his own image. The scientific body, AIRD, that must approve the robot, declines it based on its not having emotions and the ability to make rational judgment. A sudden flash of lightning evokes emotions in the robot, and Chitti is seemingly ready for integration into the human world. Then, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vasi's fiancée Sana (Aishwarya Rai) and turns on his creator.
Writers: S. Shankar, Sujatha
Cast: Rajnikanth
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Dr. Vaseegaran
/
Chitti
(as Superstar Rajni)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
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Sana
Danny Denzongpa
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Dr. Bohra
Santhanam
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Siva
Devadarshini Chetan
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Latha
Karunas
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Ravi
Delhi Kumar
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Vaseegaran's Father
Cochin Hanifa
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Traffic Police
Kalabhavan Mani
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Pachaimuthu
Sabu Cyril
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Agent Shah
Shriya Sharma
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School student
Taglines:
Love, hate, and betrayal between the creator and his creation
Opening Weekend: $2,166,178
(USA)
(3 October 2010)
(139 Screens)
Gross: $85,000,000
(Worldwide)
(25 December 2010)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
USA:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kamal Hassan and Ajith Kumar were all approached for the role of Dr Vasigaran/Chitthi.
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
It seems Danny Denzongpa delivered all the dialogs in Hindi. The Tamil dialogs were dubbed on top (with lip movement in Hindi)
Quotes: School student:
Why was the Robot dismantled? Chitthi:
I started to think!
User Review
Endhiran...The Greatest Blockbuster of Indian Cinema!
Rating: 9/10
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!
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