Enthiran (2010)

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Normally South Indian films are far-fetched and have heroes play same parts again and again, Rajnikant too after the crap Shivaji(2007) I didn't expect much but this film is a surprise. Technologically this is one of the best films. It does have some routine romantic scenes(afterall a tamil film) but yet the main story of Rajnikant making a clone of himself is terrific when the clone does a volte face it strikes you, there are several scenes well handled in the second half like Cheethi recognising the real Rajnikant, Danny's death and the climax which goes a bit overboard but superbly handledDirector Shankar does a terrific job Music is decentRajnikant handles both the roles perfectly, his make up is simply terrific hard to make out it's a 60+ person playing the part Aishwarya Rai is decent in her role Danny is good but his role is half baked, rest are okay

Wait is over & here it is for all to see, Shankar's dream project "Enthiran", starring Rajnikanth & Aishwarya Rai. Movie is produced by Sun Pictures & music by A.R.Rahman & is billed to be the most expensive movie ever made in India. So naturally movie of such magnitude gets & has gotten everyone excited. Does all the hype & hoopla gets reflected in the end product is a different question altogether. If you detach Rajnikanth & the amazing visual effects from the movie, with all its wretched writing & appalling screenplay it would have been easily the worst product from Shankar. Somehow the performer in Rajnikanth (he is amazing in the role of the Robot especially with the negative shades reminiscent of his memorable villainy of yesteryear) & the visual effects of the US-based Stan Winston Studios and Industrial Light & Magic seem to blind everyone of the many pedestrian aspects of the movie.While watching the movie one gets resonating thoughts from one of Shankar's own production "Arai En 305il kadavul". Like how Shanthanam & kanja Karupu make use of the power of the almighty , here too Shankar seems to have done the same with the mighty money that has been invested in the movie. Especially the final 30 mins are freaking insane which sure gratifies juvenile instincts of the grown up kids. Shankar needs to get all the accolades for making this movie happen in the first place. Notwithstanding the run of the mill script , he has shown the hard work , perseveration, imagination & moreover guts to conceive & create movie of this magnitude & making the world turn back & make notice of a Tamil movie. If only he had concentrated more on the script , then it would have made Indian film industry proud . Rajnikanth is the prime reason why the movie is getting all the notice it is getting . It is a delight to watch him the role of the Robot with all the negative shades. One saw glimpses of that in "Chandramuki" but here he has satiated many people's desire to see him a role with hard core villainy. Even at 60+ , the charisma he exudes on screen is unbelievable. Aishwarya Rai looks radiant & dances well. Unlike in most of her movies here at least she has done some amount of work albeit in showcasing his dancing skills. Otherwise she continues in her merry ways as far her acting skill is concerned.Danny Denzongpa , Shanthanam & Karunas are all grossly underutilized. A.R.Rahman's music , which was proclaimed to be another main point of the movie , falls flat. No song has the quality that the previous one's of the Shankar-Rahman combo had. Background score is at best mediocre.Rathnavelu's camera work is adequate. His efforts couple with that of the visual effects team make the viewing grand & in some instances jaw dropping. Anthony's editing is adequate overall but at times very ordinary especially the song sequences jumps out all of the sudden. On the whole , "Enthiran" is a "Pizza made in Muniyandi vilas"Bottomline : For the kid in you..

If you are not Indian, you, like me, probably first heard about Endhiran by seeing fantastic clips of fighting androids on YouTube. With special effects and creativity like that, how could one go wrong? Right? Good enough acting. Decent writing (maybe my issues with the story and dialogues are just cultural or lost in translation). Great special effects. Decent song and dance numbers if you are into that sort of thing. Forever. Seriously: FOREVAAAAARR. After the first hour, I thought that they would be tying up the story soon. After all, how much more ritz could they put on about romantic robots? Much much more than my friends and I could handle. It is an enjoyable movie, but it is far too long and the songs get really old and merely draw the movie out rather than advance the story (and my enjoyment). If there were a version condensed down to just over an hour with only a few dances, it would probably be awesome and worthy of 8.5/10.

Endhiran (The Robot) is the much-touted Indian sci-fi extravaganza that debuted last year. If you've seen the trailer, you'll have a pretty good idea what you're getting into. A roboticist builds a lifelike robot and begins teaching him how to become human. The scenes practically write themselves, but they're overpowered by frequent song and dance numbers that interrupt the flow of the movie. These are mildly entertaining at first for their sheer novelty, but by the fourth number I started looking at my watch.If not for these distractions, Endhiran would fit right in with Hollywood's blockbusters. It certainly regurgitates enough gags from them, with a particular fondness for The Matrix and Terminator films (Woo-Ping Yuen was hired to choreograph the stunts, so it's not too surprising). Naming the origins of its low-rent scenes ahead of your friends might make for an interesting drinking game, but the lack of imagination is disappointing. It does try to put its own spin on familiar ideas, but is most successful when it pits man vs machine for the love of a woman. But it takes far too long to build up to that, and the fun action sequences are fleeting.At nearly three hours long, some cuts here and there would be appreciated. There's a disproportionate number of scenes with questionable value (ones with talking mosquitoes, and another where a woman gives birth come to mind), and they're not always entertaining for the right reasons. I wouldn't say that Endhiran is so bad that it's only worth watching just for laughs, but it comes pretty darn close.In the end, this is a tough one to recommend due to its taxing length and general stupidity, never mind the largely unwelcome Bollywood-style numbers (Endhiran isn't considered a true Bollywood film because it was filmed in Chennai in Tamil). But the action scenes, with their cartoon physics and utter disregard for realism, are pretty hilarious. The grand finale, in which hundreds of humanoid robots band together like modular parts to form gigantic snakes, drills, and other stuff might be enough to sway this one into the "must see" category, if you're in the mood for something totally crazy. Just be prepared to wade through a whole lot of cheese to get there.